Category: culture

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video: ‘Planet Earth’ narrated by kids

I love me some nature documentaries, be they heartwarming or heartbreaking and truth be told, it was catching sight of “Planet Earth” on Blu-Ray in an electronics store that really got me wanting to buy an HDTV. I’m also a...

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LLAP: Nichols/Obama

I’ve been a bit paralyzed by writer’s block for a while, and while this post doesn’t have a lot of content, it was too good not to be shared. Last night on twitter, Nichelle Nichols sent out a few cryptic...

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beer: Guinness’ ad and Coors’ fad?

Ah, the things you see while watching live television. I’d sort of forgotten about St. Patrick’s Day this weekend since I’m not really a bar crawler and while there may be some Irish blood in me, it’s fairly well diluted....

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the Lorax: I speak for the SUVs?!

I don’t use the horrible hyperbole of “raping my childhood”1 that too may are willing to throw at just about anything that doesn’t respect their very specific and unwavering nostalgic vision of something they loved when they were a kid....

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in DC: metro seat hog blues

So it’s already Monday, right? I made it halfway to the metro station when I realized I forgot my phone. I go back upstairs to get it and just as I lock the door, realized I forgot one other thing.1...

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video: Straight Outta Dunwoody

Living in DC, it’s impossible not to be asked where I’m from. Of course, I tell people “I’m from Atlanta… well just outside Atlanta… y’know, in the suburbs. … Dunwoody, all right? I’m from Dunwoody!”1 And anyone that knows the...

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video: The Bark Side

Volkswagen returns to a Star Wars theme for their 2012 Super Bowl commercial. Remember “The Force” from last year that went viral? For Super Bowl XLVI, they return to that galaxy far, far away with a teaser for their 2012...

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video: Make Every Day Christmas

Since I do a lot of my blogging in the mornings before I get to work and I’m off work until after the New Year–YAY!!–I’ll be posting some of my favorite funny, clever and on occasion a tiny bit risque...

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ads: bad timing?

I kept noticing this ad for DC Takes On HIV in the Columbia Heights metro station for the past week: When I visit my doctor, I Ask For The Test. It’s not just for me. It’s because I care about...