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9021-no
not bad enough to be good
by mike julianelle
topic: television
9.5.08
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After watching most of the two hour premiere of the new "90210" series, I thought I might write about how this sad attempt at updating the seminal 90s teen soap, by cross-breeding it with "The Hills" and "Gossip Girl," makes a mockery of the original. But halfway through forming that thought, I remembered that the original show was already a mockery.
This "90210" captures a bit of the feel of the original, featuring displaced Midwestern (read: innocent and good) kids into a corrupt, debaucherous, immoral/amoral world. The best thing I can say about it is that, in this day and age, it�...
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six wrongs, half a dozen rights
taking a look at pop culture hindsight
by jael mchenry
topic: pop culture
9.3.08
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In entertainment, as in so many other things, hindsight is 20/20. And it’s often worth it to take a look back and congratulate yourself on the things you got right, as well as slap...
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ix: state of the site
nine years in, the state of the site is solid
by joe procopio
topic: pop culture
9.1.08
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I'm not going to lie to you. I wrote this column last night, the night before publication. But first, I spent an entire month dreading the prospect, then I just plain put it o...
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constant craving
*the secret* to success
by heather m. millen
topic: humor
8.27.08
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The other day I was sitting at my desk. It was about 4:00 in the afternoon, the day had been a bit stressful and I was greatly in need of a tiny token of relief. Suddenly, I real...
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the good (and bad) girls guide to...
getting out of the country
by maigen thomas
topic: general
8.25.08
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You need a vacation. A mini-break. A holiday. Maybe you need to step away from a high-pressure job, or take some time to think about a lovelife situation. Maybe your family is d...
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china
the black sheep
by reem al-omari
topic: news
8.22.08
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With Beijing hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, China is a hot topic and has been ever since the votes were in to let it host the Games. I look at what's in the media about t...
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bei-cha-ching 2008
nbc's not getting any of my gold
by russ carr
topic: television
8.20.08
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The Olympics! On NBC! Amazing how one network is willing to blackmail a nation for nearly three weeks. You want to watch the Summer Games? Fine, but it'll cost ya. NBC &#...
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easy street
missing life in a small town
by erik lars myers
topic: pop culture
8.15.08
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Just a few weeks ago, I went back to the town where I grew up. I don't have a good reason to be there anymore. My parents divorced years ago and sold the house that I would...
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hot, bothered, and wanting more
a firsthand account of a first-time lap dance
by alex b
topic: writing
8.13.08
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Happy Birthday to you. Your friends have been saying that to you all night. They said it at the restaurant, and said so at the bar. Next thing you know, they're attemp...
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grounded again
when sports karma goes wrong
by michelle von euw
topic: sports
8.11.08
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As I sit toward the back of an uncomfortably warm airplane, surrounded by strangers as we not-so-patiently wait through the latest delay in an evening full of them, all I can think...
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re: six wrongs, half a dozen rights
Thanks! And by the way, something else I was wrong about... ironically I was flipping through channels (in Colombia) and saw an ad for "Pizza My Heart...
re: ix: state of the site
I'm stumped as to why I'm not a billionaire yet... ...but [IM's] not all pictures of guys getting whacked in the nuts.
re: easy street
How wonderful that so many people were inspired to remember and share similar experiences of community in their lives - past and present. You touched...
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And now, unless it down grades or changes course, it looks like another cat 4/5 hurricane, Gustav, may be hitting the same region. I hope not, but if...
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