How is a fast food restaurant like a tree? Beats me.
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Tommy, Can You See Moesha?
Surprise! A. O. Scott Likes Rambo. And So Should You.
Movie critic A. O. Scott has what appears to be a new series of retrospective video reviews of his favorite movies on the New York Times website, and much to my surprise, his latest entry is an independent art film … Continued
The Internet is No Longer For Porn
“Surfing for porn had dropped to about 10 percent of searches from 20 percent a decade ago,” according to Bill Tancer, a researcher at Hitwise, quoted in a Reuters story, “and the hottest Internet searches now are for social networking … Continued
How Do You Pronounce Charlize Theron? and Other Mysteries
For the record: Amanpour, Christiane (kris-tə-YAN ä-MÄN-pür) Auel, Jean (OUL) Baum, L. Frank (BOM) Blanchett, Cate (KĀT BLAN-chət) Buscemi, Steve (boo-SHEM-ē) Clowes, Daniel (KLŌZ) Coelho, Paulo (POU-lō KOO-ĀL-yoo) Derrida, Jacques (zhäk dâr-ē-DÄ) Fiennes, Ralph (RĀF FĪNZ) Foer, Jonathan Safran (FÔR) … Continued
The Word Cloud Conspiracy
One of my many vices is political blogs. I read a whole slew of them, several times a day (and lord help me, I even read the comments). I especially enjoy reading the progressive DailyKos, and the staunchly conservative RedState, … Continued
What Are the Two Most Awesome Things Ever?
Kitty!
I got to this from the Onion AV Club’s “videocracy” feature, which tracks the most popular videos on the intertubes. This means that the odds of any of you not having already seen this are, to say the least, slim. … Continued
48 Hour Film Project Providence Award-Winner: “Monday the 13th”
I present to you as a special peek into my other projects (most of which revolve around a very cool theatre in Greater Boston), an entry into the Providence, Rhode Island 48 hour film project, Monday the 13th, by Nature’s … Continued
I’m cheating on you
I’m a two-blog man now. As some of you know, I write and produce Hotnewz.tv, the best darn news show for college kids on the web. We recently started a blog where we talk about some of our favorite segments. … Continued