Big Business vs. The Planet
I know it’s very popular to think we can each save the planet if only we unplugged our laptops for an hour or recycled just one more can, but despite doing all that, I remain a skeptic. I’ve long contended that without major change from the real big polluters (the manufacturers, not the consumers), we’re [...]
It’s Groundhog Day Again for the Whitney Museum
The Whitney Museum is planing to expand. Again! No, you’re not having a nightmare where you wake up every morning and relive the same day over and over again. The Whit has been talking about expanding since before some of us were even born. So… let’s take a stroll down memory lane of museum proposals. [...]
Banks are the New Evil Villains
There’s always someone or something we all love to hate. And according to the new Better Business Bureau ranking, banks are climbing the charts as the people who piss us off most. Or, as they put it: banks are moving up the charts like a Beyonce’s single. Well, considering that they’re taking people’s homes away [...]
The Lustron Next Door
When we first moved in I really didn’t pay much attention to the somewhat hodge-podgey lodge next door. Shortly there after an issue of Preservation magazine came in the mail, and there on the cover was a house just like it. Well, just like part of it. Turns out the original house is a Lustron: [...]
Crazy Christians Top the News
Again! Three bible quoting bozos hit the top 10 in today’s news. Wisconsin District Attorney and crazy Christian Scott Southworth has warned teachers that he’ll arrest them for doing their jobs. State law requires that schools teach comprehensive sex education. But Southworth vows to skirt the law, instead prosecuting educators for contributing to the delinquency [...]
Is Reality TV Trying to Cater to Me?
Well, at least Bravo is! Remember back to when people could and would say things like “I don’t watch reality TV” like it was just one thing? In reality, what they really meant was “I don’t watch Big Brother.” But today, there are so many shows of differing type, subject matter, venue, etc… that saying [...]
Extreme Makeover: Foreclosure Edition
Call me Sybil cuz I’ve been predicting this for years! The families ‘gifted’ ridiculous product-packed McMansions amid eardrum piercing screeches (and that’s just from Ty!) really can’t afford them. Like duh. Seriously, I’m the only one who ever wondered how downtrodden people who seem to have so many problems (one starts to suspect they’re making [...]
Big Brother is Watching in Chicago
Ever get that creepy feeling you’re being watched? Well, if you’re in Chicago, you probably are being watched. Just how many cameras are spying on you in the Windy City? Officials aren’t telling, but it is considered the most comprehensive in all of the US, and even more integrated than London’s famous 500,000 plus. In [...]
I’m Too Sexy for The Boston Phoenix
People just love a good countdown to take their minds off of life’s true awfulness. So our friends in Beantown came up with this time killer: The 100 Unsexiest Men of 2010. OK, whatever. In this era of picky snap judgements, it seemed pretty tame, although there did seem to be a few that veered [...]
Virtual Hari Kari
Our good friends in The Land of The Rising Sun seem to be falling on their swords in an effort to explain some pretty weird ass shit. Q: How exactly do you defend popular video games that simulate violence toward women? A: Oh, you just don’t get it. According to experts, the reason why we [...]
