So a year ago I made a random offhand comment in a tweet that I wanted to play kickball and drink beer and who was in? It was one of those dumb random comments that I make because I’m dumb and random. Only my friend Margaret responded and after going back and forth a bit,…
So I’ve mentioned before that I’m taking a class on the meaning of literacy, writing and publishing in a digital world (conveniently called “Digital Writing” because why not?). We were discussing a few articles in class this week that basically ask the question, why don’t writers (and for the sake of this conversation, we’ll define writers as…
Hero of the Beach Remember when I used to post daily wistful career change decisions? I quit because I actually made a REAL career change decision and went to grad school. It’s been going ok, but you know, there’s that part of me that will always be wistful, There’s that part…
So I’ve been taking this class called Digital Media for my English PhD. It’s about… well, digital media… because you know, we’re like the masters of the English language and that’s what we came up with. Anyway, we’ve been talking a bunch about collaborative projects and such and we’re discussing Wikipedia this week. While reading…
Ok, I’m going to stop making fun of Johnny Depp. I owe him an apology. See, I never realized the power of blogging. I didn’t know that if I didn’t like a celebrity, all I had to really do was point out that he was a really bad actor and not really as hot as people…
Not everything I say can be me ranting about ridiculous racist advertising or sexist prom dress rules. Sometimes I want to talk about something fun. And so… the Academy Awards. I’m weird. I love the Oscars. I always have. People argue with me about how it’s a meaningless self-congratulatory Hollywood circle jerk. And they’re right. It…
You know, it’s funny… I am all for using controversy to drum up press. If you want to be evocative in order to generate buzz and maybe get your product some free advertising, then sure… more power to you. It takes about two seconds of knowing me or reading anything I write to see that…
So last year, I remember linking to an article about a teen girl who was ejected from her prom for dressing too sexy. She was told that her dress violated the school’s length requirements. There was a spirited discussion about it. I, being me, and, liberal to the point of anarchy, and having the basic…
You know, usually I don’t reshare stupid little internet memes, but this explains the final play better than anything I could possibly come up with on my own… https://twitter.com/umangdua/status/562088544697843713
I’ve been wondering if the Telemarketing Scammers have been on to me. I haven’t gotten as many calls lately. And when I have they’ve been pretty quick to hang up on me. Here’s the one that happened today. INT. PITTBSBURGH HOME – DAY STEPH is watching TV and eating breakfast as the phone rings. MAV happens…
A funny thing happened to me the other day. I stopped by Phantom of the Attic, my local comic book store, on my way to campus (as I do every Wednesday). After getting my comics, I went across the street and got Subway for lunch and then I walked back to my car so i could go…
I’ve gotten so caught up in blogging about politics and racism and sexism and stuff lately that I haven’t been remember to talk about silly geeky comic book stuff. Clearly I need to fix that. So the big news I’ve been seeing people rave about is the “reports” that Marvel and Sony have reached a…
Ok, seriously, I’m getting pretty annoyed with people whining about “how can kids think Kanye is bigger than Paul McCartney?” So here’s the deal: First of all, the original twitter posts where people were saying “Kanye is going to make that Paul McCartney guy blow up” were clearly a joke. If you can’t see that,…
I’m sure everyone only pay attention to me on the internet because you want me to point out all the really important hard hitting news stories, right? So when I saw this one I felt like it was my duty to point it out. Apparently, Malia Obama has worn a T-shirt with the logo of…
Hey, do you remember that time when there was that Grand Jury convened to decide whether or not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the GJ decided not to and in response the people of Ferguson rioted and burned their own city to…