'Pop culture' Category
Carlin killed by Lohan and Spade
That’s what KOIN-TV was reporting.
Right there, under the story about George Carlin’s heart attack, it says:
“Related stories: David Spade Ticketed
Lindsay & Sam Love Shopping“
In case they change the links, here is the screen capture:I think the pressure of trying to compete with such earth-shattering news from other celebrities did him in.
Now, to mark the occasion of [...]Gaming the System
Where there are rules, there are winners and losers. The real trick is designing a set of rules that elicits the behavior you wanted to begin with.
I’m about as competitive a person as you’ll meet, and over the years I can take a quick look at the rules and conditions of a contest and tell [...]The Math of Sin
I saw a headline today, referring to the Eliot Spitzer saga:
The Spitzer Scandal: Lust Plus Pride
Then, I recalled seeing this attempt to explain the Seven Deadly Sins (from Jessica Hagy):According to Jessica’s chart, Lust + Pride = Trophy Wife.
So, using the Associative Property of Addition, we can see that:
The Spitzer Scandal = Trophy Wife.
A fun, [...]An Angry Man
Every day or so, I post interesting links over to the side. They’re called “RazR’s Choice Cuts from the Web.” While I tend to focus on various aspects of communication, persuasion, and explanation, the Choice Cuts can vary wildly. You’ll find articles and essays about a wide array of topics:
Culture
Pop culture
Strange crime
Political [...]The Art of the Insult
I’ll come back to this after some reflection, but for a quick end-of-the-week read, here is a piece of brilliantly pointed writing from Slate.com’s review of Meet the Spartans:
Isn’t it massive consumer fraud to charge $10.50 for a barely hour-long movie? Perhaps, but it would’ve been unforgivable to make Meet the Spartans any longer than [...]
