Email Author ABBY KOENIG

2013 Stories by ABBY KOENIG

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  MTV's The Real World Season One Re-airs; No Hot Tubs Necessary

  published Mar 21, 2013

  For reasons that can only be chalked up to complete lack of any other programming or a weird dare, MTV will be airing three old seasons of its hit reality show The Real World. Beginning March 22, the ... More >>

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  So, Are Miniseries the New Thing Nowr

  published Mar 20, 2013

  A few weeks ago I wrote an article about television binge watching and attempted to counter the popular sentiment from television critics that this was a bad habit. One of the arguments against binge ... More >>

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  How To Make Clerks 3 Not Suck

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Last week, writer/director Kevin Smith posted on Facebook that he had begun writing what he claims will be his magnum opus, Clerks 3. The director came to fame with the original Clerks, which will soo... More >>

• Community: Changnesia and the MacGuffin

  published Mar 15, 2013

  It's back! And all of you doubting Debbies out there didn't want to think it could happen, but it did. With this week's episode, Community has (pretty much) returned to form. The plot was right out of... More >>

• Your Own Custom Book of the Month: Brazos Bookstore's Inu-chan

  published Mar 14, 2013

  It's called Inu-chan and it is a program, now in its second year, brought to the community by Brazos Bookstore. Inu-chan is a very customized book club, more or less, where customers sign up to receiv... More >>

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  Houston Facial Hair Club Is Growing and Fighting "Facial Hair Discrimination"

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Check out our slideshow of magnificent beards and mustaches. When you think about fads in hair, you usually associate them with the female gender. It is women who fluff and style and buy expensiv... More >>

• Now, Forager, Slow Food Movement Film, Comes to Sundance

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Mushrooms, for many, are a difficult food to swallow. They are neither vegetable nor animal, and while there is something "magical" about them, they grow in the wild, and as children we were warned no... More >>

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  Who Should Fill In During Jon Stewart's Daily Show Hiatus

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Jon Stewart, you are such an old jokester. What is this we hear about you taking a break from The Daily Show to direct a movier Very funny. Wait, whatr Yes, the news is true. Comedy Central just ann... More >>

• Community: A Shawshank Thanksgiving

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Television comedies have been walking in two different directions over the past decade. With The Office, we have seen the rise of one-camera sitcoms that changed the style of the, now feeling, old tim... More >>

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  UPDATED: Mid Main's First Thursday: Rocked Last Night (As Promised)

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Updated with the name of artist David A. Feil. If you haven't been over to the new/old happening area of Main Street, the first Thursday of each month is the time to go. Last night the block of Ma... More >>

• Human Trafficking Film Night at a 2nd Cup

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Despite Houston's excellent efforts to stop human trafficking, the city remains one at the top of many lists when it comes to this heinous crime. According to statistics a quarter of all reported hu... More >>

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  The Rise and Fall of Girls Gone Wild and Joe Francis

  published Mar 06, 2013

  With spring break right around the corner, it seems apropos that the Girls Gone Wild franchise has just filed Chapter 11. There was a time in our history when Girls Gone Wild infomercials were a regul... More >>

• Punk! Rock! Comedy! Slays at Mangos

  published Mar 04, 2013

  Mixing punk rock and comedy may not seem like a sane idea, but if you were at Mango's last night, then you know that it is. The Montrose club played host to "Bukowski Lives! A Night of Drunken Headl... More >>

• Dragonflies Take Over the Museum of Printing History

  published Mar 04, 2013

  When you think of the word "dragonfly," what comes to mindr Does it evoke the feeling of explorationr The dragonfly buzzes to and fro, wherever it wants to go; it is free. The dragonfly is an odd inse... More >>

• Community: Who Are the Real Nazisr

  published Mar 01, 2013

  I was pleased to see that the study group of Greendale Community College was back this week where they belong, walking the halls of their dysfunctional scholastic home. And while this week's episode w... More >>

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  Tina Fey's Next Chapter, Hopefully It's Not a Bunch of Rom-Coms

  published Mar 01, 2013

  Even three weeks after the finale of 30 Rock, I still have a heavy heart over the fact that I will never see a new episode of one of my favorite sitcoms ever again. There will never be another lesson ... More >>

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  Let's All Sue Our Parents Like This Brooklyn Guy

  published Feb 27, 2013

  We are undoubtedly a sue-happy country. At the slightest hint of discrimination, neglect, insult -- hell, even if you have a bad day -- you can find a reason to bring someone to trial. It's obviously ... More >>

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  Kanye West Has Saved Humanity -- At Least As Far As Kim Kardashian Is Concerned

  published Feb 25, 2013

  I always knew there was a reason that Kayne West existed on this planet and it had absolutely nothing to do with the "rapping," he claims to do. Last week, Kayne's current boo and soon to be baby's mo... More >>

• Community: How Did We Not Know That Jeff Was Thoraxisr

  published Feb 22, 2013

  I read an interview with Community's creator Dan Harmon, who is no longer a part of the show, in which he described his plan to move the characters away from their central hub at Greendale Community C... More >>

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  Happy Purim, Y'all: It's Hammered Time!

  published Feb 22, 2013

  Beginning Saturday evening through Sunday, February 24, Jewish people everywhere will be letting their curly sideburns down and getting crazy because it's Purim, y'all! And it is the best Jewish holid... More >>

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  Is Kate Middleton "Plasticr"

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Except what it the woman scorned is Kate Middleton who is seemingly not allowed to have any fury, and the scorning done was to point out that she is furylessr ... More >>

• Marzia Faggin's "Dissatisfaction" Examines Your Dirty, Nightstand Secrets

  published Feb 18, 2013

  For a period of time I traveled quite frequently for work. Conference life is a series of endless late nights at hotel bars schmoozing, followed by even later night vending machine runs and poor sleep... More >>

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  No Seriously, Now the World is Ending

  published Feb 18, 2013

  When December 21 came and went and the world realized that the Mayan's were wrong (or rather we were all wrong about it), our efforts have been focused more on concrete issues like gun control, immigr... More >>

• Community: Halloween on Valentine's Day

  published Feb 15, 2013

  That wacky Community study group. Rather than giving each other handmade Valentines and Russell Stovers, they celebrate Halloween. Wrong holiday guys! Oh wait, last night's episode was supposed to air... More >>

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  5 Sea Adventure Movies Carnival Cruisers Are Lucky To Not Be In

  published Feb 15, 2013

  This Carnival cruise ship just can't seem to catch a break, or rather, that's all it seems to be catching. The ship has been stranded since Sunday due to a fire in its propulsion system, and without t... More >>