Choices, choices
When I was a kid, things were simpler. A lot simpler. You need sneakers? We’ve got some nice Keds for you. One style, in white. And maybe, if we’re feeling really adventurous, we might get in some blue or red … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Pop culture
Cub Scouts sure play a mean pinball
The Scouts are now giving awards for video gaming expertise. It’s not quite as bad as it sounds: Apparently these new awards are geared toward making Scouts understand which games are appropriate for their age group, not just rewarding them … Continue reading →
The voices behind the Simpsons
This video is fun (hat tip: Ace of Spades). In such company, even the insufferable James Lipton becomes almost bearable:
Continue reading →Reality TV feeds off itself
As controversial sextuplet mother (her sextuplets are not controversial; the mother is) Kate Gosselin and most recent Bachelor Jake Pavelka graduate from their respective shows to appearances on the newest “Dancing With the Stars,” (are you still with me, guys … Continue reading →
Literal videos
I seem to have stumbled on the phenomenon of literal videos relatively late in the game. A bunch of them went viral at You Tube last spring, and somehow I missed them. But if you, like me, weren’t familiar with … Continue reading →
All Oscared out
In brief (although little about the Oscars is ever brief): it was a long-winded self-congratulatory bore. But that’s what I’ve come to expect. I watch the Oscars for the fashions. That’s just how shallow a person I am. Oscar observations: … Continue reading →
Jenny Sanford tells all…
…but the question is, why? I don’t completely understand this need of the wronged spouse to publicly unburden herself (and it’s usually a “her”), either through writing a book or granting interviews, or often both—the latter to promote the former. … Continue reading →
Sexting: another reason I’m glad I’m not the parent of a teenager today
Technology marches on, and teenagers are in the vanguard. With the ubiquity of cell phones that take pictures that can almost instantaneously be sent to friends, coupled with the driving force of sex in newly-pubescent bodies, we have a recipe … Continue reading →
Streetwalking songs
See the way he walks down the street Watch the way he shuffles his feet— “He’s a Rebel” was one of those wonderful girl-group numbers that entertained us in the early 60s. It’s also one of a host of rock … Continue reading →
For the man who has everything…
…give him the perfect woman. I suppose it was inevitable. We’ve become so used to the artificial enhancement of body parts that a normal woman has begun to look abnormal. So, why not improve on things with a completely artificial … Continue reading →
‘Twas the Blogger’s Night Before Christmas
‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ”˜sphere Bloggers were glad to see Christmas draw near. Their laptops were turned off and all put away The bloggers were swearing to take off … Continue reading →
The tasks of Christmas
(1) Presents purchased. Check. (2) Presents wrapped. Check. (3) Presents mailed. Unchecked—but about to be done this afternoon, when I will brave the post office lines. A few observations: (a) Wrapping paper always seems an odd thing to me—a completely … Continue reading →