Random stuff
Some random stuff for an insert-day-I-finally-post afternoon:
- Fair and balanced! If you think Fox News might skew a little too conservative, this is hilarious.
- When noted former professor of mine Paul Waldman titled his latest column "Damn Right We're Angry" I was a bit concerned it would be too emotional to be effective, but by the end, I was pretty angry too.
- I disagree with The New Republic a fair amount, but they nail it on this one, the provocatively titled "Why We Shouldn't Ignore Ann Coulter."
- Finally, on a cruel-but-funny note, Mad ripoff Cracked has decided to reinvent itself as an online Maxim/humor hybrid, and, as it turns out, it's actually not halfway bad. My favorite example is from "People's 15 Most Ludicrous Celebrity Write-Ups":
BEYONCE KNOWLES
People’s Scoop
“Knowles, 24, when asked to imagine what life might have been like if she hadn't been born beautiful, said: ‘To be honest, I feel people would have acknowledged my talent a lot more.’"(p. 110)
The Ugly Truth
Actually, you would have been “that dumpy chick with the weird name who takes karaoke night way too seriously.”
Ouch. But almost certainly true. You know that unattractive girl who went from R&B smash to movie star? Right.