Strip Search: Kick in the Pants
Well, cats and kittens, we have our final three and move on to the finale. There have been some surprises, shockers, and some expected turns. But I love the fact this show is not on television and is true to the creators’ design—so fun! As noted before, they totally make fun of those other shows.
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End Of The Week News: Friday, I’m In Love
Hello, kittens, and welcome back! Here we are at another news recap, where I, your dark current events overlord, will be highlighting this week’s highs, lows, and all that stuff in between.
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Classic Woman-centic Movie Review: Indochine
The waning days of French rule and the formation of the country of Vietnam are chronicled in the 1992 film Indochine, which stars Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, and Linh Dan Pham. The film uses the main characters’ stories as a microcosm to what is going on in their country and foreshadow the changes that have yet to come.
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Lunchtime Poll: I Love You, But I Hate You
I was listening to a band on Spotify, when my spidey senses started tingling. Something in the words, in the attitude, was off.
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Thursday Dance Party Open Thread for 6/13/13
Since Father’s Day is coming up, I did try to find a song that my dad likes, but I wasn’t about to wade through all of the Pink Floyd on YouTube. Mostly because I really don’t like Pink Floyd. I’ve tried, really I have.
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There is Morning Sickness Help
Being pregnant at my age, a couple years from 40, was not my plan. When I was young and idealistic, I mapped out my life. I wanted a degree, husband, and children, a girl and a boy, all before 30. Umm…my life didn’t read the plan.
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Etiquette: Funerals
This week we’re going to discuss funeral etiquette. Because I’m apparently feeling morbid this month.
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Everything I Learned (About School), I Learned From ’90s Cartoons: “Recess”
Much like Animaniacs taught me about authority and control in the classroom, Recess prepared me for some of the social sorting and clique forming that happened directly outside of the classroom.
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Knowledge: A Poem For Father’s Day
Father’s Day is this Sunday, and I am left with the memory of all the cards I sent late, or the phone calls made when I forgot a card entirely. I am left with the knowledge that I never knew which holiday would be the last.
Read MoreWe Need More Suspenseful Television
Last week, I wrote about the Writers Guild of America’s list of the 101 best-written television shows. I agreed with much of the list, especially the inclusion of The Twilight Zone. Realizing that I hadn’t watched an episode in a very long time, I fell into the rabbit hole that is Wikipedia and YouTube the other day while I was …
Read MoreAre You The Alpha Dog?
I think we’re all familiar with the coolest story in prehistory. Our ancestors used their wits to harness the power of wild carnivores and trick them into doing pesky tasks like tracking, guarding, and hunting. After many generations of selective breeding, the descendants of these wild wolves now live in our homes and share many of the same traits. Everything …
Read MoreGame of Thrones, Episode 3.10, “Mhysa”
It’s time to catch up with everyone who’s still alive!
Read MoreNews in Asia: A Brief Overview of the Issue of Sweatshops
In the regular News in Asia column, I’ve posted extensively about the tragic death and injuries of thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh and the issues it’s raised over working conditions in factories there and throughout the rest of Asia. In April, a factory collapse killed hundreds of workers and before that, in November of 2012, fires at factories that …
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Teacher, How Much Money Do You Make?
This column will tackle the intersections of teaching ESL, language, the economy, immigration, the American middle class dream, and sometimes food.
Read MoreLunchtime Poll: Summer TV Viewing
Summer television used to be the dregs of the barrel for the networks. It used to be where you would dump the extra episodes from a bad show or show pilots for failed shows and label them as TV movies. Over the years, networks then added reality shows to the mix. This has proved to be my downfall. I love …
Read MoreIt’s the Day of the Open Thread, Y’all!
Please tell me I’m not the only Waiting for Guffman fan here or that joke is gonna make no sense.
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