Lilly Goren, contributing to the under-appreciated, but ever-interesting Britannica Blog, helps us figure out whether America is more likely to elect a woman or a black man as president. How does she do it? She collects and assesses historical data from the only really important sources that ever existed: Movies and Television Series. Her findings tell […]
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Cussin'
I really liked the movie “Knocked Up.” I thought it was very funny. One thing that distracted me, though, was the language. It was in English, of course, but man, did they all cuss a lot. Even the characters who you wouldn’t expect to cuss all the time, cussed all the time. People cussed to […]
The Ex (with a spoiler)
Last night I rented “The Ex,” which got a rockin’ 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. In other words, it was supposed to be terrible. It wasn’t actually terrible. But that’s it for the movie review. I just wanted to mention something that I think they did really wrong. The movie is more or less an extended […]
Oprah Can't Edit Me!
Shout it from the rooftops. Oprah cannot cannot cannot edit me. Oprah has no idea who I am, but I decided to join in solidarity with Chris Rose, whose new book isn’t supposed to be very good and will not be seen on Oprah. Read the article, which is funny and clever. In short, Oprah […]
News Shocker: Movies Are Unrealistic
A couple of physicists have gotten an article published, discussing the fact that movies get the science wrong. Ars Technica gives us a list of some of the worst offenders. So, yeah, turns out that Superman probably couldn’t have reversed time. Ars Technica points out that grad students work for peanuts, so these movies could […]
Science in the Simpsons
Interview about science and the greatest show humanity has ever produced.
Another Day in the Frontal-ZZZZZZzzzzz
Not long ago, I posted about a book that wasn’t written very well, but was so compelling in its content that all was forgiven. Unfortunately, I followed it up with one that more or less misses the mark. “Another Day in the Frontal Lobe,” by Katrina Firlik, sounds like an interesting read. Firlik is a […]
Two Nifties
Nifty number 1: The Sony Reader. I actually posted something about this a while back, but now I have one in my hot little hands. It’s really great at what it does. That is, it replaces the many pounds of cloth and glue and paper that you’d need to carry around in order to have […]
Fahrenheit 451: All about the Boob Tube
In case you thought that Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was about bookburning and censorship (you know, since it has all the bookburning and censorship in it), you’d apparently be wrong. He says that it was about TV. It was about his hatred of large-screen TVs, factiods over the news instead of real news, shallow TV knowledge […]
Inflationary Lyrics
Songs referring to a dime in the jukebox or telephone are becoming quaint. Craig Conley brings them up-to-date. (Link) [End of Post]