Category Archives: Media

One of the Guests is Always the Dude Who Avoids the Point and Rearranges it into a Snarky Comment that Relates to His Own Point, Which He is So Smart About

Today on the Diane Rehm show, after the segment about dog surgery that made me feel like an asshole for owning a dog (read “before” for people on the East Coast), the discussion was over the plans for Afghanistan and … Continue reading

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Agenda Movie Club: The Social Network

The Social Network David Fincher 2010 It makes some sense that I would start this series by breaking one of my own rules, as I saw this movie a little over a week ago. But that’s just how we roll … Continue reading

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Booga-Booga!!1!

Just when I was settling in for the last month of “Democratic Governor of Kansas Time,” all of this hoo-hah with the Wikileaks and DADT and *gargle!gargle!* comes out and I don’t know what to do anymore. Actually, I’m just … Continue reading

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Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Motherboard

So it seems like people on both sides of the so-called spectrum are concerned about this NYT piece that lays out how technology, specifically the cool tech, is negatively impacting “the kids.” By all rights, Vishal, a bright 17-year-old, should … Continue reading

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Eventually Coming to the Point + The Subject Supposed to Quote

I’m still thinking around the last post of substance (wordcountwise, anyhow), and how we perceive supposed bias in our media, and maybe also how we decide upon our allegiances to certain information outlets.  Today’s starting point for me was a … Continue reading

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“Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you about?”

Yuck.  Just saw George Jr. on Oprah.  Slimy whatevers.  Also, I hate Oprah for making me smile at cute family moments with the former prez.  Like when he told about killing his sister’s goldfish by pouring vodka into the tank.  … Continue reading

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Like, Totally Duh + Yay, InterWeb!

Unless you read the foreign press, or have lived overseas and have reason to keep on top of US coverage, it’s easy to be completely unaware that this sort of thing goes on. “This sort of thing” is the at-best … Continue reading

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Confusing…

At the top of the Huffington Post’s Sports page today: So… did Roethlisberger molest Urkel? He sure looks happy about it if that’s the case. Also, I wasn’t aware Big Ben looked so much like Tiger Woods. I guess I … Continue reading

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Photo Desk Fail

(h/t JP)

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WTF?!

I’m not sure what this means: I’ll be interested to see how far Rickey gets with his campaign, but this seems pretty surreal.  Maybe I’m just out of touch.

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