Archive for November, 2007

Artists You Ought To Know: Cary Brothers

Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in music | Comments Off

I know what you are thinking and rightly so. "You stole this idea from VH1, you horrible human being." Haven't I said time and again that I haven't had an original thought since 1988? Now that I've put worth a ...

The Five Plus Five Christmas Songs I Can’t Live Without

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in life | Comments Off

Stop the madness! I would just like to state right here and now, I don't know why it is necessary for the light music station to begin their Christmas music rotation so early. It isn't even December, yet I am ...

“Doctor Jones, we’ve heard a lot about you.”

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in film | Comments Off

There are only a few things that send me to my happy place in mere moments, the sound of my niece's contagious laughter, the smell of a summer breeze coming off the warm, salty ocean and the opening notes of ...

Thoughts From the Couch

Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in television | Comments Off

I usually do a roundup of everything good and bad about the new fall season, but this year, let's be honest, nothing is truly good enough to spaz about at length. Some of our returning favorites returned to the airwaves ...

Happy Turkey Day!

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in life | Comments Off

Only Americans can invent a holiday whose goal is absolutely gluttony. Seems a bit a ironic that the origins of Thanksgiving are so rooted in good, old Christian values. Good thing we have that whole separation of chruch and state ...

Obligatory Thankful List 2007

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in pop culture | Comments Off

I am thankful for friends, family and blah, blah bitchcakes. That goes without saying, but that is not what this thankful list is about. Nope. If family warms your heart, it is art that nurtures your soul. Don't steal that ...

Pop Culture Confessions, Part Two … Again

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in music, pop culture | Comments Off

Consider this an amendment to the previous pop culture confessions post as the shaming continues with this one. Now that I've confessed a love for all things soft rock and thus losing some of my self-respect in the process (and ...

Pop Culture Twins

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in life, pop culture | Comments Off

A couple of weeks ago, a few of my internet cohorts and I were discussing the phenomenon of our "pop culture twins", those fictional characters that are so like us it is as if the writers snatched our soul and ...