Threads that Open to a world of snark / comments tripping down the page … The only movie news worth talking about is the opening of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in theaters this weekend. Adapted from one of John le…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Thursday Grammar: “Beavis and Butt-head” Do(es) Plurals
In which Beavis and Butt-head teach us a valuable lesson about grammatical number and our relationship to the diagesis.
Episode 50: Chivy League
Sheely and Wrather take Gossip Girl through the Season 5 winter finale.
Boardwalk Empire: The Old World and the New
Why are Nucky and Jimmy so bad at being gangsters? Because gangsters haven’t been invented yet.
A Muppet of a Marxist, or a Very Marxist Muppet?
The new Muppet movie is about traversing alienation and owning your work. But is it Communist?
“The Rainbow Connection”: Just How Many Songs Are There About Rainbows?
Episode 179: The Expendable Babysitters Club
The Overthinkers tackle Starship Troopers, babysitting, and digital publishing.
Open Thread for December 2nd 2011
Dashing through the Thread / in an Open, snarky way … It’s the first Open Thread of December, Overthinkers! And that means Grammy nominations! Bon Iver, Mumford and Sons, and of course Kanye West get nods. (Speaking of music, did…