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This adorable little guy is Rufus Leaking (say it slowly), host of the hipster kids show Pancake Mountain.

Portfolio sent me down to Washington D.C. to interview Scott Stuckey (of pecan log roll Stuckey's fame), creator of Pancake Mountain, and his producer J-R Soldano. The show is this great DIY absurdist dance party that's become a favorite of indie bands everywhere. Guests have included George Clinton, White Stripes, Cypress Hill, Flaming Lips and Arcade Fire. 

I highly recommend checking it out, but especially you parents yearning to hold onto what remains of your street cred. Here is a Pancake Mountain video in which I do my first hard-hitting man-to-goat-puppet expose. 

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Chris Farley.

I didn’t want to let it pass without sending out a Tommy Callahan-sized mash note to Marquette’s greatest alum (sorry, Dwyane, a couple of more rings and we can talk.)

There are a couple of excellent retrospectives out there: this one from the New York Post that mentions a bit of a rift between he and Spade, and another from The Capital Times, which mentions an intriguing memoir from his brother Tom. That Mamet project would have been AWESOME.

I also wanted to give props for the finest commencement speech a young grad could ever hoped for. 

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sundown.

It isn't like the typical secular celebration, meaning Dick Clark and drunken stupors are nowhere to be found.

It is, however, a time for starting over, a time for making those resolutions that are historically violated by the time the Rose Bowl kicks-off. (Unless the Chosen People have more willpower than me.)

In honor of Rosh Hashanah 5768, Jewcy offers the "Like A Virgin" guide to wiping the slate clean and beginning again in categories like health, friendships, family, work, sex love and dating, and money, which is where I come in and join a four-star group of women writers.

I know from needing to do a better job of managing money, but I'd suggest doing as I say, not as I spend.