Author Archives: Daily Post from Bluxome Street
March
03
The Bucket List
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Four years ago I completed an item on my bucket list without even realizing it. In 2009, I danced in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in a speedo and body paint. Let me tell you what courage is… being half naked in front of 300,000 people. It also, strangely enough, was a fulfilling […]
Frank Sinatra Quotes
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.”
False Binaries
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
So my buddy… let’s just call him Wisdom from Chicago talked to me about false binaries. I was caught in a false dilemma: there were two options, but I didn’t believe that I could achieve them both. It is interesting when I use fallacy is used in an attempt to force a choice. Wisdom from Chicago […]
You know NBC’s ratings are bad when…
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via EW.com. You know NBC’s ratings are bad when… NBC affiliate airs ‘Matlock’ instead of network’s Thursday shows An affiliate decides to air a 21-year-old Matlock movie instead of the network’s Thursday night programming. You know NBC’s ratings are really bad when… Matlock‘s ratings are not much different than the regular shows. On Thursday, Cleveland’s WKYC-TV opted to run a 1992 […]
Taking ‘Hunger Games’ into their own hands
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via LATimes.com. For the love of the book. After reading “The Hunger Games,” four teens wanted the story to continue. So in 2010 they put it to video, starring themselves. Now their 10 installments have been viewed 4.5M times. Duncan Rule discovered “The Hunger Games” shortly after the novel came out four years ago. He […]
This Is Why So Many Professional Athletes Are Going Broke
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via BusinessInsider.com This Is Why So Many Professional Athletes Are Going Broke The average professional athlete in the United States makes more money in one season than the average American does in a lifetime. Despite this, the pros are going bankrupt at an alarming rate. The following infographic explores the reasons why so many of […]
The Role of the Adopted Child in Pop Culture
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
The role of orphans, adoptees, and foundlings in pop culture is remarkable. Literature, film, television, and music have long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. However, the role pop culture plays in shaping how we see the world around us is critical. Being adopted […]
Where the Hell is Matt?
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
, One of my inspirations to starting this blog was the travel blogger Matt Harding – “Where the Hell is Matt?” He has inspired parodies, followers like myself, spoken at conferences and taken his passion to the Internet. Since 2005, Matt has created a series of videos traveling the world, viewing historical sites, and experiencing life. He […]
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