Writing the Pine

Fist Pump Fridays: Promoting a Grenade-Free America

Sure, I was a little drunk during last night’s episode.  Sure, I was only semi-conscious for most of the episode – not because it wasn’t entertaining but as a result of food coma.  But yesterday was a solid episode featuring what would have been my high school year book quote if I do it all [...]

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Fist Pump Fridays: Jersey Shore Power Rankings

Jersey Shore Power Rankings After being treated to a night of back-to-back episodes of Jersey Shore, we’ve had a major shakeup in the Jersey Shore Power Rankings. Will the Situation drop after a dreadful performance? Do we have a surprise leader of the pack?

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Fist Pump Fridays: Pulling No Punches

This episode was more anticipated than the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.  But before I go any further: 1) Credit goes to MTV for being socially responsible and pulling their punch (pun intended) by removing footage of Snooki getting sucker punched.  It actually created a more dramatic effect by going to a blackened screen a la the Sopranos series [...]

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Fist Pump Friday: Your First Situation of the Weekend

New episode of Jersey Shore?  You betcha.  Introducing a new part of the pine, Fist Pump Fridays: Your first situation of the weekend, but hopefully not your last. Spoiler Alert.  If you ain’t a guido, get the f^&* out of my face. (That’s Guidese for try reading this column again after watching the latest episode on [...]

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