Reflections on Restoring Honor
Normally, I find Glenn Beck to be just mildly annoying. He’s like a mosquito that buzzes in your ear – not biting, not landing – just perpetually floating without fail and creating an annoying hum in your ear. However, Beck’s resent actions are totally inexcusable. He is having a rally in order to restore honor to our nation. When I first heard of this idea, I thought, honestly, that it was a joke. A talking head from spin central is going to restore my nation’s honor? I’ll get Hugh Hefner right on restoring my modesty while we’re at it. The first ...
Take this job and… Quarterlife Work: Freelance vs Corporate
Do you like working in your underwear? Do you prefer a 401K and dental coverage? Quarterlifers have more opportunities than ever to find unique paths of employment. What are the pros and cons of each? Our diverse panel debates freelance and corporate avenues of work. Music by Industrial Jazz Group and David Kraut.
Dude! You Are Getting a Dell!
You might remember this catch phrase used by Dell Computers for its commercial ad campaigns during the early 2000’s. The actor was so popular he was fondly labeled the “Dell Kid“, got a spread in Tiger Beat and was being courted by Spielberg. Then he got caught smoking pot and his career went into the same. You would have thought the Austin police department would have been more forgiving. (See Matthew McConaughey, naked bongo, the Bush twins, public intoxication, George W. and DUI) But, whatever. This little article is more about the computing side of things than the various addictive ...
Happy Together: a Review of The Dollyrots’ A Little Messed Up
The first taste I got of A Little Messed Up was at a small, dank bar on the edge of historic Ybor City. It was a rare Floridian freeze – the temperature had dropped below forty and all the natives were looking for warmth in the form of companionship and whatever flowed on tap that night, me included. Though the space was dense with people, a chill still mingled through the air and filled the empty spaces between our coats, jeans, and bodies. That all changed when The Dollyrots hit the stage. They started with a cover of Melanie’s Brand ...
Parent Trapped
The Today Show kind of freaks me out. I mean, Matt Lauer seems like one of those mannequins from those campy Old Navy commercials, and Lester Holt is always on television – ever present and wafting through the atmosphere, like Jesus or the flu virus. I recently had a few weekdays off of work, though, and discovered that there’s nothing interesting on daytime television. If any network executive ever brags about The Today Show’s ratings, he or she should get punched in the throat for being such a schmuck because there is nothing that glorious about beating out infomercials for the ...
Fresh From The Blog
Our money is boring
2In comparison to the world monies, our currency is fairly drab. It’s all one color, all one size, and have no women (except for that Sacagawea dollar) on it. Further, it is difficult for those who are visually impaired to tell each note apart. A $20 and a $50 feel exactly alike to the blind. New paper money has been tossed back and forth over... [Read more]
Waiting for Superman
1There’s a new movie coming out called Waiting for Superman and it makes me terribly nervous. It’s a documentary centered around our failing education system brought to us by the director of An Inconvenient Truth. I have quite a few friends who became educators and I have a parent who is a teacher, so I feel fairly knowledgeable about the... [Read more]
Stuck in rotation
0I watch most of my media via the internet. I still have rabbit ears on my 40in tv and instead plunk my money into a faster internet connection. With Hulu, Comedy Central, MSNBC, and Netflix I stay up on most pop culture. Downside? There are far more repeated commercials. For a period of time I was getting ready to drive to Cisco Systems and do something... [Read more]
Love
Could I? Would I? Should We?
FWB – Friends with Benefits – You think it will not be awkward in the morning…but whew! Roses are red Violets are blue With no questions about an “us” You do me and... [Read more]
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Health
Stress: an emotional, intellectual, or physical reaction to change or demands.
Stress. Some use it as a crutch, some as a windmill to flail against, others as a rallying cry, there are those who are motivated by it…but most of us simply just do not like... [Read more]
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A Quarterlifer Abroad Part 3: A Costa Rica Love Story
One of our writers, Alli Whalen, is teaching English in Costa Rica for a few months. Check back in for her updates on living a quarterlife abroad. We stood behind the gates of... [Read more]
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Life
Grinding My Quarter Life Gears V
And no that is not a title of a porn. Though it would be a good one. I remember this one time when I was a senior in high school. I was in charge of procuring a dirty flick for... [Read more]
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Reviews
The first taste I got of A Little Messed Up was at a small, dank bar on the edge of historic Ybor City. It was a rare Floridian freeze – the temperature... [Read more]
The 80s were a far simpler time. To make a great movie, you just needed a nemesis and a path to beat said nemesis through a montage. Ralph Macchio went... [Read more]
I loved the original 1937 flick. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains…total utter classic. That IS Robin Hood. If they were going to ever remake... [Read more]
You know you’ve been waiting for this remake of Alice in Wonderland in your Jack Skellington hoody, with your Corpse Bride socks, reading the Melancholy... [Read more]
Avatar. One word: Great. Worth the hype? Probably not. It is a spectacle to be sure. Please go see it. Worth the $8+ dollars. Do not wait for the crappy... [Read more]