Continuing our slog through “high school” or youth based movies today, comes the latest, and supposedly last entry in the American Pie franchise. The good news? It may not be as bad as you were expecting. The bad news? That’s still not the same as saying it’s a good movie. What Worked: It’s one of…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Cabin in the Woods
I didn’t go for this movie. Sorry, but for Rotten Tomatoes to give this movie a 93% approval rating only shows how flawed that site is for judging “fanboy” movies. [Note: This will include some very vague spoilers. I really doubt anyone hasn’t seen this movie that plans on seeing it, but I figure I’d…
TV Reviews: By Jumping to the Future, Is “Fringe” Getting Its Groove Back?
So last Friday, the show featured its second leap into the future with an episode set in 2036 (hence this post being numbered archives/2036…get it?) and I think the show may have finally re-established its groove and wormed its way back into the hearts (and especially heads) of its devoted sci-fi faithful. What Happened (Spoilers):…
Sunday’s Sermons: The Moral Imperative Behind Earth Day
Reaction to the Title of This Piece: “Geez, every fucking week it’s moral this, moral that…is there any issue that can’t be stretched into a sermon?” Well, not many, but this is a little different. Second reaction: “Isn’t it always a little different?” True, but what if I told you that something The Bible mentions…
Interviews with the Invisible: The Marijuana User
Today brings a short(er) interview than what most people are used to from this section, partly due to short notice and partly because potheads don’t want to talk that much. I’m kidding. Actually, I’ve known today’s interview subject for a while and thought it would be a good idea to talk about one of the…
Working Class Economist: April’s Rich Asshole of the Month is…
…Rick Santorum! Now I know that perhaps picking on Santorum is shooting fish in a barrel to a certain extent, and that you don’t have to be the wittiest (or most politically aware) writer to call him out on pretty much everything. So why take on such an easy target? I’ll tell you… 1. Now…
Fast Food Critic: A Book Event with the Author of “Drop Dead Healthy”
Of the last few weeks, no item has been more neglected than The Fast Food Critic, and for that I’m sorry. Especially since there has been plenty of recent developments in the food/health industries lately. Not least of which is the publication of A.J. Jacobs’s new book “Drop Dead Healthy.” Some might remember A.J. Jacobs…
Entertainment Editorial: The Five Best Movies of the Year…So Far…
We’re past the quarter mark for the year and about to head into “The Summer Movie Season” where everything is exploding, animated, or includes dick jokes, but (let’s be honest) since we never really leave that season anymore and Hollywood makes blockbusters (or big flops like John Carter) year-round, we can’t just ignore the late…
TV Review: “Eastbound and Down” a TV Comedy that Takes You On a Journey (Plus, “Life’s Too Short”)
I won’t start this review off pretending I don’t have a bias towards HBO’s “Eastbound and Down.” I’m a big Danny McBride fan (if you haven’t seen his debut “The Foot Fist Way” do so). I love the character of Kenny Powers (the most lovably assholish character in TV comedy). And this show comes the…
Mom Jokes: A Little Something to Lighten Up Tax Day
A politician dropped by the local elementary school to explain how taxes worked. He called Johnny up to the front of the class, and asked if he had any lunch money. Johnny said yes and pulled out four quarters. The politician took one of the quarters from Johnny and said “The government takes this money…
Sunday’s Sermons: How Taxes Can Tell Us Our Values, by Worshipping Different “Government Gods”
Last year around this time, the country felt more or less stuck in the same rut that it is today. Democrats are trying to take on multiple agendas at once (getting gay marriage into more states, making sure Obama’s not a one-term president, struggling to not have unions wiped out, not letting the country crumble…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: Another Year, More Taxes to Not Pay…Where Does the Time Go?
Well it’s that time of year again. The time when the fed-er-al government decides to put its imperialist boots on the necks of confederate states and make us pay taxes. All across the nation, taxes are due this Monday, so make sure you file them, or better yet, don’t. Bubba hasn’t filed taxes in…well, ever….
Larger Editorial: Forget Social Conservatives, the Real Radical Shift is Among Fiscal Conservatives
The most popular punching bag of the last thirty years is the hyper-divisive beast known as “The Social Conservative.” This is the guy or gal who has inserted themselves as the “nay” vote in all of today’s most heated cultural wedge issues, and has fought against everything from gay Civil Rights to allowing women easier…