Cultural Subterfuge

Pseudo news gets hard hitting! The general perception of bloggers are that we are pseudo journalists. Technically we might be called journalists, since blogging is a form of journaling - we'll grab at any semblance of credibility. So many of us have a passing interest in issues related to the field, such as "does the media have any true influence?"  The answer depends: if journalists are trying to grab at a semblance of credibility themselves they say that they are the opinion makers; if they...Read Full Story

So What's the Big Deal?? If this is true then it will really fuck up the book makers! " Ladies & Gentleman of the Academy, tonight is when we come together in an attempt to invest enormous significance into what is essentially a non event! " Okay, enough kidding around, now onto the joke! The above purports to be a leaked list of tonight's Oscar winners " Mickey Rourke , Heath Ledger , Kate Winslet , Amy Adams , and Slumdog Millionaire ".  Heath Ledger seems to be a safe enough bet. People...Read Full Story

"So what are you doing cutting into my transmission, Oprah?"  "Well I just took some time out from directing the space shuttle flight here at Main Mission Control to tell you that I know what you've been saying. I hope that doesn't rattle you. In fact I like your hustle kid! If you'll excuse me I gotta go now, there's a situation. One of my many surveillance monitors has detected that the President has been in the washroom way too long! We originally had them set up as a way to find...Read Full Story

If a man takes his boat across a lake, and in the process runs into another man in another boat, they shout at each other and shake their fists. If the man notices that the boat is empty, he shrugs his shoulders and continues. So as you traverse across this life, let your boat be empty. ~ Chinese proverb Though it's an honour just to be nominated, it's a shame to be involved Oscar night raises the issue of the importance of small shiny chrome statuettes. It also raises the issues of ego and...Read Full Story

On a related note Tom Brady is with the Pats so he's practically Irish, by a very loose definition of the word, since he wasn't born in Ireland or anything (unless he really was in which case I'm gonna have to start checking my facts. You can only get away with those wild broad side shots for so long before there are consequences. I hear that they eventually wired Ann Coulter's jaw shut! She's not Irish either, but still that seems a bit harsh). He is married to Gisele Bundchen , who isn't...Read Full Story