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I Give Up

Early spring has historically been a boring time of the year for me. For someone whose disposition is largely dictated by sports seasons, late February and early March is typically bland. Football season is over and ba…
Advancements in Being "Liked"

Last spring I was on the popular website IMDB.com, the Internet Movie Data Base where uninformed movie fans go to become informed about movies that they are fans of. I was gathering information (or “data”, I guess) abou…
Facebook Friends

In a few weeks The Social Network will win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The screen writing was superb, the acting was convincing, and the score was masterful. Now, I should disclose that I am not a movie expert.…
Advancements in Being Liked

A few months ago I was on the popular website IMDB.com, the Internet Movie Data Base where uninformed movie fans go to become informed about movies that they are fans of. I was gathering information (or “data”, I gue…
Technological Advancements in Being "Liked"

Last month I was on the popular website IMDB.com, the Internet Movie Data Base where uninformed movie fans go to become informed about movies that they are fans of. I was gathering information (or “data”, I guess) about…
Illegal Health Care

There is something that I have been wanting to write about lately, but before I do I need to be honest about a few things about me. Coincidentally, this seems like an appropriate time to come clean because this appears…
The Deconstruction of The Tonight Show

Last week Conan O’Brien hosted his final Tonight Show, thereby ending perhaps the most bizarre melodrama to ever be played out in the history of the late-night talk show genre. After only seven months, Conan O’Brien agr…
A Week of Outbursts: A Tactless New Tradition

Over the past few years several annual traditions have developed in the realm of popular music. For example, The Killers have made it a tradition to put out at least one uninspired Christmas single every year since 2005…
A Complete History of Social Networking Websites

Socially, there are essentially two groups of people in America, with each group having its own distinct members and characteristics. For now, we’ll call these groups Group A and Group B. In the beginning (2003), the…
Understanding White People, Part 2

(For Understanding White People, Part 1, go here.) I recently took a Facebook quiz entitled “How White Are you?” and I got the result “25%”. Without even considering the sociopolitical ramifications that arise from posi…