boxing is a metaphor

2009

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boxingisametaphor: Is it fair to pick on Joss Whedon?...
Apr 1st
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You don’t have to use vulgar language to grab the consumer’s attention and sell your...
Mar 31st
So last night I watched The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins...
Mar 25th
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I can’t find the full last scene of Tipping the Velvet on YouTube. This is the first half of...
Mar 22nd
Is it fair to pick on Joss Whedon? Probably not, but...
Mar 20th
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On the one hand, the metaphor here is obvious: Michael talks in the narration about being alone...
Mar 19th
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This entire movie is an incredibly pretentious metaphor.
Mar 16th
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Death Cab for Cutie “Cath…” Sometimes, the absence of metaphor is just as...
Mar 13th
qwantz.com - dinosaur comics - March 09 2009
Mar 10th
This blog could easily devolve into weekly Dollhouse recaps...
Mar 10th

Even the New York Times has its metaphor...

From this week’s After Deadline (my favorite NYtimes.com feature): My colleague Adam Bryant,...
Mar 10th
meganwest: Regardless, all of the photo research that this...
Mar 7th
I haven’t read the book, so I couldn’t possible...
Mar 6th
What Dreams May Come - The Hunt For The Worst...
Mar 6th
The first two X-Men movies, directed by openly gay Bryan...
Mar 6th
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We say something has “jumped the shark” when it passes its peak (and often, when...
Mar 5th
Megan makes a fine point regarding the anti-metaphor. So I...
Mar 5th
My brother enjoys the conceit of this blog but emailed me...
Mar 5th
Mary Shelley’s monster. A mascot for the metaphor,...
Mar 4th
“To me, there’s nothing freer than a bird, you know,...”
— Ronnie Van Zant, spoken during...
Mar 4th
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Whenever I get into conversations about the intense love/hate people have for Sex and the City, I...
Mar 3rd
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At last night’s Boxing is a Metaphor Editorial Staff Meeting I was dared, after...
Mar 3rd
Théo cracks eggs while his best friend deflowers his...
Mar 1st
Oh, poor Britney-esque pop singer from last week’s...
Mar 1st