This is a list of archived entries published in the Culture category.
The mainstream media is starting to catch on.
“Got a comment? Keep it to yourself” | The Boston Globe
My favorite passage:
I feel sorry for today’s reporters and columnists, who work hard gathering information dutifully trying to raise the debate on issues or inform the public on a burning topic only to have some agenda-driven bonehead who [...]
In celebration of the San Diego Comic Con, USA Today has an amusing article examining the so-called “fanboy” phenomenon. (One thing I’ve never understood–why are those people who paint their bare stomachs at ballgames and name their kids after football players just “fans,” while anyone who owns a Star Wars toy is a “fanboy“? Not [...]
Before writing this, I looked up the phrase “long time, no blog” and found 190,000 results. At that point one is way beyond cliche, so I’ll skip it. In case you didn’t notice, I added an About Me page a few days ago, for those of you looking for a vaguely disturbing example of me [...]
I offer my deepest condolescences to the victims of today’s bombings in London.
From what I’ve read, it doesn’t appear that these were suicide bombings, so maybe they’ll actually find someone to punish for this.
For all the money we’ve spent on two wars, I don’t feel one iota safer than I did right after 9/11. [...]
Here’s something troubling: Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding.
“My story is based on fiction,” said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. “It’s a fake story. I made it up. I’ve been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it [...]