I just saw a commercial for Mean Girls. It looks like Heathers without the killing. All the movies in this teen film genre depict the popular kids as mean and snotty. And yet, so many people in the real world want to be one of those popular kids. Does popular really = mean? Or were …
There’s so much hubbub about the Democrats; sometimes I think people forget that there are other options than just Democrat or Republican. Before assuming you’re a Democrat just because you aren’t a Republican, check out some other options. Like the Libertarian Party, for example. One Libertarian candidate, Gary Nolan, starts his Candidate’s Statement by saying: …
I’m sure you’ve heard about President Bush’s , new immigration proposal for Mexico. Many think this is a bid for Hispanic votes. But remember that whole Wal-mart hullabaloo? Wal-mart was the target of a federal raid back in October for using a company that hires illegal workers. So, is Bush looking for Hispanic votes, or …
A study by U.S. social scientists published in the journal Gender and Society indicates that traditional fairy tales could cause low self esteem in children. Classic stories, which have been passed down the generations contain so many stereotypes they could be just as harmful as the sexual images paraded in pop videos, it was suggested. …
I don’t think the guy who runs nomarriage.com has to worry about getting married. I doubt any woman would want to be stuck with him. Some words of “wisdom” he imparts: – “Then later in life, when the shine wears off and you finally see how inferior [women] are to men in every way, you …
RC: There is a line in the film when you say there is no moment more frightening than when your first child is born. BM: People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It’s over the day that child is born. …
Project Censored has a list of the top news stories not to get significant press over the last year. Although they were all surprising (to me, anyway – I guess I read all the mainstream news), numbers 1 and 6 got to me the most.
I work for a magazine that offers free subscriptions. The mag is targeted to parents of college and college-bound students. A recent subscriber has the email address SoftSwtMoistKiss at isp.com – can you imagine emailing your mom at that email address?
A news report this morning talked about the “9-11 kids.” Maybe these kids want to get on with life, heal in their own way and own time. But the media has labeled them a “9-11 kids.” Isn’t it horrible enough to lose a loved one in such a tragedy? Now these kids are also media …
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Last weekend, hubby and I went to Minneapolis for a wedding. While there, we visited the Mall of America. Like tourists at the Grand Canyon, we snapped pictures on all four levels (one level almost entirely food) that surround an amusement park. It’s quite a monument to shopping in America. And it is a tourist …
“Gastric bypass surgery has long been a dramatic solution for obese adults, but more doctors are operating on teenagers, too.”
NBC is going to air mini-movies interspersed with commercials to keep viewers from flipping the channel. If they are all like “The Pussycat Dolls,” well, let’s just say I’d rather watch that horrible Pacifica commercial with Celine Dion.
The Smoking Gun’s 2003 Legal Document of the Year: a high school student’s legal defense of the F word. The document includes a chart comparing Google results for the F word and other all-American terms like mom, baseball, and apple pie.
“…rather than reward myself with magazines and movies, I’ve decided I won’t bathe, shave, or change my clothes until I’m finished with the book. I tell myself that although one may smell like it, nobody ever died from having dirty hair.”
In her usual quirky, smart, and funny way, Amy Sedaris describes how Todd Oldham redecorated her apartment and built a custom hutch for her bunny, Dusty. She also describes her ideal man (“The dream guy would be the guy who builds the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History. He’d be a nerd; he’d be …
“With distinctive focus yet remarkable comprehensiveness, From Picasso to Pollock unites the major artists and developments of the first half of the 20th century through significant examples of non-objective, Cubist, Surrealist, Expressionist, and Abstract Expressionist painting and sculpture. Featuring more than 100 works spanning six decades, this exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view the …
I don’t know why he ran over a goose. Mean old man, you have a screw loose. I was driving home from work when a family of geese started to cross the road. Two adults and three fuzzy yellow goslings. I stopped to let them cross. The people behind me stopped, too, of course. The …
LIE #9: “We know where [Iraq's WMD] are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat.” � Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, March 30, 2003, in statements to the press. Read all ten and the actual facts about each.
The son of legendary musician Spike Jones called Justice Walter Tolub’s ruling against Viacom’s Spike TV name change “frightening.” “I am very concerned that the court injunction . . . may hinder and interfere with the efforts we have been making for many years to promote, sell and market both my father’s work and . …
