And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A dominating closer? If so, how come nobody’s striking out? These guys are putting the ball in play, … Continued
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In preparation for the March release of its film adaptation, I reread Watchmen this week. It had been more than four years. Back then, I liked it, but it wasn’t the time for me to read it. I hadn’t been … Continued
As a follow up to the wildly popular “Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock” article on the decline of rock music (and U.S. oil production), I decided to take the logical next step in pop culture quantitative analysis: Greatest Movies Lists. … Continued
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The commercials for Axe Body Spray have always appealed to men’s worst instincts, and recently they’ve taken an even more disturbing turn. See, Axe used to put out commercials like this: This one is an absurdly ramped-up version of the … Continued
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Overthinkers, today I’ll leave off the deep analysis and instead turn to some heavy lifting. It’s something that I can only do after years of training, but it’s something you all need to be able to do. It’s your duty. … Continued
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The sperm whale? Oh ha ha, real mature everybody. What are we, like twelve? Honestly, this has got to stop. And in case you thought that maybe “sperm,” in this case, had some sort of esoteric, alternate meaning, no, it … Continued
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And it’s not even *good* fanfic. Obama and Palin are Mary Sues, the pair of them. Let me be clear: Obama and Palin, the human beings, are as complex and irreducible as any other human beings. But Obama and Palin, … Continued
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I don’t know what people are thinking when the use the word “nonplussed” to mean the opposite of “moved” or “impressed”. Maybe that those things are “plusses” and the person is not any of them. The word “nonplussed” means “surprised”, … Continued
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Once upon a time, an 80s girl was reading a subversive comic book in a diner while listening to that one A-ha song everyone likes. But lo! Out of one of the comic’s frames pops a sketchy hand – the … Continued