With Thanksgiving this Thursday, it’s officially about to be Holiday Season (notice the initial caps, to show just how big of a deal it is). And sure. With the food and presents and family and lights and all that other bullcrap, holidays are ok. But what really MAKES the season are the Garmin holiday commercials.
Trouble Comes in Threes
Readers of the blog, this has been a truly awful week. Horrible week. Why? Well, this week has led to the confluence of three things in the media that if we hear any more about we might disconnect the cable and Internet and go all Thoreau-y – Sara Palin’s Biography, Twilight and Zack Grienke getting Cy Young.
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Worst Favorites
As I sit here and think about it, I can’t imagine a single person out there claims “Shallow Hal” as their favorite movie of all time.
No Explanation Needed
You’re all familiar with Glenn Beck, right? The calm, cool-headed moderate from Fox News who’s done nothing but further the staunch fact-finding and integrity-at-all-costs reputation of the Cable News giant. Well, in honor of the way he’s taken political commentary to a new level of intellectual debate, here’s a little tribute to this wonderful talk show host that we all think you should watch…
Shout Out to the Cell Phone
Do I think cell phones are incredible? No. Do I think less of the people who carry them around like a fifth limb? Yes. Do I think even less of the people who wait in long lines outside of AT&T stores to get iPhones? Yes. And do I think even less of the imitation iPhones every other network carries? Yes. But, as this weekend pointed out, there’s one thing about having a cell phone that has certainly made my life easier…
Dear VH1: I’ve Finally Had Enough
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 »
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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