I’m back home in Massachusetts for the summer , dreaming neon as I wait to get back to the city and my now-comfortable routine… A routine that requires bagel joints to stay open past 5pm or at least exist.
My mum (who bases her votes on the military experience of a given candidate) likes to blare [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Current Events’
June 21, 2008
Diablo Cody Got Me Pregnant
November 5, 2007
Ew.
Is it difficult in an article about the success of an oil giant to point out where that giant is getting some of its success, or that many are divesting the company because of its practices? The New York Times is reporting that PetroChina hit the trillion dollar mark. No mention is made of PetroChina’s [...]
October 28, 2007
Front Page News
I like to ask myself why a particular media outlet has made the content choices it did. For example, sometimes my favorite part of a movie is the previews, because it gives me insight on what the marketers thought was the kind of movie views of the current film would watch. It’s interesting when a [...]
October 24, 2007
An Outing
Cinematical made this post about other childhood characters that might be outed in light of Dumbledore’s newfound (at least to the less observant out there) homosexuality.
My additions to the list:
James Bond – He’s just too straight.
Daffy Duck – Totally has the hots for Bugs.
Your Mom – She told me… Last night.
Summary: The joke is getting [...]
October 4, 2007
Chico and the Pope
Growing up in a community dominated by the Italian, French, and Irish, I didn’t know what a protestant was until the age of 15 when it was mentioned in a history class. Moving to New York City showed me that Catholicism was not only just one of many religions, but it was a much-hated religion [...]
