Tag: Facebook

• No, Finding Dory Is Not Good

  I know I’m a bit late to the party writing about a movie that was released almost two weeks ago (I saw Dory the day after it came out), but sometimes I like to let a moviegoing experience marinate for awhile. In our “hot take” society, we throw out instantaneous reactions to everything because, well, Twitter/Snapchat/Facebook.…

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  2016-06-30

  Entertainment, Movies, Rants

  Albert Brooks, Buzz Lightyear, Cars, Doc Hollywood, Ellen DeGeneres, Facebook, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Great Pacific garbage patch, John Lasseter, Mr. Wrong, Pauline Kael, Pixar, Snapchat, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Toy Story, Twitter, Woody

• Facebook Trends That Need To End

  It is with a lugubrious heart that I type this missive. However, in the estimable view of this blogger, there is a variety of habits, crutches and plain old crappy things on Facebook that make using it untenable. And sadly, it’s getting to the point that I may sign off for good (for the third…

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  2012-08-30

  Rants, Technology

  Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Facebook, Jamie Oliver, Joe Biden, Pampers, William F. Buckley

• Odds & Ends (Or, A Lame Excuse For Not Actually Writing A Post)

  The “random thoughts” column has been around for awhile. Normally given a moniker like “odds & ends” or “clearing out the desk drawer,” it’s basically an excuse for a columnist to throw out a bunch of disjointed observations and opinions in lieu of actually expending the energy to craft a coherent piece. It seems that…

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  2011-12-27

  Pop Culture, Rants

  Christmas, Facebook, Midnight in Paris, PETA, Tampax, Woody Allen