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a fine whineA Fine WhineDepartment of complaints.2NA=1154&NC=9516&DI=4098&PS=58317&PI=7315FineWhinefalsefalsespacernotembeddeda fine whineVampires SuckGrady HendrixfalseActually, they don't. And that's the problem.noVampires SuckVampires suck.noLast week at Comic-Con, the big story wasn't comic books—it was vampires. Some 2,000 young women set up a tent city outside the San Diego Convention Center on Tuesday, sleeping rough so that they could attend the Thursday panel on New Moon, the upcoming sequel to vampire blockbuster Twilight.truenotochyperlinkno200972810347PMTuesdayJulJuly137/28/2009 5:03:47 PM633843830270000000200972810347PMTuesdayJulJuly137/28/2009 5:03:47 PM633843830270000000a fine whineFireworks SuckTroy Patterson1/123122/2202502/pattersont.gif4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569368640200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569368640200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569368640false2008101711651PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:51 PM6335984621100000002008101711651PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:51 PM633598462110000000falseThey really do.noFireworks SuckFireworks really suck.noWith Independence Day upon us, Americans are coming together once again in celebration of all our many freedoms, among them the freedom to drink outside during daylight hours. Some of us will fish Bud tallboys out of an Igloo on the National Mall; others will knock back rosé on picnic blankets and applejack at backyard barbecues; still others will sip on a pint bottle of Cutty Sark on the same park bench as always. We are a diverse nation.truenotochyperlinkno20097180138PMWednesdayJulJuly207/2/2009 12:01:38 AM63382075298000000020097180138PMWednesdayJulJuly207/2/2009 12:01:38 AM633820752980000000a fine whineThanksgiving? No Thanks!Regina SchramblingfalseWhy food writers secretly hate the November feast.noThanksgiving? No Thanks!Why food writers secretly hate Thanksgiving.noAs a food writer, I should never admit this, but I really hate Thanksgiving. Not the day, not the food, not the cooking or the shopping, not even the sappy reason Americans ostensibly gather to gorge in late November. What makes me totally crazy is the persistent pressure to reinvent a wheel that has been going around quite nicely for more than 200 years. Every fall, writers and editors have to knock themselves out to come up with a gimmick—fast turkey, slow turkey, brined turkey, unbrined turkey—when the meal essentially has to stay the same. It's like redrawing the Kama Sutra when readers really only care about the missionary position.truenotochyperlinkno2008112541734PMTuesdayNovNovember1611/25/2008 9:17:34 PM6336322665400000002008112541734PMTuesdayNovNovember1611/25/2008 9:17:34 PM633632266540000000a fine whineHappy Birthday, You BastardJohn Swansburg1/123122/2202502/swansburgj.gif4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569965540200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569965540200972840416PMTuesdayJulJuly167/28/2009 8:04:16 PM633843938569965540false2008101711707PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:17:07 PM6335984622700000002008101711707PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:17:07 PM633598462270000000falseUnder no circumstances will I be attending your stupid birthday dinner.noHappy Birthday, You BastardA Fine Whine: An invective against birthday dinners.noWhat has become of the birthday party? I used to love a good birthday get-together. Some other kid's parents are picking up the tab for an afternoon of bumper bowling? There might be a Cookie Puss from Carvel? Fire up the Datsun, Mom, we're going to be late!truenotochyperlinkno2008102122653PMTuesdayOctOctober1410/21/2008 6:26:53 PM6336019601300000002008102122653PMTuesdayOctOctober1410/21/2008 6:26:53 PM633601960130000000a fine whineConfessions of a Young Hillary SupporterAlex JosephfalseOr, how I became the loneliest man on campus.noConfessions of a Young Hillary SupporterConfessions of a young Hillary Clinton supporter.noI'm a young male Democrat, and I support ... Hillary Clinton. I may be the loneliest man at Georgetown University, where I'm practically a social pariah. Supporting Hillary on a college campus this year is like being a Yankees fan at a Red Sox game, a Barry Manilow lover at a Radiohead concert.truenotochyperlinkno20082432847PMMondayFebFebruary152/4/2008 8:28:47 PM63337735727000000020082432847PMMondayFebFebruary152/4/2008 8:28:47 PM633377357270000000200311442554PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:54 PM631781583540000000200311442554PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:54 PM631781583540000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001102225121PMMondayOctOctober1410/22/2001 6:51:21 PM631393590810000000