Let me open with a quick clarification about the previous Mad Men post: as to the purview of self-fashioning, we all do it. In blog terms, you know me as this guy, i.e. the one who caught those students, made that other one extremely uncomfortable, is frequently victimized by the library, hid his cancer from […]
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I’ll have a substantial sequel to my Mad Men post up later today or tomorrow, but for the moment, you can read two solid replies from Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon and my friend Joseph Kugelmass a
As I noted in the comments to this post, it was only a matter of time before I started Mad Men; however, as I’ve studiously avoided reading about the show for the better part of two years now, I
SEK: Welcome, folks, to our first interview with former Vice Presidential-candidate, Sarah Palin. Before we start, Sarah, I want to read what I wrote last night in my journal—I’m only kidding. That wouldn’t be professional. How about we start with an easy one? I know how much you love circles, Sarah, so how about you […]
Sarah Palin’s latest pronouncement: And that double standard is—and that hypocrisy is another reason why so many Americans are quite disgusted with the political games that are played, not onl
“I think you’re gonna love her, sir. Check her out.” “I like what I see there, Ferguson, but she doesn’t really seem powerful. She needs—” “A more muscular
…only to have some other professor come in five minutes later and inform you that you’re in the wrong room? ME NEITHER. Please share your own humiliating first-day-of-class stories in the comments and bring a smile to the face of the hypothetical person this actually happened to.
Then again, maybe they both do: In one of the most hilarious developments in the Jersey Shore controversy to date, NJ state senator Josef Vitale has recently alleged that the show violates the spirit
Tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern, the only bowl game that matters will be played. Obscure alum SEK will be joined by the LGM regular who, because the Internet’s not nearly so big as you think it is, j
While the Na’vi may be blue, the people who played them are not. Consider: Neytiri Tsu’tey Eytukan Moat Horse Clan Leader It could be the case that all the other models for the Na’vi are white, but it seems clear to me that Cameron chose these actors for the central Na’vi characters according to racialized […]
I’m easing back on the Internets by trying to find the most optimistic spin on the Jason Bay signing—Dewan ranking him at -1 runs defensively wins so far—but three of the most respected base
Those would be directions given to me the first time I tried to visit my in-laws without the wife there to navigate. I hadn’t a clue what he meant. Then, as I crested a hill south of Natchez, I