Category Archives: Pop Culture
June
04
On “Geek” Versus “Nerd”
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Slackpropagation:
To many people, “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, but in fact they are a little different. Consider the phrase “sports geek” — an occasional substitute for “jock” and perhaps the arch-rival of a “nerd” in high-school folklore. If “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, then “sports geek” might be an oxymoron. (Furthermore,…
May
29
The Tweet Exchange Heard Round the World
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via Dlisted. Courtney Love gave Amanda Bynes a little advice from one mess to another mess on Twitter yesterday: If Courtney told any of us to get it together, we’d find out what “it” is and immediately get it together. Because when Courtney tells you to get it together…. But of course, Amanda stayed sitting in the mean girls section of […]
TV Nostalgia Hits a High
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Thelma:
With just a few days remaining before the release of 15 brand new Arrested Development episodes on Netflix, the hype built up over the last year is raising into a crescendo. All fans of the show—whether they watched the series when it first aired, binged on its DVD/Netflix availability long after,…
April
03
What Hemingway Can Teach You About Web Writing
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
What Hemingway Can Teach You About Web Writing. Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite writers of all time (with Charles Dickens being at the top of that short list). It has been said that Hemingway knew how to get the most from the least, prune language, multiply intensities, and tell nothing but the truth […]
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 […]
January
10
Comedians are the Modern Poets
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
To understand Dov Davidoff’s humor you really only need to know two things about this New Jersey native: 1) he grew up in a junkyard and 2) lost his virginity to a prostitute in Mexico at the age of 12. If that doesn’t make you real, I don’t know what does. Comedians are the modern poets, […]
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