…goes the weasel
When I was a child my family used to visit a large chicken farm owned by some relatives. It was a commercial operation with enormous rooms the size of football fields (or so it seemed to me at the time) … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Pop culture
You’ve come a long way, baby: beyond “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
The idea that hookup culture hurts both boys and girls, and both young men and young women, doesn’t seem strange or revolutionary to me; it seems obvious. But apparently it still needs highlighting, so I’ll highlight it by recommending this … Continue reading →
Oprah plays the race card
Who do you believe? And do you care?: Winfrey was in Switzerland in July when she walked into the Trois Pommes boutique in Zurich looking for a handbag… She claims the sales assistant refused to show her the black crocodile … Continue reading →
This may just be the cutest baby elephant video ever
Of course, I haven’t seen all the baby elephant videos in the world, so we can’t be certain. But I think I’m on safe ground when I assert that it’s probably the cutest baby-elephant-in-an-inflatable-swimming-pool video ever: And it almost immediately … Continue reading →
It seem that people don’t want to travel very far for sluts…
…because all the email spam I get about sluts advertises them as being “local.” Why? Aren’t sluts worth a little gas money and a bit of time?
Continue reading →The Rolling Stones…
…are gathering some moss. But Happy 70th Birthday anyway, Mick! Here’s the birthday boy: Does he look good for 70? I suppose so, but I’ve lost sight of what 70 looks like, people age so variably. And I must say … Continue reading →
Let’s have some fun…
…and do the Walk of Life: I usually prefer live versions, but for this particular song for some reason I couldn’t find a live version I liked better than the studio one. And here’s one of those “golden oldies” to … Continue reading →
They’re dancing in the street (don’t try this at home)
I saw this ad on TV the other day and it stopped me in my tracks because the dancing is not the usual pop stuff at all. The dancers, and the woman in particular, have a nice intensity and what’s … Continue reading →
RIP Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton, best known for playing the role of the lovable Edith Bunker on “All in the Family,” has died at 90. She and Carroll O’Connor as Archie made the show. Stapleton managed to walk a fine line that conveyed … Continue reading →
Is this a bully?
What do you think about this?: On Wednesday, a Murry, Utah-based woman named Ally Olsen, 41, discovered that her fiancé’s 10-year-old daughter, Kaylee, was bullying a classmate. Kaylee’s teacher had emailed Olsen, explaining that the girl had been teasing a … Continue reading →
Cleaning Kleenex
I always go through my pockets before I put my clothes in the washer. But it’s inevitable that every now and then I’ll miss something, and that something has traditionally been a Kleenex. It used to be that, when that … Continue reading →
Manzarek: the key keyboardist
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. I can’t say I ordinarily notice keyboardists, except in a very general way. But Manzarek was different. I didn’t know his name until a few years ago, … Continue reading →