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The Best Christmas Song That Has Not Been Made Into A Movie Yet But Which S
2008-12-16 16:24:00 Can there be happiness in a sad ending?I mean happiness in a sad ending without the secret hidden happiness where a sad ending seems to be sad but is really happy?Christmas is a good time to ask that question: can a sad ending be happy while still being sad? because Christmas, after all, begins a story that has a sad ending, followed by a secret happy ending which reveals [RESURRECTION SPOILER ALERT!] that the sad ending of the story that began on Christmas actually has a happy ending... which in turn is followed by a happy ending that is secretly a sad ending that actually is secretly a happy ending.(For those of you who are now lost, I am talking about Easter, followed by Jesus rising from the dead, followed by Jesus coming back down to Earth in the second coming, followed by Armageddon, followed by everyone spending eternity in paradise: sad-happy-happy-sad-happy.) I'm not talking about those endings. I'm talking about endings that really are just sad, but somehow still mak... More About: Movie , Song , Made , Christmas Song
The Best Gift In The "12 Days Of Christmas."
2008-12-12 16:22:00 Don't assume, from the fact that I'm providing you with great nontraditional Christmas song after great nontraditional Christmas song, that I dislike traditional Christmas songs. I don't dislike them at all. I have a healthy like of them -- until I hear them 332 times in one day, that is, and then spend a month trying to point out to people that there are more than 3 Christmas songs, and maybe we should play some of those others?But I do like the old Christmas songs -- who wouldn't? They're festive and jolly and they lend themselves to being sung, offkey, to the Babies! while we sit in the car waiting for Sweetie to get shampoo from the drugstore, and they lend themselves, then, too, to not only singing them to the Babies! (in a British accent, no less) but also, while singing them, realizing that some of those old Christmas carols are just ripe to be made into new Christmas TV specials, which would then someday become old holiday traditions, which is why I am pleased to intr... More About: Gift , Days
The Best Christmas Song Which Is From A Movie And Which Demonstrates That M
2008-12-09 17:54:00 At Christmas , it's easy to get caught up in the merriment of the season and the friends and office parties and Secret Santas and decorating and egg nog...... it's especially easy to get caught up in egg nog...But there's that side of Christmas that only gets mentioned, if at all, in the beginning of Christmas movies -- the side of Christmas that says if you have something sad going on, it's sadder, exponentially sadder, at Christmastime.Most sadness in Christmas pop culture exists for the sole purpose of being alleviated. If a sad thing happens in a Christmas movie or TV show, if a person's life isn't going quite right, if someone embezzles the bank money, if Santa decides that people don't believe in him anymore so he might not deliver presents, if a person raised as an elf gets told he's adopted and goes to find his real dad, if any of those or a thousand other things happen in a Christmas movie or TV show, they are happening, generally, so that they can unhappen and ever... More About: Movie , Song , Christmas Song
Welcome a Best of Everything Reader!
2008-12-09 02:55:00 Guess who reads "The Best of Everything?"Stephen Colbert, that's who. Last week, on his December 4 show, Stephen (or perhaps I should say, Mr. Colbert) introduced the show by saying that he was going to have someone on who wanted to create a Woolly Mammoth from DNA, which Mr. Colbert said was "playing God." Then he added: The only person who's allowed to play God is Morgan Freeman.Which is a very funny line, Mr. Colbert. A line that was first said here, on The Best of Everything, in June, 2008, when I said:"if you're going to have a God character, at this point, it has to be Morgan Freeman."So, Mr. Colbert, welcome to TBOE Nation!Read the next most recent post: The Best Christmas Song That Is The Product of 10,000 hours of practice and is not an old standard, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree,", "Jingle Bell Rock," or "Run Run Rudolph."Click here to see a list of every topic ever covered here on TBOE! More About: Reader
Get fired up: Artfire-d up!
2008-12-08 20:07:00 The Best of Everything is committed, this year, to telling you not only what's Best, but what's UNIQUE about Christmas-- a new way of looking at Christmas, whether it's the songs or the characters or the movies.Or the presents. Because Christmas means presents, and if you want presents that are unique, you should look at ArtFire.com.Artfire.com is the online home of great handmade crafts-- but not just the usual "candles" and "woven baskets" stuff you might find at crafts fairs. There's baby clothes (like the "Explosive Bum" Onesie). There's housewares, and jewelry, and more. Great, one-of-a-kind gifts that don't come from the nearest -Mart or -Ko, and do come from the heart.And Artfire.com lets you do more than just BUY stuff -- you can SELL stuff, too. As an Artfire seller, you'll have access to subdomains, custom shops, trade guilds, and more. They'll let you have 10 items up for sale at a time, totally free. Buying and selling are great, you're saying, but what ab... More About: Fired Up , Fired
The Best Christmas Song That Is The Product of 10,000 hours of practice and
2008-12-08 19:28:00 What does it really take to make a great Christmas song? Sleigh bells? References to family gatherings? Or 1200 separate shows in a Hamburg strip club?For St. Nick's Day, I got the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell, which book is so great and which I was so anxious to read that it prompted me to completely give up trying to read Infinite Jest -- I was going to do that anyway -- and also prompted me to select today's Christmas Song , which is The Best Christmas Song That Is The Product of 10,000 hours of practice and is not an old standard, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree,", "Jingle Bell Rock," or "Run Run Rudolph."The 10,000 hours of practice comes from part two of Gladwell's argument that "outliers," people who achieve phenomenal success, are not simply the product of inherent talent and can-do attitude: they are the product of an immense amount of work and the product of an immense amount of luck.Part two of his argument is the 10,000 hours of practice. Gladwell review... More About: Practice , Hours
It'll be a battle royale, underneath the tinsel.
2008-12-06 04:38:00 The best part about Christmas shopping is the toys. I let Sweetie do all the shopping for the older kids and the parents and in-laws and, well, HER, but I take care of the shopping for toys, because I love nothing better than looking at, picking out, and, to be honest, playing with, the toys.Who can blame me, when you've got great toys like the disney magic toys from Mega, or the Mega Blox construction toys. Last year, we got Mr F and Mr Bunches the fire engine and bulldozer (The "Lil Front Loader" and "Lil Fire Truck," as Mega calls them) and some Blox, and this year I'm planning on getting them some more.But I'm not stopping there, either. I get to pick out toys for the nieces and nephews, so I get to try out and ultimately buy them things like the Struxx Robotrix, which'll let them build robotic-looking cool dinosaurs, dinosaurs that can fight the Neo Shifters the boys will love -- awesome robot guys that can fight the monsters we make.It's going to be awesome, I can tell:... More About: Battle , Battle Royale , Royale
Tonight, too, throw in an extra prayer for Mateo and McHale Shaw, Please.
2008-12-06 04:32:00 Mateo Shaw just got out of the hospital, and now his twin brother McHale is in, having suffered a grand mal seizure; he was taken to the Emergency Room and while they're getting it under control, he's not out of the woods yet.So take a moment now and each time you can to say a prayer for McHale, and don't forget to mention his brother Mateo, too, please.Mateo and McHale Shaw were born conjoined twins and given only a 5% chance of survival after separation. Nearly three years later, they're going strong but they need lots of medical attention -- as you can tell -- and they've exhausted their insurance coverage for their lifetime, so they get care because doctors provide it and because people like you help.To find out more, go to "Caring Bridge" and type "mateoandmchale" into the search box to visit a Caring Bridge Site.To help, send your tax-deductible donation toMateo and McHale Shaw Irrevocable SNTC/O Kohler Credit Union850 Woodlake RoadKohler, WI 53044 More About: Prayer , Tonight , Throw , Extra , Mateo
With the Dragon Coupon Code You Can Get Me A Great Present AND Save Money.
2008-12-05 17:37:00 That is a series of videos about "Dragon Naturally Speaking," a program that lets you dictate your blog into the computer, increasing your productivity and saving on the old carpal tunnel's. If, like me, you're not the greatest typist in the world, then you, like me, have been bugging people to get this for you for Christmas so that I (and you) can increase our blogging output -- and thereby make more money and make more people happy because we're doing better at blogging and there are fewer typos.But maybe you're one of those people who says "Hey, I type just fine. Why do I need Dragon Naturally Speaking." Well, watch video number 8 -- the woman whose father tells her great stories, stories she wanted to get in print but wanted to capture in print with his own unique way of telling them. She didn't want her nearly-centenarian dad to have to learn how to blog, so she simply had him speak into the computer, and Dragon Naturally Speaking did the rest.Way back at the beginning... More About: Money , Save Money , Great , Code , Present
The Best Guilt-Inducing But Still-Catchy and Quite Lovely Christmas Song Th
2008-12-05 17:17:00 Christmas = food, doesn't it? The vast bulk -- pun intended -- of our Christmas traditions revolve around food. The Thanksgiving turkey that Scrooge buys for the Cratchits. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. (Do people eat the chestnuts? Or are they for the aroma? I don't know.) Candy canes. Egg nog. Fruitcake, which I personally like but which apparently nobody else in the world does. Gingerbread men (and why is gingerbread associated with Christmas, too? I've never been able to figure that out) and other Christmas cookies. Fudge. And, for modern (post-2002) people, those giant tins of popcorn that have for some reason become Christmas traditions, too.What do other people do with those tins after they're empty? The only one I ever got has been empty for years, and is used to store my bagpipes.Our own personal vast bulk -- see, there's the pun that maybe you didn't get -- owes itself in part to the vast bulk of Christmas traditions related to food. Food, and ot... More About: Christmas , Song , Guilt , Lovely , Christmas Song
It beats shoveling snow, by a longshot.
2008-12-05 04:20:00 You look out the window and see snow and blowing wind and slush and you think that there's no reason to be imagining summer fun, not anymore, not with a couple long months of winter staring you in the face.But you're WRONG. Now is exactly the time to be thinking of summer fun, and planning for more summer fun, because you can (a) shake off those winter blahs by imagining your next Jersey Shore beach Vacation, and (b) give the gift of summer fun to your family in the form of gift cards and passes to the great Wildwood attractions and roller coasters at Morey's Piers, and (c) save lots of money doing so.Dads especially, let me emphasize that last one: You can (c) SAVE LOTS OF MONEY by giving a Morey's Piers gift certificate now.Think back to your last vacation on the Jersey beaches -- the two great waterparks, the amusement parks, the thrills and spills and fun, the smile on everyone's face, yes, even YOURS.Now look out the window again: Don't you want to spend your time imag... More About: Snow , Beats
Meanwhile, Back In New York.
2008-12-04 18:52:00 While Rachel and Brigitte wait to see if Samson will return the cellphone call from God -- hiding in their HQ in the convenience store, the deli owner gets a mysterious call from a revenant in a polo shirt who makes a request: Bring a dead man back to life, something that can be done, but it'll mean putting off his other projects...... all in a single chapter of "Lesbian Zombies Are Taking Over The World,"a serialized web novel like no other story you've ever read: Rachel woke up one day to realize she didn't know who or what she was. On the advice of her octopus, she walked south where she met and fell in love with Brigitte. Now, she'll travel through Hell and back to save Brigitte and her unborn baby from Reverend Tommy, the polo shirt Blockers, and anyone else who tries to stop them.And she just might also take over the world.Read "Lesbian Zombies Are Taking Over The World!" More About: New York , York , Back , New-York
It beats personalized golf balls.
2008-12-04 18:45:00 This year, do you really want to give just another sweater? Or Universal Remote Control that won't work? Or do you want to give something that will have meaning, that could help someone -- even maybe save their lives?I'm thinking that those kind of gifts -- life saving, thoughtful, meaningful gifts -- are the ones your friends and relatives want, and through Cry-Cell, you can give just those kinds of gifts.Cryo-Cell is a company that cryo-preserves cord blood and stem cells collected from women -- not through any controversial process, done at home -- for use in the future in combatting diseases and aging. Cord blood and woman's stem cells could have uses in fighting Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and more.Cryo-Cell lets you, through their program, give gift cards for their programs -- including U-CordŽ, their stem cell cord blood preservation service. If you know someone who's pregnant, or intends to be, this gift lets them preserve stem cells from the umbilical cord, cells that... More About: Golf , Balls , Beats
The Best Christmas Song That Has Nothing To Do With Christmas But Is Still
2008-12-04 18:16:00 Like Pogo before me, I am one of the World's Greatest Thinkers, and I am Always Right.Always.Right.I'm taking time out to brag a bit before getting on with today's song because I like nothing better than to brag that I amAlways.Right.Here's the latest time I was Always Right.Back on November 6, I said this:Think about this: Apple is always bragging that there are no viruses or junk that screw up Macs, whereas there are hundreds of viruses that screw up real computers. But why is that? Because Apple is so great at avoiding hackers? Wrong. It took hackers all of 38 seconds to hack into the iPhone and mess it up. The reason there's no viruses for Macs is because only 0.000001% of the computers in the world are Macs. If you're a deranged hacker who's dangerously isolated and trying to get back at the world in an obscure, email based way, are you going to target that 0.00001% of society? Who would notice? It's not likely to make headlines when only Justin Long's computer... More About: Christmas , Song , Christmas Song
Yes, I wanna play!
2008-12-03 19:39:00 I know I've mentioned in the past that I get most of my new music through TV commercials, but that's changing as of today, because as of today I've signed up for "Kerchoonz," a new site that features great new music and more -- videos, chat, video games, blogs, things like that.But it's the music that got me in and keeps me there -- new songs from artists I like (like The Cult) and artists I've never heard of but will like (like Helicopter Girl) , and even -- now, this is heaven for people like me, who want to discover new artists -- a section of music from unsigned bands.Remember when you first heard of Arctic Monkeys? or Modest Mouse? Heard of them before anyone else did and got to be the cool person with the hot new music? Kerchoonz can do that for you.I mean, yeah, it can do a lot more -- you can blog there, you can friend people there, you can play games there, you can pretty much spend an entire day on there and never do the same thing twice -- but it'll let you find ... More About: Play
The Best Character Who Is Somehow Associated With Christmas But Who Ultimat
2008-12-03 18:23:00 I think it works this way: If you mention two things in connection with each other enough, then the two things ultimately will be linked in people's minds.Like baseball and hot dogs. Or Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who, as I understand it, had merely a healthy professional admiration for each other until so many people had suggested they must have made out that they decided to just go ahead and do it.Or Frosty The Snowman and Christmas .Frosty is not the nominee in this category; Frosty's not The Best Character Who Is Somehow Associated With Christmas But Who Ultimately Has Nothing To Do With Christmas At All. But he's what got me thinking about this topic, because I was (as I usually am these days) listening to Christmas music yesterday, and among the usual avalance of Run Run Rudolphs came a couple of versions of "Frosty The Snowman," versions which made me stop and think this:What does Frosty have to do with Christmas?Look at the lyrics, which I'll put into happy Christmas ...
Until they get to that place...
2008-11-17 00:57:00 New today: Fix It America: Space Cars!Welcome to The Best of Everything, where Our Opinions Are Righter Than Yours.The Newest Best: Christmas is a Katamari? It's true, and it's why Thanksgiving eventually won't be celebrated anymore. But there's more reasons why that'll happen, as I point out in The Best Holiday That Eventually We Won't Really Celebrate At All.Featured Best: Just over a year ago, I spent a week counting down The Best Showdowns Between Good and Evil. The football game is over, but the showdowns are still great... and I wrote a poem!And the Obligatory Chick Reference: I just saw "Role Models" last night and she was totally underused it in, so to build her back up and give her the TBOE boost, go read about why Elizabeth Banks is The Best Happy Celebrity. More About: Place
Meet an old friend again.
2008-11-17 00:48:00 Thanks to that little magical guy that comes out this time of year and helps spread joy by giving gifts, you can expect diamond rings and Jaclyn Smith bedding and the Hot Wheels Designer Challenge playset and even LCD TVs under your tree.Nope, I'm not talking about Santa. Sure, he's cool and all, but Santa doesn't come around until December 25th. I'm talking about the magical little guy that comes NOW, and stays around until the 25th: Mr. Bluelight.Mr. Bluelight is like a magical Christmas buddy, especially for me. When we were really little, Kmart was the closest "department store" to our house, and our Mom used to take us there for all the shopping, including Christmas shopping, when we'd get to go look at all the toys and tell her what we wanted her to tell Santa we wanted.Nowadays, Mom isn't around to get the message to Santa, but Mr. Bluelight is, bringing the magic of the "blue light special" to the Kmart LayawayProgram, the program that lets you buy the stuff you wa... More About: Friend , Meet
And everybody's smiling, it's so inviting
2008-11-17 00:20:00 See, they were just walking across the plains of Hell, Rachel and Brigitte, and Rachel wasn't going to let go of Brigitte, not this time, because it was Rachel's fault that Brigitte was IN Hell in the first place, but then all the damned souls figured out that Rachel had some kind of secret and so they started grabbing on to her, too, and then the 100-foot-tall demon started waking up, and that's when Ivanka the Valkyrie picked Rachel and the whole cluster up...That's what's going on in Lesbian Zombies Are Taking Over the World!... and it all makes sense if you keep on reading it. It's the best story around, and it just keeps getting better.So keep up with Rachel's adventures, or go get started now, and see what you've been missing!
I'm my own Secret Santa.
2008-11-17 00:11:00 Ice cream, autohammers, and warm jackets... that's the top of my Christmas list, the first three things I've definitely decided to buy for Christmas. And while I know for sure I'm going to get them, I don't need all the money to buy them yet, and I don't need to worry about getting them home yet, and I don't need to worry about hiding them from the people who are going to get them, thanks to the Sears Layaway program.Layaway is the best thing to happen to Christmas shopping in a long time. It lets me pick out the presents I want to buy, and get them at the great sale prices today, even when I haven't yet saved up all my money for Christmas -- and without buying on credit, so I won't be paying for Christmas for months, or years, after credit card fees.So the Craftsman Autohammer on sale at Sears right now for just $99.99? On the list, bought on sale, and ready to go: I put it on Layaway and I get today's price but I don't pay for it until I've got the money, and I don'... More About: Santa , Secret
Fix It, America: Space Cars!
2008-11-16 18:38:00 It seems inevitable now that the government's involvement in our economy will continue to grow, and given that, I'm going to spend the next three Sundays showing how it should grow.The government's involvement in the US economy will grow in indirect ways, such as commissioning giant, one-use table/plaques for use in announcing what it is all these heads of state are doing together...... and how much do you suppose it cost to decorate and create that room? Was there something wrong with the White House? I've been to the White House, back when the United States government still let people visit the United States' government. It has meeting rooms and the Oval Office and all sorts of other places to get heads of state together for a photo opportunity.But we spent tons of money to build a giant table plaque in the middle of those leaders, a plaque that announces that this is the G20 summit to deal with economic problems.Which is worse: AIG crying "crisis" and going on a spa retre... More About: America , Cars , Space
Take a sad song and make it better
2008-11-12 20:15:00 Welcome to The Best of Everything, where Our Opinions Are Righter Than Yours.The Newest Best: Christmas is a Katamari? It's true, and it's why Thanksgiving eventually won't be celebrated anymore. But there's more reasons why that'll happen, as I point out in The Best Holiday That Eventually We Won't Really Celebrate At All.Featured Best: Torchwood, books, the lottery... how do these all relate to Jeopardy!, which is The Best Game Show? Read it and find out.And the Obligatory Chick Reference: Guys, I know you only read things if you think there's some females involved, so read up on Dava Sobel... and her book Longitude. More About: Song , Make
I could then take pictures of me wearing the Green Lantern t-shirt! Sweet!
2008-11-12 20:07:00 We haven't yet started our Christmas shopping yet, aside from a "Green Lantern" T-shirt that was apparently bought after I mentioned to Sweet ie that I would really like a "Green Lantern" t-shirt; I know it was bought because it was bought using my Paypal account and I get emails telling me what was bought and when from my Paypal account.I should let Sweetie know that. After Christmas.But the main reason we haven't started shopping yet is that we don't want to use credit cards to shop this year, and we don't have tons of cash laying around, making it difficult to shop.Difficult, that is, until I found out about theKmart Layaway program.Remember Lawaway? It's back, or still around: the program that lets you go get stuff now, then pay for it over time and pick it up later. It's like credit, only no interest. You get to go into the store, pick up the hot gifts TODAY, while they're there and while they're on sale, and then pay over the next couple of weeks, bringing the pres... More About: Pictures , Shirt , T-Shirt
Mateo and McHale Update!
2008-11-12 19:34:00 Mateo and McHale Shaw are twins who have needed ongoing medical care since their birth... but that doesn't slow them or their family down...This week, Mom Angie Shaw reports:McHale has been jabbering non stop since last week. He wakes up and talks all day - some of it is their own little language but he literally talks all day! It is so cute. Mateo is really starting to put together what to say and when. We gave him cough medicine the other night when he woke up around 4:30 am he swallowed it and looked at me and said "Yuck!" When Ryan got up at 5 to get ready for work all I heard from Mateo was "where daddy go?" then he would answer himself and say " daddy go work" it was cute especially that early in the morning. The boys also were said to have enjoyed the celebration marking further progress on the handicapped-accessible playground that the Shaws are working to develop.And the medical appointments keep up:Last week we were also in Milwaukee for some check ups with GI and ... More About: Update , Mateo
Right as usual... and this time, it benefits me.
2008-11-12 17:51:00 How often do I get to be right so quickly -- and in such a helpful way. I said just yesterday (see below) that shopping season for Christmas could and would be moved up as Thanksgiving loses ground in the holiday war-- and here we are today, with Sears offering EXCELLENT Christmas shopping bargains -- for one day only -- on Saturday, November 15.I'm serious about how great these deals are. The Big One Day sale that Sears is having November 15 ONLY has great presents at great prices.Presents like the one I myself want: A Nextar 7 digital photo frame for only $39.99. Digital photo frames will let me avoid the agonizing decision of which pictures to frame and bring into my office by letting me bring them ALL into my office; instead of looking at the same boring pictures day after day while my over-2000 photos sit unseen on my computer's hard drive, I can have a digital photo frame that displays photos in an ever-shifting display, so I don't have to think "Do I want to see the pic... More About: Time , Benefits
The Best Holiday That Eventually We Won't Really Celebrate At All.
2008-11-11 15:19:00 Ah, Thanksgiving. The forgotten middle child of the holiday season.Last night, I saw a commercial for, of all things, Thanksgiving. The commercial even managed to imply that there was a little more to Thanksgiving than simply eating a lot -- the basic purpose of the holiday, as Jim Gaffigan has so hilariously pointed out in the past.There's not many commercials for Thanksgiving, especially if you don't count (as I don't) commercials from grocery stores that simply use Thanksgiving as a launching pad for trying to sell you two-for-one bags of potato chips; over the next two weeks, grocery stores will tell you to make your Thanksgiving extra special by buying potato chips. Then Christmas will need a boost via the magic of almonds. Then you'll see an advertisement telling you that it's time to "Inaugurate a new snack habit with beef jerky from Sentry."In fact, the commercial that I saw last night-- which was very food-centric but not totally food-centric -- was the only Thank... More About: Holiday , Celebrate
Saving my marriage and my money with Proflowers coupons.
2008-11-10 20:57:00 More or less one time per day, I screw something up -- I forget to do something Sweetie asked me to do, or I forget and do something Sweetie asked me NOT to do, or I get upset with something that's really minor, or I do something that I think is minor and Sweetie gets upset because it's NOT minor...You get the picture. I have two options when I do something that irritates or upsets Sweetie, which, as I said, I do about every 24 hours. One is that I go and do some chores around the house; like Friday, when I got her upset because I got upset over some minor inconveniences, so to make it up to her, I cleaned the family room, the bathrooms, and the living room.That is not something I want to do much of; since I can't help upsetting her, I would prefer to not have to keep cleaning the bathrooms.Option Two is: Flowers. But when you mess up as much as I do, flowers can be a significant expense. But I've got a secret weapon: ProFlowers coupons. ProFlowers is the online florist tha... More About: Marriage , Money , Coupons , Saving
Fix It, America: Let's Go To College.
2008-11-09 21:28:00 "Shame On America Sunday" is no more; I'm proud of America for doing the right thing and electing Obama, and have opted instead to try to become more positive, so we'll go with "Fix It, America" from now on.Without a college education, you can't get very far at all these days.With a college education, you can get far enough in life to be able to pay for that college education.That's the dilemma that faces most kids who are graduating from high school these days. Like the parents that work to avoid daycare, or the kid who works to pay off the car he uses to get to his job, high school graduates are confronted with the need to go to college in order to get a job to pay for the college they attended.Leave aside private schools; those who (unnecessarily) go to private schools may be left aside for the moment. This is about publicly owned schools, those state universities that are the college destination of both choice and necessity for most high school graduates.According to Colle... More About: College
The Best Superpower.
2008-11-06 15:14:00 So, are there just no new ideas anymore?Last night, I tried to watch a double-feature of Family Critic Guy and South Park. I didn't get to watch those shows, though. Instead, I got to watch "Home Alone Starring Some Cartoons" and "I Think This Might Be Ocean's 11," as Seth "I Got Paid" MacFarlane and Those South Park Creator Guys took the week off from having creative thoughts.There's just nothing creative or funny or interesting about cartoons (or any TV show) parodying another show or movie. Nothing. And yet, cartoons -- and some other TV shows -- do this incessantly. If there's a cartoon on TV, these days, it is almost a certain bet that at least 102% of its episodes will simply be parodies of other TV shows or movies. And I can say it will be 102% because new cartoons appear to be parodies of other cartoons. Can we be very far from the day when a cartoon parody of another cartoon parodies an earlier episode of that very same cartoon? Or, put in more concrete terms: H...
Shame On America Sunday: Presidental Election Quiz
More articles from this author:2008-11-01 14:11:00 Shame on America Sunday is appearing on Saturday because Sunday is Sweetie's Birthday and I promised her no 'puting on her birthday.Another change: In lieu of my usual rants about how wealthy America is and how people should be ashamed for letting rich people hoard money while poor people have to hire lawyers to make sure they can get medical care, I am this week presenting something that should either (a) keep you from being ashamed, or (b) make you ashamed.The thing I am presenting is theShame On America Sunday Presidential Candidates' Policies Quiz .You should take this quiz to make sure that you are informed enough to vote; if you're not informed you should not vote (and you should be ashamed for not being informed and not voting) -- but taking this quiz will make sure you are informed enough to vote.So here we go; I've left out third party candidates and focused on the two that have a chance to win, Barack Obama and John McCain. The answer to each question is either "Bar... More About: Election , Shame 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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