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January 30-February 3, 2012

Kevin Mattison gets The Great Oscar Race started with Alexander Payne’s The Descendants. Read “The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her”

What British comedy brings together Mr. Bean, House, the cool psychiatrist from Bones (no, not Sweets, the other guy), and even the fourth Doctor? Why Blackadder, of course, and the whole thing is on Netflix. Daniel J. Hogan gives you a guide in “The Black Adder”

Ana Holguin meditates on the way her body has shaped her, and the way that yoga allows her to shape her body. Read “A meditation on yoga”

Kelly Hannon reads Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad and considers Penelope, a woman whose absentee husband has a penchant for storytelling (and anger management issues). Read “Penelope, still waiting”

It doesn’t take much to be a good guest in someone else’s kitchen, but it takes a bit more effort to share things on a more regular basis. If you follow a few simple rules, you can avoid any, shall we say, messy scenes. Jill Kolongowski provides a guide to “Finding order in kitchen chaos”