From the monthly archives: October 2008

The Most Fantastic Genre

By On October 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

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PopCultureShock posted this great little clip about the new Blue Beetle — Mexican-American Jaime Reyes — and Junot Diaz’ Oscar Wao, wherein Diaz notes:

“The most fantastic genre can’t keep up, or refuses to keep up, with how much our country has changed. And so people can dream about aliens, and they [...]

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And he has a sense of humor!

By On October 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Marketing, Politics

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“And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn’t think I’d ever run for President.”

I just got around to watching Obama’s speech at the Al Smith Dinner the other night and it’s funny as hell, taking shots at McCain, Clinton, Schumer, Bloomberg, Giuliani, Wall Street and, most importantly, himself, showing a [...]

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McCain “I Screwed Up”

By On October 17, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Politics

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Funny how he can admit that he “screwed up” by ditching Letterman’s show last month to save the economy talk to Katie Couric and make an appearance at a Bill Clinton event, but when Dave presses him on his and Palin’s “pals around with terrorists” nonsense, he sticks to the same B.S. line about [...]

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What If…FOX hosted the debate?

By On October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics, Pop Culture

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It’s like a mash-up of so many of my favorite things!

PS: I’ll be back on a regular posting schedule, here and on Spindle, very soon.  Seriously.

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