Archive for the ‘ pop culture ’ Category
My son loves to play with Legos. It doesn’t really matter which kind, from Ninjago, to Harry Potter, to Star Wars, and on and on. He builds the sets then takes them apart and combines pieces from all different kinds of sets to build new things. As a kid I loved to play with Legos. [ READ MORE ]
I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live (SNL) in years. Mostly because I don’t stay up late to watch TV or much else. Because there is no sleeping in when you have small children. With all the brouhaha about the Lana Del Rey “debacle” on SNL, as a music fan, I had to satisfy my curiosity [ READ MORE ]
Today is the 40th anniversary of my favorite comic strip, Doonesbury. I have never tired of Gary Trudeau’s satire. Slate has a nice collection of articles about the strip, including an interview with Trudeau. What’s funny is that he has a hard time satirizing Obama. Believe it or not, Obama’s very tough for business. The [ READ MORE ]
Here’s a video of actress Kristen Wiig reading some poems written by Suzanne Somers. Who knew Suzanne Somers wrote poetry? The poems are awful, but thanks to Wiig’s delivery they achieve a hilarity that I’m sure Somers did not intend. Yes. “The Quiet Loneliness of Being Alone…It’ll probably be the Houseboy.” It’s from the show [ READ MORE ]
Happy Belated New Year. Hope everyone’s new year has been off to a great start. I’ve been too busy offline to do much writing online. So here are a couple of links to read and enjoy. Someone thinks we should let poetry die because no one on the street can name a current living poet, [ READ MORE ]
I saw Avatar this past weekend with my wife. Not the 3-D version. The movie theater near my wife’s hometown in rural Ohio just had the regular 2-D version. The special effects were very cool. The characters were one-dimensional and the plot was predictable. But it’s a fun, shut-off-you-mind, kind of adventure movie. Though, this [ READ MORE ]
for they shall be rewarded with greater buying power.” So saith the Son of God. According to Andrew Schlafly of Conservapedia, the man who thinks the English translation of the Bible is too liberal, Jesus was a big proponent of the Free Market. [Hat Tip: Andrew Sullivan[ READ MORE ]
Back at you Transient Reporter. An a capella rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” [Hat Tip: Buzzfeed.] The group is named Noteworthy and they’re from UC Berkeley[ READ MORE ]
There is yet another new metaphor for describing certain kinds of women: Cheetah. Blog of the Moderate Left has a post today about this phenomenon. Cheetahs, of course, are part of an increasingly ridiculously expansive meme in which women who have sex are given a cutesy feline equivalent. Are you an older woman who likes [ READ MORE ]
Travel and Leisure magazine claims that Chicago’s Harold Washington library is one of the world’s ugliest buildings. [Hat tip: Chicago Subtext] I admit to having mixed feelings about the building. But over the years I’ve grown to like it. It does stick out. It does look unique in an overly-referential way. But if you’ve ever [ READ MORE ]
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