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Fame Monsters All
I remember seeing an ABC report with John Stossel a while back that looked at America’s growing obsession with fame. They were interviewing people in
Lost in Stuff
Ah, Lost. You’re a little like fake John Locke from Season 6: Gone, but still freakily among us somehow. ABC’s landmark show ended months ago,
Stupidity: Now Online!
The first (and only) time I saw the old MTV show Jackass, I figured society was in bigger trouble than I’d thought. Sure, the show’s
Movie Monday: The Expendables
It was a truly expendable week at the box office, with Sylvester Stallone’s holdover The Expendables earning top honors with a paltry $16.5 million. Still,
Taking a Bite Out of Tourism
I saw a piranha in Nebraska once. Granted, the fish in question—safely ensconced in a friend’s dorm room—subsisted entirely on Cheetos, old test papers and
Keep It Short, Pastor
I just read about a guy on a quest that seems almost as daunting as the rich man’s challenge to thread a needle with his
Sliding the Chute to Incivility
Steven Slater. Hundreds of thousands of people seem to approve of this former flight attendant for losing his temper and cursing out passengers on a
It’s All About Celebrity, Dahling!
She’s famous for being famous—a minor actress who paved her way to celebrity through reality television, gossip rags and a touch o’ scandal. She’s been
Movie Monday: Eat Pray Leave (the Theater Frustrated)
This weekend, Sylvester Stallone and his graying mercenary posse beat out Julia Roberts’ comeback movie, Eat Pray Love (maybe literally, if the violence is as
Unplugged
Let me make a confession: I kinda like media and technology. I work with it, I play with it, I write about it for a
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