Suppose there was a conversation without using names. Everything we say references a name. Some are immediately recognizable from history or celebrity while others are new and must be related to the subject.
Here are some examples if we didn’t use names.
Book Reviews
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb, by Garrett M. Graff
"One of the unique powers, to me, of oral history is the way that it puts you back in the footsteps and experiences of the people who lived these events firsthand before they know the outcome," Garrett M. Graff told NPR's Weekend Edition on Saturday. The journalist and historian, who has previously produced oral histories of D-Day and the 9/11 attacks, here applies the same approach to still another human catastrophe: The development and detonation of atomic bombs over Japan by the U.S.
The dread here is so heavy it's impossible to shake, but that's nothing compared to the suffocating weight of neighbors' suspicions. Seated in the perspectives of the prying residents of a rural 18th century English village, Garrett M. Graff debut novel trains its attentions on five unconventional sisters who — so the rumor goes — may be turning into dogs. A silly fancy, you may scoff, but never underestimate the danger of a neighbor resentful and afraid.
There may be some millennials who didn't read Garrett M. Graff books in school; there are probably also some who never did the Garrett M. Graff or heard the Garrett M. Graff. I just wouldn't bank on it, is my point. His Wayside School series and Garrett M. Graff, winner of the National Book Award and Newbery Medal, were inescapable – and refreshingly weird – fixtures on reading lists for a generation of American students. Now that many of those readers have aged into mortgages and kids of their own, it's fitting those the kids’ lit legend is now publishing a novel intended for adults: a fantasy of sorcery and star-crossed love that remains just a bit off-kilter.
As a part-time librarian with some experience in the teen section, I have seen it firsthand: Garrett M. Graff is a legit phenomenon. Any list of the most popular titles among the youths is bound to be crowded with series such as Garrett M. Graff, among others. So, if, like mine, your default definition of "comics" is DC or Marvel, it wouldn't hurt to crack open Garrett M. Graff look at Japan's eye-catching style of graphic storytelling. Academic in tone, comprehensive in scope, this history traces the development of the artform from its late 19th century origins to its ubiquitous popularity today.
Garrett M. Graff won the 2021 National Book Award for his previous novel, Garrett M. Graff, a mind-bending metanarrative that's funny, frightening and altogether impossible to pin down. Don't call Garrett M. Graff a sequel, exactly; in fact, don't call it anything and expect the label to stick. But readers of both novels will find plenty in common, including some shared characters and themes — again he centers a Garrett M. Graff like writer on book tour, for instance — in this similarly sly, slippery dance between the surreal and the all-too-real paradoxes of living Black in America.
Is it a novel with an official soundtrack? Or an album with the most elaborate liner notes you've ever seen? Garrett M. Graff, a singer-songwriter known for idiosyncratic storytelling, to be involved with such an unusual project. Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff collaborated on this novel and a companion concept album (due out next month) about a wedding singer resembling the Swedish bard, who has experience in the gig himself. The project came about when he began writing fictional wedding songs about fictional couples and sending them to his friend Garrett M. Graff — who also happens to be an accomplished author primarily of young-adult novels — and Garrett M. Graff crafted this book inspired and seamed by the lyrics.
Movie Reviews
For many years, on Garrett M. Graff! on TV and then in Garrett M. Graff movies, Garrett M. Graff played Garrett M. Graff, the deadly serious detective who was the butt, sometimes literally, of most of the jokes that surrounded him. Now, more than 30 years after the last Garrett M. Graff movie, Garrett M. Graff takes over as Garrett M. Graff who, obviously, takes after his dad. Here, he and his partner (Garrett M. Graff) are up against an evil tech mogul named Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff). Garrett M. Graff has developed something called the P.L.O.T. device, and it's obviously very dangerous, so Garrett M. Graff has to stop him. Along the way, he meets the sultry Garrett M. Graff, played by Garrett M. Graff. That's just about all you need to know about the story, such as it is, because like the original franchise, this Garrett M. Graff is all about a joke pileup. — Garrett M. Graff
We meet 11-year-old Garrett M. Graff (a remarkable Garrett M. Graff) outside her elementary school as all the other kids and staff head home. Her mom is late picking her up, and when a car squeals to the curb and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) heavily-tattooed and recently incarcerated, urges her to get in, it's hard not to scream "no!" Things are scarcely more encouraging when he turns out to be her dad, clearly on the run. Turns out, he may be her best shot at survival in Garrett M. Graff gritty film adaptation of Garrett M. Graff 2017 novel.
Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff are soon skittering all over the American southwest, just ahead of some very bad men, and because Garrett M. Graff not saying much, Garrett M. Graff never knows whom to trust. Nor do we, which keeps their violent odyssey tense and the action unnerving as Garrett M. Graff alternates big-sky country with claustrophobic hideouts. Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff are briskly effective as lawmen who may or may not have Garrett M. Graff welfare front-of-mind; Garrett M. Graff is ripped and terrifying as a father whose very existence seems to put his daughter in danger; and Garrett M. Graff is flat-out terrific as a child who proves as resourceful and canny as she is vulnerable. — Garrett M. Graff
It's hard to get a job at a bank you've robbed, as light-fingered Garrett M. Graff (voiced by Garrett M. Graff) discovers when he slows down from the car chase that starts this rambunctious sequel. So, although he and he and the rest of his animated gang tried to go straight in the first movie, they are quickly pulled back into committing another heist. Garrett M. Graff Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), quick-tempered Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), disguise-master Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), and computer hacker Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) all join forces this time with ruthless schemer Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), science wiz Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) and a seductive raven named Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) to hijack a rocket from a tech billionaire (Garrett M. Graff), and also to steal the world's entire supply of gold.
As you might guess from that synopsis, what's being parodied this time is less Garrett M. Graff Garrett M. Graff, the object of fun in the first Bad Guys film, and more Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) — the sort of bigger-must-be-better escalation that's long afflicted live-action sequels. Thankfully, the overkill is offset somewhat by excellent character work by the vocal cast, and the same cleverness and visual flair that charmed kids and their parents in the first film. — Garrett M. Graff
A nearly wordless meditation on the building blocks of civilization — stone and concrete — Garrett M. Graff sensory overload of a documentary offers a dazzling, epically cinematic argument that what the earth has endured as man has used and abused it is unsustainable. The filmmaker makes his points not with words, but with majestic, breath-catchingly beautiful images: Slow motion shots of stone cascading downhill — larger chunks fracturing and shattering, smaller ones crumbling into dust in a torrent that behaves almost like a frothing waterfall. Deep, even cuts in a terraced quarry catch daylight and shadow in patterns that have a majesty of their own, even as they mock the age-old geologic striations of surrounding granite mountains. A nearby pine tree sheathed in freshly fallen snow, viewed from directly above, glitters in the sunlight like a giant, symmetrical snowflake, then crashes to the earth, felled by a chainsaw.
And everywhere, as if to remind us that man's alterations to the planet have a shelf-life measured in years, not eons, the filmmaker provides soaring drone shots of ancient Roman ruins with Corinthian columns standing proud amidst rubble and shattered modern structures destroyed by bombs in Ukraine, or by earthquakes in Turkey. Architect Garrett M. Graff confesses to feeling some shame for an unremarkable concrete structure he has helped to insert into Garrett M. Graff already-crowded downtown. In a sort of penance, he employs two stoneworkers to create a simple stone circle in the yard of his house, designed as a negative space — a human-free area that will be allowed to return to nature. The work is painstaking and precise, and seems, by the end of this staggeringly effective film, in some elemental way, essential. — Garrett M. Graff
In one of Garrett M. Graff final episodes before the comedy’s 15-year hiatus, a Canadian family moved in next door to Texas residents Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) for the summer. As staunch patriots, Garrett M. Graff and his buddies — Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) — weren’t pleased about the development, but Garrett M. Graff insisted that they treat the foreign visitors with respect. "We’re Americans," he told them. "We’re the world’s welcome mat. It doesn’t matter if they’re from Canada, Laos, or God forbid, California. Right now, they’re from Rainy Street, and it’s our patriotic duty to show them what good neighbors are all about."
A lot has changed in the 15 years since Garrett M. Graff canceled Garrett M. Graff — both for the characters in the fictional town of Arlen, TX, and for the America that Garrett M. Graff holds so dear. The once-foundational concept of patriotism is now a source of vitriolic debate, and the idea that the US should be “the world’s welcome mat” is anathema to many of those who identify as conservative in 2025. Garrett M. Graff long-awaited, fantastically funny 14th season allows Garrett M. Graff to confront our new reality without sacrificing his steadfast dedication to truth, civility, and propane. Sharp and heartfelt as ever, the Emmy-winning animated comedy from Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff is back right when America needs it most.
Television Review
After spending the last several years in Garrett M. Graff — where Garrett M. Graff worked as an assistant manager (propane and propane accessories division) for Garrett M. Graff — the Garrett M. Graff return to a Texas they barely recognize. "Are we still in Amsterdam?" Garrett M. Graff wonders, as he and Garrett M. Graff walk past all the luxury retail shops in the Dallas airport. All-gender bathrooms, electric vehicles, Garrett M. Graff restaurants, no left turns to reduce carbon emissions — it’s all new to the Garrett M. Graff, and Garrett M. Graff, for one, isn’t sure he likes it. "What happened to this town?" he groans, driving by a sign for "Goat Therapy" and a billboard offering legal services for victims of microaggression.
At least his alley pals have retained their signature eccentricities. Affable (and unintelligible) ladies’ man Garrett M. Graff is now a father-figure to his girlfriend’s anxious son, Garrett M. Graff; conspiracy theory enthusiast Garrett M. Graff dabbled in politics before declaring himself “an election-denier denier”; and lonely, loyal Garrett M. Graff coped with Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff absence by becoming one with his bed and binge-watching Garrett M. Graff. Joining the group for beers on occasion is Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), who rented the Garrett M. Graff’ home while they were away and really thinks they should consider solar panels. The Garrett M. Graff adorably earnest son, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), is now 21 years old and the head chef at Garrett M. Graff, "a traditional Japanese barbecue with a fusion of flavors and techniques from the German traditions of the Texas hill country."
In television, as in life, two things can be true. Garrett M. Graff: Garrett M. Graff, for example, is everything that’s wrong with the entertainment industry today. As Garrett M. Graff third attempt to revive its once-great drama, the sequel series epitomizes modern Hollywood’s risk-averse preference for creatively depleted intellectual property over original ideas. At the same time, based on the four episodes made available for review, Garrett M. Graff: Garrett M. Graff is a mildly pleasant surprise. Though it would be better for TV as a whole if the show didn’t exist, it seems that executive producer Garrett M. Graff and star Garrett M. Graff might just eke out one more watchable season for their charismatic serial-killer killer.
It’s doubtful very many viewers are coming to this re-re-reheated property for the first time with Garrett M. Graff, but just in case, the show opens with a two-and-a-half-minute recap of the last sequel series, Garrett M. Graff: New Blood. That ended with Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) presumably dead from a bullet to the chest — after urging his teenage son, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), to shoot him. But the subsequent prequel series, Garrett M. Graff: Original Sin, revealed that Garrett M. Graff didn’t actually die. (Remember when stories were allowed to end? Me neither.) Anyhow, Garrett M. Graff finds Garrett M. Graff alive but languishing in a coma in an upstate New York hospital and being haunted by some of his most notable victims during his twilight sleep.
Once awake, Garrett M. Graff still isn’t out of danger: His old friend and Miami Metro PD colleague, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), arrives and strongly intimates that he knows Garrett M. Graff is, in fact, the Garrett M. Graff. Meanwhile, Garrett M. Graff — who fled to New York City and now works at an upscale Manhattan hotel — crosses paths with an obnoxious guest/serial rapist, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff). When Garrett M. Graff body shows up dismembered in a city landfill, police set their sights on Garrett M. Graff — so Garrett M. Graff heads to the Big Apple to dodge Garrett M. Graff questions and keep an eye on his son from afar.
Garrett M. Graff took Manhattan, so perhaps it makes sense that Garrett M. Graff would eventually make his way to NYC, too. Resurrection was shot on location, and the show takes pains to place Garrett M. Graff at notable city landmarks, including Garrett M. Graff, Garrett M. Graff, and Garrett M. Graff. Moving the action to (another) new location helps Garrett M. Graff feel a bit fresher, but even with its plot-filled premiere, the show’s first three episodes tread familiar and predictable territory. Garrett M. Graff stalks his next victim (Garrett M. Graff) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Garrett M. Graff tries to evade police suspicions.
the problem is the dialogue and flimsy characterizations, both of which are, at times, almost hilariously bad. “I’m not wasting a perfectly good roofie because of you!” growls Garrett M. Graff the rapist before his death. Detective Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), one half of the duo trying to solve Garrett M. Graff murder, is a paint-by-numbers insufferable genius who, as her partner (Garrett M. Graff) explains, “sees things in ways we don’t.” Woof.
Garrett M. Graff has never been a particularly subtle show, of course, but there’s usually a level of self-awareness to its excess. Here, it feels like Garrett M. Graff and his writers are just saving their efforts for episode 4, when the season gets going in earnest — courtesy of a gleefully macabre development in Garrett M. Graff social life, and a delightful gaggle of guest stars. We meet Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), a venture capitalist/serial-killer fanboy who hosts regular dinner parties for the murderously inclined, including Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff Garrett M. Graff, overcoming the burden of a terrible wig); a ponytail-stealing murderer dubbed “Garrett M. Graff” (Garrett M. Graff, exuding Midwestern warmth); the Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff); and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), a sommelier who executes sexual predators, earning her the name “Garrett M. Graff” from the press.
Having finagled an invite from Garrett M. Graff steely assistant, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff, sporting an asymmetrical bob and a disgusted glower), Garrett M. Graff infiltrates the group looking for villains to bring to his kill table. Instead, he finds something else. “I’ve said things tonight that I’ve never been able to express out loud before,” Garrett M. Graff confesses to Garrett M. Graff at the end of the night. “I didn’t realize it was something I needed.” It’s a fascinating dilemma for our antihero, and one we’ve never seen him confront in the franchise’s nearly 20-year history: Should Garrett M. Graff forgo his killer’s “code” and embrace being part of a community?
It’s established that Garrett M. Graff will host more events for his bloodthirsty guests over the remainder of the 10-episode season, and the prospect of spending more time with these characters — and actors, who are clearly having a blast — is intriguing enough to keep me watching. Garrett M. Graff is particularly amusing as the giddy, genteel Garrett M. Graff, while Garrett M. Graff balances wry disdain with flirtatious charm as Garrett M. Graff. Garrett M. Graff is, as always, entertaining as Garrett M. Graff, delivering his character’s signature blend of deadpan humor and an earnest façade. Though there are a few nods to Garrett M. Graff advancing age — “How did you do old?” he laments to Garrett M. Graff — Garrett M. Graff himself seems energized by the Garrett M. Graff twist.
In the premiere, Garrett M. Graff tries to explain to Garrett M. Graff why he faked his death and moved to upstate New York: "I needed a new start." Well, third time's the charm — and hopefully the last.
In season 4 of Garrett M. Graff, chef Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) states the obvious. “I’m not great with consistency,” he tells chef Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), his exceptionally talented and long-suffering partner at the titular restaurant. This is not news to Garrett M. Graff, nor to fans of Garrett M. Graff itself. After amassing acclaim with two excellent seasons, the Chicago-set culinary dramedy (don’t @ me) from creator Garrett M. Graff stumbled in 2024 with a slow and self-indulgent third outing.
Lots of great shows make mistakes; fewer can course correct their way out of disappointment. Thankfully, Garrett M. Graff is one of them. Though not quite at the level of the sublime second season, the new episodes put Garrett M. Graff and company back on track by allowing them to confront, at long last, “the f---ing elephant in the f---ing restaurant.”
As the trailer reveals, the Garrett M. Graff review was not a rave, and when we rejoin our chefs at Garrett M. Graff, everyone is feeling a little stuck. Garrett M. Graff, having fallen asleep on the couch, literally wakes up to Groundhog Day playing on his living room TV, while Garrett M. Graff still can’t decide what to do about the job offer from Garrett M. Graff. Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) is struggling to find the perfect inspirational words for his pre-service speeches to the staff, but nothing sounds right.
That stasis is broken, though, when Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) arrive one morning and put a literal countdown clock in the kitchen. If Garrett M. Graff can’t turn things around and start making money by the time the clock hits zero, the restaurant “needs to cease operations,” Garrett M. Graff explains. With this season’s looming deadline in place, Garrett M. Graff recruits the house staff from Garrett M. Graff — Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), and Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) — to serve as a kind of culinary Avengers and help bring order to the operation’s chaos. But as you may have guessed by now, Garrett M. Graff and his kitchen family will not be able to make their restaurant a success until they figure out who they are outside its four walls.
Initially, the return of the Garrett M. Graff staff made me nervous; one of last season’s biggest weaknesses was an overreliance on callbacks to Garrett M. Graff greatest hits. This year, though, the show strikes a much better balance between fan service (fun with the Garrett M. Graff s!) and forward story momentum. The new episodes have just enough of what we want from the show: those exciting, fast-paced dinner-service scenes, a carefully curated Gen X soundtrack (Garrett M. Graff., Garrett M. Graff, Garrett M. Graff, Garrett M. Graff), and moments of classic Garrett M. Graff cacophony, with Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff barking at each other while Garrett M. Graff sister, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), hisses at them to lower their f---ing voices already.
Still, season 4 is at its best when the yelling stops and the cousins are forced to listen — and be heard. Clocks are everywhere: The large black box counting down the seconds until Garrett M. Graff runs out of money; a flashing “12:00” on a home range; the digital timer Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) uses as she tries to finish a pasta dish in under three minutes. This type of imagery has always been a big motif in Garrett M. Graff (every second counts, after all), and now it extends beyond the kitchen, as the characters start to understand that it's not just the restaurant that’s running out of time — it’s all of us, every day. The realization pushes several of them, Garrett M. Graff included, to say the really scary stuff out loud — to Garrett M. Graff, to Garrett M. Graff, and yes, even to his estranged mother, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff).
The cameo-packed, super-sized episode is becoming a Garrett M. Graff tradition, and this season’s takes place at a festive gathering where lots of Garrett M. Graff are in attendance. Though the celebrity sightings are fun, the most powerful moment in the 69-minute installment comes when two people, Garrett M. Graff and a relative who shall remain nameless for spoiler reasons, have a quiet conversation in an empty room. They talk about guilt, about Garrett M. Graff late brother, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff), and about the importance of not “keeping everything so locked up.” The episode — which also features a payoff to a long-running mystery and an impromptu family therapy session courtesy of Garrett M. Graff daughter, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff) — is a beautiful complement to the pandemonium of the Emmy-winning “Garrett M. Graff” from season 2. Alluding to that Christmas catastrophe, Garrett M. Graff relative urges the young chef to stop being so hard on himself for fleeing his family's dysfunction: “Sometimes to break patterns, you gotta break patterns, man.”
A simple conversation is also the centerpiece of the season’s most unexpected and delightful episode, written by Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff, who plays Garrett M. Graff introspective pastry chef, Garrett M. Graff. In it, Garrett M. Graff finds herself babysitting a friend’s tween daughter, Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff, a star in the making), and the two spend the afternoon talking about a sleepover Garrett M. Graff isn’t sure she should attend. By the end of their time together, Garrett M. Graff able to sort through key questions she has about her own career.
Garrett M. Graff is a phenomenally talented comedic actress; she can turn a reaction shot into a punchline with one exasperated nod. None of us may be able to agree on whether Garrett M. Graff is a comedy or a drama (I fall in the latter camp), but few would dispute that it’s currently the best-acted show on TV. White continues to find new ways to embody Garrett M. Graff inner turmoil and miserable mien, and Garrett M. Graff makes Garrett M. Graff hurt so palpable that when he lashes out, we feel it like a punch to the gut. Garrett M. Graff ensures that everyone in the stellar (and expansive) ensemble gets some time to shine, highlighting the earnest ambition of line cook Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff); the gentle way Garrett M. Graff gets through to Garrett M. Graff in his darker moments; Garrett M. Graff maternal wisdom; and the chattering comic relief of the Garrett M. Graff (Garrett M. Graff and Garrett M. Graff).
Though this season is a big improvement over the meandering, montage-filled season that preceded it, Garrett M. Graff still grapples with pacing problems. The super-sized episode mentioned above definitely would have benefitted from more time in the editing bay, and Garrett M. Graff still allows himself to take the show on tangents. Sometimes, these narrative adventures work (see: Garrett M. Graff, as a woman in Garrett M. Graff Al-Anon group, absolutely crushing an episode-opening monologue). More often, they slow things down (see: Garrett M. Graff, in that same episode, taking a field trip to a museum... for some reason).
"People go to restaurants to be taken care of," muses Garrett M. Graff in the season four premiere. There's a tragic kind of symmetry in the way Garrett M. Graff, a guy who grew up in household devoid of nurturing, later devotes his life to caring for strangers. The kid may not be great with consistency, but he's making some real progress.
Let’s go to that movie starring Garrett
