Notes of a Defeatist

Bookslut’s Michael Schaub snaps on the publishing industry’s love affair with the war between Stay Home Mom & Working Mom.

Sure bet Unemployed Again Daddy would settle for some peace and quiet over a book deal any day.

“I am going to write a book saying that parents who want to work should work, and parents who [...]

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Kicking the habit no monkey business for chain-smoking Chinese chimp



tags technorati : Chain smoking, monkeys, news

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AOL and Comcast’s recent P.R. snafus have been given airtime on many “investigative news” segments this weekend showing the evils of the big corporate telecommunications giants screwing the little people. Can’t wait until Time Warner gets their moment in the spotlight too!

A Comcast Technician Sleeping on my Couch illustrates the everyday reality that is being [...]

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George Lucus never thought it would go this far.

There’s never enough Star Wars parodys and yet, I do believe you may think otherwise.

You’re wrong.

tags technorati :  Star  Wars,  parody, spoof,  Spud, Darth, Tater, Vader, Lucas, Mr. Potato Head, Carb, Revenge, Sith, lightsaber

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David Sedaris:

“In truth, I had no idea what I wanted to study, so for the first few years I took everything that came my way. I enjoyed pillaging and astrology, but the thing that ultimately stuck was comparative literature. There wasn’t much of it to compare back then, no more than a handful of epic [...]

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Port Washington, WI resident Dustin “Screech” Diamond need your help!



tags technorati : Dustin Diamond, Wisconsin, Saved By The Bell

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Louie C.K.’s new show Lucky Louie premieres this Sunday on HBO. A Special Thing interviews Louie C.K. about his comedy roots.

If you’re the X-Men-as-a-metaphor-for-supressed-sexuality-and-AIDS kind [...]

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NNNOoooooo!

The Graduate does not need a sequel. We do not need to know what happens next. It has a perfect, heart wrenching ending that needs nothing more. It’s bad enough we had to deal with Rumor Has It.

A sequel will ruin it, and it’s just unfortunate if Christopher Webb is destitute, living out of a [...]

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Why Do We Like Superman?

I don’t, but Neil Gaiman and Adam Rogers scratch their heads and try to come up with an answer.

tags technorati : Superman, comics, Neil Gaiman, Adam Rogers

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NBC moved Sorkin’s new comedy/drama from its Thursday lineup to Monday keeping it away from battling “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI” for viewers.

Is it too inside or too smart for viewers? The complaint the similarly themed ‘Sports Night’ had was it was too fast and there wasn’t a laugh track. Despite much critical love, it never [...]

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