May 6 movie night: 1982′s “The Thing”

April 29 Marvel marathon: 2011′s “Thor”

April 29 Marvel marathon: 2008′s “The Incredible Hulk”

April 29 Marvel marathon: 2008′s “Iron Man”

Start with a round cake. Frost with whipped cream. Add fresh blueberries and strawberries. (The star was made easier thanks to a large cookie cutter. Other options included a gingerbread man, a heart and a tree.) And make sure you’ve got that red/white/red pattern correct from the start — it’ll make things easier, trust me.

This was created in honor of Superhero Sunday — a marathon of the Marvel movies leading up to this week’s release of “The Avengers.”

April 22 movie night: 1963′s “Jason and the Argonauts” and 1981′s “Clash of the Titans”

April 15 movie night: 1988′s “Bull Durham”

Leaving a newsroom was not an easy decision to make, but I’m looking forward to all sorts of new challenges and fun. This also means I have to say farewell to the Weatherbird, the best bird a girl could hope to work with. Really. If you’re in St. Louis, there’s a goodbye-and-good-luck shindig Thursday night.

(This is actually old-ish news — I announced it last week on Twitter and Facebook. Tonight I remembered I hadn’t posted anything here. Oops.)

March 25 movie night: 1940′s “His Girl Friday”

For comparison, another movie based on the play “The Front Page”, 1974′s “The Front Page” (which I’d actually seen first):

March 18 movie night: 1959′s “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”