Yes. You’ve done it. You’ve broken me. I can’t take these “Love” shows anymore. I can’t take Celeb-Reality anymore. I can’t take any more Rehab. Ok? You happy? You did it. Are you proud of yourself? Keep reading »
Russell Ferguson Folks
As most of you know, we’re avid followers of two and only two shows on television, Top Chef and So You Think You Can Dance, (modernity doing its thing and assigning this nice moniker, SYTYCD). So, let us just say, right here, right now, that we will be throwing all of our support behind Russell Ferguson for the rest of the season.
Puddle at the bottom of the hill. Kids at the bottom of the hill.
A little known thing about the UK is that they have this incredible generation gap. The kids hate the adults and the adults are terrified of the kids. I spent three months over there and couldn’t believe it. It was like A Clockwork Orange in some places – people fleeing as hoodies (called because teens would wear hoodies to avoid detection with the CCTV system as they committed crimes) would come near. Keep reading »
Open Thread: Collection of Terrible Status Updates
Dear Readers,
We don’t know if you’ve picked up on it, but we’re not too big of fans of Facebook status updates. Some are awesome/funny, but mostly they’re self-serving and deserving of ridicule or at least someone to take them down a peg. So, we’re gonna keep this thread open, and when you come across a terrible update - post it in the comments section and we’ll try to add it to the post throughout the day.
Time To Give It A Rest
I kind of figured it was something that was specific to my family only. But then one day I got into my buddy’s car and lo and behold his clock was set five minutes fast - on purpose. So I attributed this absurd mind game to youth. But here we are, old and working and nowhere near youth and it seems like more often than not, people are still setting their clocks 3, 5, 7 minutes fast on purpose. I mean, asking why seems like the least I can do…
Friday Roundup!
Here are some quick, albeit late, thoughts to get you into the weekend:
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