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Archives for May 2016

Grace and Frankie, Season 2 Review

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What happens when your husband of 40 years named Sol has secretly been dating his law partner Robert? For the past 20 years? And now that gay marriage is legal they want to get married? What are you supposed to do???? Well, Frankie (played by Lily Tomlin) struggles with both this question and becoming housemates at 70 with Jane Fonda’s character Grace, who seems to perpetually … [Read more...] about Grace and Frankie, Season 2 Review

Silicon Valley Season 3 Episode 5, Spoilers Rotten

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Rollin in, hella deep, tryna get Jack Barker’s seat, pressed with bad news, Richard wants to get a meet and greet. Macklemore am I right? So after Richard reclaims his company exercising his CTO rank, he trims the fat of the company—can you still say that in 2016? Trim the stout? Portly? Non-scalenormative? Whatever he does, he fires all non-essential workers and sells … [Read more...] about Silicon Valley Season 3 Episode 5, Spoilers Rotten

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 5: Hold the Door

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Hold the door.  Holdor.  Hodor. Today we learned the origin of the big friendly funny giant’s name.  Bran's time traveling adventures set off a complicated looping time paradox that sent a message through time showing Hodor both his fate and his mission: to save Bran in a selfless act.  Hodor’s beginning and his end aligned in beautiful synchronicity as … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 5: Hold the Door

Cold Mother to Release New App

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Warm Springs, Georgia – At 2:08 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, mother Cathy Miller posted on Facebook promoting the release of her new app, designed to predict the temperature indoors during the summer. Aptly named the “Indoor Weather App,” it targets a demographic of menopausal mothers who consistently cannot decide whether to dress for the heat of summer or the frigidity of air … [Read more...] about Cold Mother to Release New App