There are many things that I hate about New York City. I hate the pigeons, the rats, and the abundance of dog excrement on the streets. I hate the hot stickiness of the subway platforms, and the way taxi drivers take liberty with your life. I hate the trash that gets piled up along the [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 18, 2009
Dictators… They’re Just Like Us!
I often wonder what our society would be like if people actually cared about politics around the world. Thus, I propose a new theme for the next issue of Us Weekly; let’s keep it entertaining, but let’s also make it educational as well. So instead of the 12th cover featuring Jon & Kate, we thus present… Us Weekly: DICTATORS!
It’s always easier [...]
June 17, 2009
An Hegelian Analysis of Pop Culture, With Commentary on Flava Flav
(To be honest, I don’t know who Hegel was, but I’m the preeminent Flav scholar this side of West Texas.)
A few years ago, an interviewer asked me what my favorite movie was. In any other circumstance, the answer would have been easy: Miss Congeniality, a story about an undercover cop-turned beauty queen who saves Miss [...]