Word: crocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brad Pitt's character Tyler Durden mentions in Fight Club, thirty-somethings are the "middle children of history:" forgotten in the shadow of those who come before and after them. Yuppies are expected to make it through somehow, become an accountant, and show up for Thanksgiving with a crock-pot or two of mashed potatoes as bland and frothy as their own lives. Yuppies have had no Great War or Great Depression in their time; their Great Depression is, as Durden says, "their entire lives." A yuppie's existential malaise springs from the very stability and conformity that defines...
...Brad Pitt's character Tyler Durden mentions in Fight Club, thirty-somethings are the "middle children of history:" forgotten in the shadow of those who come before and after them. Yuppies are expected to make it through somehow, become an accountant, and show up for Thanksgiving with a crock-pot or two of mashed potatoes as bland and frothy as their own lives. Yuppies have had no Great War or Great Depression in their time; their Great Depression is, as Durden says, "their entire lives." A yuppie's existential malaise springs from the very stability and conformity that defines...
...prime, when Orson Welles scared America witless with a Martian Halloween prank, when Arch Oboler intoned sepulchrally, "And now, Lights Out." A typical Coast to Coast is an all-night ghost story disguised as a talk show. The story being told may be the truth; it may be a crock. But it's often great radio...
...Foie gras from Hudson Valley is another appetizer, toned down into a 'sandwich' on homemade brioche with pancetta and dried cherries ($14). Alternatively, a dish enigmatically billed as "Pumpkin" ($6) is served inside a real hollowed out pumpkin. Side dishes remain a bit truer to the Harvest theme: A Crock of Boston Baked Beans ($4), Wild Mushroom Pot Pie ($6) even House (rather than home) Fries ($4). The punchiness of the flavors is the truest indicator of Harvest's theme, however. Each dish boasts multiple ingredients, each with a strong presence. For instance, the Seared Rare Duck Salad ($9) comes...
...busted for not running in PM anymore: Especially now that every-body knows that you are not a grown woman from Iowa! What a crock of shit! We all know who you are, know, Face the music...