Today we’re joined by a teacher who’s been teaching 35 years for all different grades. We’re going to discuss the radical changes taking place across the country, why teachers are being targeted, how much things have changed since she first started, and if any of it is worth it. Oh yeah, and she’s my mom….
Larger Editorial: Is Obama Ushering in a New Era of Competent Government?
“Government can do nothing right.” Republicans have said this for so long, we hardly blame them for getting elected into office and proving it. They run on the promise that government is ineffective, sluggish to respond, and unholy expensive, and then don’t even attempt to govern once they get elected. Instead, trying as hard as…
Petty Issues
This week McDonald’s announced they’re trying to go after the Starbucks crowd by installing new flat screen TVs and toning down the drunkenly bright color scheme in select McDonalds. If I were McDonald’s I would just sit back and count my billions and let Starbucks have the douchebags that pay 3 dollars more for a…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Life Post-Bin Laden
Two weeks ago, an event happened that is so significant it’s easy to take it for granted. Osama Bin Laden–the terrorist mastermind that ripped a hole through the comfort level of Americans almost a decade ago, and has been up to no good for much longer–is finally dead. In the 24 hour news cycle that…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Tornadoes, or I Explain Why I Was Out Last Week
As most of you probably know Alabama was wrecked by a record number of tornadoes two weeks ago. The last new items to go up were on that Wednesday, and that was it until yesterday’s movie reviews. For about a week I didn’t have internet so I couldn’t have posted new stuff even I wanted…
Fast and Furious: Slow Witted and Brain Dead
One of the good things about doing reviews a little later than most reviewers (and two weeks can be long enough for a movie to be forgotten in today’s age) is that you get a chance to measure a movie after the first wave of critical reception. You can survey the damage of how right…
Rio: You will never, ever be Pixar
Is 2011 the worst year for animated movies? It’s looking that way. Not only has there not been a SINGLE watchable one so far besides Rango (and many, many more duds like Gnomeo and Juliet or Hoodwinked 2), there hasn’t been an instant classic produced like last year’s How I Met Your Dragon. That was…
Arthur: I Hate You Russell Brand
Of all the new “movie stars” in the last decade that make no sense to me (Vin Diesel, Ludacris, hell, the entire Fast and Furious cast) the one that makes the least sense is Russell Brand. This guy is supposed–supposed to being the key word–be this hard partying, R rated, boundary pushing asshole, but the…
Scream 4: Give Us Your Money Suckers
As you’ve no doubt figured out by now, this Monday Morning Movie Critic day is the garbage bin for movies I watched weeks ago but didn’t write up until now. And in that perpetual garbage bin, where would we be without a horror sequel no one wanted or was asking for. What Works: The opening…
Water For Elephants=Sleep for Humans
This move opened almost (gasp) three weeks ago and has pretty much died on impact ever since. However, I sat through it so I think a post-mortem is only fair. What It Does Right: There’s just something about the circus that brings out the inner magic in all of us (even if movies about the…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): America’s Next Top Sucker
By now articles saying reality TV is the downfall of Western civilization are as redundant as they are true, but there’s a phenomenon few people mention when talking about reality TV. The entire premise of the genre is that a seemingly unqualified bum off the street can rise to great heights—I pointed out that this…
The Fast Food Critic: Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza
As I mentioned way back as rule 1 of eating unhealthy: If something has more than a handful of words (think So&So’s bacon ranch chicken cheesy poppers) it almost definitely isn’t healthy. You don’t need more than that to say “Caesar” and “Salad” or even “sandwich.” So today brings Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza,…
Working Class Economist: Drinking at Home, No Longer for Alcoholics
This item is about the money you can save drinking at home instead of at a bar. I’ll keep this brief because, let’s be honest, if you’re interested in reading an article solely about the price of bar drinks you might not be on this blog in the first place. By now you know some…