Pop Culture

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The Tin Man’s Journey to a Heart

Do you suspect you are without a heart? Watch the 2006 Jane Eyre miniseries and take the attached quiz to…

2 years ago

Save Time and Read This Book Instead of Appearing on the Bachelor(ette)

You will not receive more Instagram followers, a podcast, sponsored trips, or passes to b-level music festivals and c-level awards…

2 years ago

BS Reviews: Phantom Planet

To celebrate the 17 year and 11 month anniversary of the Phantom Planet LP, I reviewed a review of the…

3 years ago

Captain America: Civil War is Nonsense- An Introduction to the Laws of Armed Conflict

Captain America: Civil War has a 90% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes despite the outrageous misrepresentation of international law. Allow…

3 years ago

BS Holiday Gift Guide

The expression “it is better to give than to receive” is often true because people receive crap. Follow the advice…

3 years ago

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Now in Color!

When anxious about domestic politics, I am comforted by this film about government corruption and media manipulation. It reminds me…

3 years ago

The Road– to the U.S. Open– Not Taken: A Poem

The hotly anticipated follow-up to my heavily praised 1992 poem "Hats, Hats I See Them Everywhere."

3 years ago

Lessons Learned From Fangirling O-Town

Who said being hopelessly devoted was easy?

3 years ago

Lessons Learned From the Music of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Musical prodigies, innovative singers, and soulful lyricists are three expressions that are never used to describe Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen,…

3 years ago

A Little Known Talent from Redditch

While our time together was fleeting, largely because of the pace he walked through the mall, it was special. 

3 years ago