tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49440043256074199432024-03-13T12:52:30.485-04:00The Adventures of a Pop Culture PunditDissero ergo sum.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-38403282828479536652010-02-27T17:29:00.000-05:002010-02-27T17:29:57.750-05:00Pepsi Throwback... nice try.So, Pepsi decided to bank on my generation's new found obsession with the "retro" movement and try to snatch our hard earned disposable income with the introduction of their "Throwback" series of sodas.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mpHRiuu-R8Y/S4maQjJGwgI/AAAAAAAAACA/GjF3PzyGfWg/s1600-h/throwback-cans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mpHRiuu-R8Y/S4maQjJGwgI/AAAAAAAAACA/GjF3PzyGfWg/s320/throwback-cans.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>For the two of you that don't know, the Pepsi Throwback campaign replaced with current packaging of Pepsi and Mountain Dew with those of bygone days. The first series featured a Pepsi can design right out of the 70's, and Mountain Dew's design was something out of the 70's-80's. <br />
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While the identity remix is nice, what really sells this promotion is the little fine print on the label.<br />
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"Made with real sugar"<br />
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That's right, the formula for this batch does away with HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). Those that follow my rants know my feelings towards HFCS.<br />
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The first batch I bought (featuring the 70's Pepsi and 80's Dew) tasted fantastic! I mean, that is what soda is supposed to taste like. It's the second go-round I'm having issues with.<br />
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Mediciney aftertaste. If I wanted Mediciney aftertaste, I'd drink that abortion Dr. Pepper.<br />
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Something is fishy.<br />
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Why doesn't it taste the same as the first batch released only a few months before?<br />
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Nice try Pepsi... but you lost me, again.<br />
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</div>Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-38297833361675041562010-01-01T22:15:00.000-05:002010-01-01T22:15:30.215-05:00Economic collapse, Webster style.It seems there is no area that is safe from the current economic turmoil. Why, the other day I realized the words my $10 used to buy 15 years ago are much more expensive to purchase today. Heck, $10 barely buys you a 3 letter word nowadays.<br />
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Surely I can excuse my shrinking vocabulary by claiming mental deterioration due to age. Why not? It's plausible.<br />
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But considering how easily everything that goes wrong in this current climate is explained away by the ever present specter of "Economic instability", why couldn't my lack of terminology come from a recession of the English language?<br />
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"Excuse me, could you please direct me to the lavatory" is now replaced with "Yo, where's the toilet?" Rudeness? Lack of couth? Nope. Blame it on inflation.<br />
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How bad is this economic language crisis? <br />
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Some people can't even afford COMPLETE words!<br />
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4 xmpl, omg f u cn undRst& dis, u alrdy knw hw bad dis cn gt 4t fucha of d en lang.<br />
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Thank you, Twitter. <br />
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I have nothing more to say. I'm out of money and out of words.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-259440684500404292009-06-01T22:52:00.003-04:002010-01-01T23:47:15.012-05:00Wake me up before you go-go.<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm an addict.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't psychologically NEED my substance. It's not a habit I am tied to. I sometimes forget and not consume. I have found that I can go several days, weeks, even months without it. I once went a year and a half. However, if I go ONE day without, my body rebels. I suffer headaches, fatigue and all around general crankiness. Turns out, I physically need it.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm sure most addicts say that. They physically NEED it. They justify its existence one way or anything. That's why I'm not saying it's anything but an addiction. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hate coffee, though. I hate the bitter taste. I hate it hot, I hate it cold, I hate it black, I hate it with milk, with sugar, without… I dislike it quite a bit.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">So where do I get my caffeine fix? Well, not so long ago it was only to be found in cola. It could be Coke, Pepsi, RC,Chek… it didn't quite matter. As long as it was some sort of cola. Mountain Dew worked too.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now though, I tend to stick to those so-called "energy" drinks. I called them "liquid crack". </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I must have tried countless brands over the years, and here my friends are the best and worst:</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Redbull: 9.64mg of caffeine per oz</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first taste was an eye opener. It was sour. But, after the first initial shock, it went down smooth. It's an acquired taste, but it doesn't take long to acquire it. The most important thing though, it contains 80mg of my beloved caffeine in one can. Good enough to wake me up and keep me going at work, without keeping me up afterward when I want to sleep.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">For comparison, regular coffee contains about 7.13mg per oz. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Cuban coffee/expresso contains about 51.33 mg/oz…which is why it's served in a shotglass!)</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each has a forgettable flavor and each work about as well as Amp Overdrive. If I have a choice, between these three, I go for the cheapest, cause it really doesn't matter.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not much of an energy drink. Low caf count compared to some of the others. Flavor, like Rockstar is of the Eh variety. Neat bottle though. In fact the bottle is the only reason I tried it originally. I mean, look at it… it's blue and it's called BAWLS. It made for a nice vase for my desk when I was done. Other than that… eh.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ok, so I bought this cause it had a picture of Steven Seagal on the can, looking like "Drink my drink or I'll club you like a baby seal!" And it tastes like someone poured grapefruit juice into seltzer. I drank, like half of it on a lark before deciding I couldn't stomach it much longer. Joke's on me, though. It worked-well. Kept me up on my day off of work…and prevented me from sleeping. I don't know how much caf it has, but it kicked my butt like a baby seal alright. I don't know if I'd buy more or if I can… it looks like it may be discontinued. I mean I did buy it at Walmart, for $1.00 (16oz can). I don't know if I can do the taste though. It was harsh. Not as harsh as CC Blak, though. That's just pure evil.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Much like the Steven Seagal incident, I bought a pack cause it has Hulk Hogan on it. It's green and tastes like green pixie stick. I like it; enough caf to keep me up, but not enough to prevent me from sleeping. It has just a little more kick than Redbull, with what I consider a slightly better flavor. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next time I do a review of food-like substances, I may tackle hot sauces. I like hot sauces… more than any human should.</span><br />
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It had been a long time since I ate a Twinkie and now I remember why. It didn't taste like anything. It was essentially, tasteless.<br />
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Now, I remember as a kid these things tasting so good you might as well label them as "Kiddie crack." But now, holding one in my hands I see it's a pale imitation of the Hostess treat that used to have me begging my mom for fifty cents. And in truth it is pale. The darn thing is pale yellow, not the good golden yellow it used to be. It's also slightly greasy.<br />
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So I decided to investigate why the Twinkies I had in my kitchen today do not match those in my memory, and I came up with only one explanation: High-fructose corn syrup.<br />
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The FDA approved the use of HFCS back in 1983... my Twinkie munching heyday. Soon there after, I assume they phased out using cane sugar as the sweetener and switched to the cheaper, less satisfying HFCS.<br />
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You may ask, can corn syrup REALLY make that much of a difference in the taste? I mean, the soda companies started replacing cane sugar with corn syrup around that time too and no one really noticed a difference. Or did they?<br />
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Anyone remember New Coke? <br />
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For 79 days in 1985, Coke stopped producing , well Coke, and introduced New Coke which was sweeter and some claimed tasted like Pepsi. Then when it failed miserably Coke Classic (or Classic Coke if you will) was rolled off the assembly line.<br />
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Now I'm not saying that this is when the switch took place, but it makes sense both in terms of timeline and taste.<br />
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HFCS is much sweeter than natural sugar. This means less is needed to produce a desired outcome. A company having a patented formula much like the Coca Cola Company might initially use the same amount of HFCS as it used natural sugar thereby producing a drink that would taste MUCH sweeter to the public.<br />
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Of course I have no proof, but luckily none is needed when you're complaining as I am.<br />
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People were so happy to get rid of the sickly sweet New Coke that no one noticed a slight difference in taste in the regular Coke.That is, except for us few that happen to travel out of the country.<br />
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See, every other country on this planet still uses cane sugar to this day! In their Twinkies, Coke, Snicker bars, all junk food! Go to Canada or Mexico and get yourself a Coke. You will never drink American Coke again.<br />
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Now... in doing research into HFCS and why my Twinkie tasted like a napkin soaked in Crisco, I did discover a bit of information I was unaware of: during Passover, Kosher foods do not contain HFCS! So if you cannot make it to Canada or Mexico, or even a little Mexican bodega where they import Coke made in their bottling plants, you can always hit stores that carry Kosher foods during Passover.<br />
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Just look for Coke or anything else you are looking for, marked "KOSHER".<br />
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That information was my only saving grace. See, HFCS is here to stay. The Corn farmers and their advocates would claim loss of revenue. My solution? Grow your corn and make me some alcohol to run my car! Leave my snack foods to the Cane Sugar growers. Hawaii and Florida farmers need revenue too.<br />
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So, I hereby declare CORN is to blame for all of my woes.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-76175633295923058182008-09-30T20:00:00.001-04:002010-01-01T22:20:11.720-05:00Not with a bang, but a whimper.And just like that, a legend quickly fades from memory.<br />
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I speak of course, of the House that Ruth built, THE Cathedral of Baseball, Yankee Stadium.<br />
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The first team the Yankees played when they opened Yankee Stadium was the Boston Red Sox. The score was 4-1. Yankees won. That season, they didn't stop winning, and went straight through to the World Series and won that too. That's how it started.<br />
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This is how it ends:<br />
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The final game has been played. Now all that remains is the waiting for the demolition crew and proverbial wrecking ball to arrive. You see, after 85 years of hosting 37 World Series, 4 All Star Games, countless boxing matches (including the famous Joe Louis vs Schmeling bout), multi Papal visits, and concerts, this monument to more than baseball is going to be torn down... to make room for a parking lot.<br />
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Before Yankee Stadium, most baseball teams played in fields, or parks. Yankee Stadium was one of the FIRST ballparks to be given the title of Stadium. This obviously means nothing.<br />
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Now you too can park your SUV where Lou Gehrig gave his famous "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. I can picture it now... fresh grease stains on the spot Mickey Mantle hit the big 5-0-0, a few more where Mr. October hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches in game 6, a tailgate party where Adolf Hitler's Aryan Superman was knocked out by the Brown Bomber, and handicap parking logo spray painted over the spot where legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech. Living history.<br />
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Perhaps I am making too much of this. I mean, it's only a building right? Not in New York. No structure with that many memories attached to it, especially in town like New York can ever be considered "JUST a building." It's an icon. It's a historical landmark. It's yesterday's news.<br />
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And what better testament to Yankee Stadium's new found worth, than to end it's use, not on the grandest stage possible, the World Series, but in a lowly regular season game, against of all teams, the Baltimore Orioles. At least the Yankees won right? Not much consolation.<br />
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I wonder what they'll call the new home of the New York Yankees? The Wachovia-American Airlines-Hertz Rent-a-Car Center? Ya, I'm sure we'll be building memories worthy of inclusion in history books there.<br />
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Meanwhile, the ghosts of Yankee Stadium will be standing vigil from across the street, next to a Honda Accord.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-49882485127897825802007-12-23T22:47:00.001-05:002010-01-01T22:50:41.224-05:00I’m Mr Green Christmas, I’m Mr 101!They call me Heat Miser...<br />
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It's that time of the year again. Christmas specials litter the airwaves, and like a good little consumer of mediocrity, I'm glued to the tube.<br />
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Rankin/Bass is responsible for most of my preconceived notions of the holiday season. Rudolph, The Year without Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, etc... these were my Christmas tutors.<br />
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Now, even as a child I wasn't too fond of the animated style of Frosty. It seemed lifeless, soulless. It wasn't as nice as a Disney animated piece. But it was on during the week on prime time, and it was special... that was good enough for me.<br />
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The stop-motion specials were different. I had nothing to compare them to, so that automatically made them awesome. But there has always been something about them that bothered me, and I've never been able to put my finger on it... till now.<br />
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Rewatching these specials (back to back on cable) I believe I have finally found what's been nagging me all these years.<br />
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One word: Continuity.<br />
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I understand the logistics. These specials were produced at different times, and I'm sure the puppets and sets were not saved for future productions, etc... but still.<br />
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Santa, Mrs Claus, and the elves are redesigned several times. I'm talking COMPLETE make-over... but everything else stays pretty much the same. That's ok, but the real issue is that we're led to believe all these stories take place within the same universe with the same characters, yet parts of each special contradict themselves.<br />
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You've got <u>Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer</u>, where he grows up at the end and saves Christmas. Then in <u>Rudolph's Shiny New Year</u>, he's a young reindeer again. Last I check, New Year's comes after Christmas.<br />
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In <u>Santa Claus is Comin' to Town</u>, we get Kris Kringle's origin where he faces off against the evil <span style="color: black;">Burgermeister Meisterburger. But fast forward to <u>The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus</u>, and we find out Santa was some kind of magical baby found and raised by a freaky elf girl and this freaky Gandalf-looking deer horn wearing magic giant.</span><br />
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What about <u>The Year Without a Santa Claus</u> and <u>Jack Frost</u>? Where are the Heat Miser and Snow Miser when Jack Frost is going through his adventures?<br />
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Yes, I know these are minor gripes, considering these were created for little kids hopped up on candy and soda, who couldn't possibly remember their own names much less little details like these... but I don't care.<br />
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Noticing these little contradictions kind of ruins it for me. It's like looking behind the curtain and seeing that the great and powerful OZ is wrinkly old con man.<br />
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However, that doesn't mean I won't watch them when they come on. When the Heat Miser hits the stage, all is forgiven, if not forgotten.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-14519230281609373712007-08-28T18:00:00.001-04:002010-01-01T23:07:47.326-05:00The Plight of the Strong Black WomanAnyone that knows me knows I have a great dislike for political correctness.<br />
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I mean, what happened? One day a switch was flipped and everything I knew was now offensive to one person or another. But the day before, it was fine?<br />
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So anyway, being that I much prefer the political UNcorrectness of yesteryear, I thought I'd talk about one of my favorite comicbooks of all time...<br />
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<strong><em>"Superman's Girlfriend, LOIS LANE"</em> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (</span></strong><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mar/Apr 1958 - Sep/Oct 1974)</span><br />
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The title says it all.<br />
It's not <strong>"Lois Lane".</strong> It's not <strong>"Girl Reporter, Lois Lane"</strong> It's not even <strong>"The Amazing Sexpot, Lois Lane."</strong> <br />
No, it's <strong>"<em>Superman's Girlfriend,</em> Lois Lane".</strong><br />
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It seems Lois Lane only exists as the chick that dates Superman... no other reason to exist, yet she received her own comic series.<br />
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Granted the typical issues revolved around either Lois trying to get Superman to marry her, or Lois marrying either Satan, Bruce Wayne or some convict on death row... Yep, try publishing THAT today, my friends.<br />
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My favorite all time issue of this series is, of course :<br />
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<em>Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane</em> 106<br />
Why is this my favorite? Just look at that cover!<br />
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/amn42/blackloiscover.jpg" /><br />
That's right... LOIS TURNS INTO A STRONG BLACK WOMAN!<br />
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Actually, that's not entirely true. It's more like the the comic book equivalent of going black-face. <br />
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Lois Lane wants to cover a story in the ghetto, but the African American folks will not talk to her because, and I quote "SHE'S WHITEY!"<br />
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So what's a reporter to do? Why, go to Superman and make him turn you black of course!<br />
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Because obviously, <b><i>that's</i></b> one of Superman's powers, you know. (He actually uses a Kryptonian machine he keeps in the Fortress, you know, just in case someone he knows ever wants to turn black.)<br />
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So a lot of social commentary stuff happens and at the end, just when you think you've been reading an issue of <b><i>ANOTHER</i></b> comic book, the real Lois Lane, the one I love, shows up and asks Superman to marry her.<br />
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Of course he says, "No." (As always.)<br />
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And Lois, being the investigative reporter she is, assumes that it's because she's black now.<br />
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Superman then gives her a verbal pimpslap and pretty much tells her to stop being stupid, and gives her the old tired "I can't marry you because my enemies would use you against me, blah, blah, blah..." excuse.<br />
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Like you'd expect, her blackness wears off at the end of the day, and she's back to being plain old whitey again.<br />
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But don't let the ending stop you from enjoying such gems as Lois's regular cabbie refusing to pick her up cause she's black, forcing Lois to -OH NO- ride the subway! That's worth the price of admission alone, my friends. So is her fascination with her brand spanking new "AFRO WEAR!"<br />
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You just can't make this stuff up.<br />
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So, for a taste of yesteryear with the stupidity of today, pick up this issue. I promise you, it won't disappoint.Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-72871291281537706502007-05-27T20:00:00.001-04:002010-01-01T23:12:55.464-05:00If the glove doesn't fit... you're a nitwit.<div>Fashionistas annoy me.</div><div> </div><div>You know the kind. Those women who pay enormous amount of money for "cute" shoes that don't properly fit, and they can barely stand on them, much less walk on them. </div><div> </div><div>Now, don't get me wrong. I could care less about their impending back problems, and future ankle fractures. I mean, they're the nitwits who would rather be in fashion than in comfort. No, what annoys me off is when this mind set spreads to other parts of their lives, which in a roundabout way, ends up affecting mine.</div><div> </div><div>These kinds of people drive SUV's. These kinds of people don't know HOW to drive SUV's. But they still do, because it's in mode. </div><div> </div><div>They can't make a turn without taking up 2 lanes of traffic. They can't back out of a parking spot without nearly hitting other cars, old people, shopping carts and squirrels. The car is too big for them. It does not fit, properly or otherwise.</div><div> </div><div><br />
Then you have fat people wearing clothing that are several sizes too small. Now, I am not a thin person by <b><i>any</i></b> stretch of the imagination. What I am is an observant person. I observe that certain clothes come in certain sizes. There is a reason for that. </div><div> Certain designs only look right on certain body types. Does it upset me if I see something nice that comes not come in my size? A little at first, until I realize that there is probably a reason for it. The item looked nice in that size, any larger it might appear to be a colorful circus tent. But some people just don't get it. They fight it, not getting the hint. They must have it because it's the fashion, regardless of the fit. So that's how we end up with Shamu walking the mall in a tube top with fleshy folds of fat trying to escape from any and all openings. Kind of hard to finish your pretzel at the food court after having been witness to that. </div><div> </div><div>It all comes down to fit. <br />
</div><div> </div><div>Can you hold your balance on 10 inch platform clogs, one full size too small? <br />
No? Then buy shoes your size. </div><div> </div><div>Are you the kind of person that can handle a big truck? <br />
If not, you are like me. Drive a compact car. Better gas mileage too. </div><div> </div><div>That cute little slinky dress doesn't come in a size bigger than a 2, and you're a size 14? <br />
Look for a dress in size 14. It's that simple.</div><div> </div><div> </div>Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-10749092903531911132007-03-30T23:14:00.001-04:002010-01-01T23:17:39.396-05:00Da Lucas Code<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_247404350"><div>Ok, if you don't say it, I will.<br />
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I'm tired of hearing people taut about awesome and revolutionary the Da Vinci Code is. I read the book and saw the film. I enjoyed it on the same level as any Jean Claude Van Damme movie.<br />
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I don't oppose the so called sacrilegious aspects of the story. Heck, I tend to gravitate towards alternative history theories myself. What I oppose is granting Dan Brown any sort creativity diploma.<br />
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This stuff has been researched and written about for years. Want revolutionary and incendiary? Read the "Passover Plot", digest it and then add a little bit of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail." These "theories" have been around since the 60's. Nothing new there.<br />
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Even his whole fictional adventure aspect has been done before... ask George Lucas about Indiana Jones. Dan Brown describes his main character in the book as <span style="font-size: x-small;">"<b>Harrison Ford</b> in Harris <b>tweed</b>"-</span>. Sounds like Professor Jones to me.<br />
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Ok... you want a truly sacrilegious story and film, Dan Brown? Pay attention, this is how it's done<br />
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Make your main character the product of a virgin birth, like Jesus.<br />
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Give him anger issues as a child, as the Gnostic gospels claim Jesus had.<br />
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Make him part of a religious ruling sect... Jesus again.<br />
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Now, make him marry in secret, like Jesus has done in every book since "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"<br />
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Then have him turn his back on his religion, like Jesus did to the High Priests.<br />
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Have his best friend turn on him...<br />
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Now, flip it. Make the main character EVIL! Wow! Different.<br />
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Have him have kids. Have the kids grow up and take him out.<br />
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There you go.<br />
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No, wait... That's the Star Wars Saga....<br />
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DARN YOU GEORGE LUCAS! You've foiled Dan Brown again!<br />
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So ya... nothing new under the sun my friends.<br />
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It's just mediocrity hitting us between the eyes once again.<br />
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</div></div>Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-35228280722471859262006-10-25T19:00:00.000-04:002010-01-01T23:22:39.650-05:00TAG! No one's IT.<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_185156848"><div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last week, Willett Elementary School in Attleboro, Mass., became one of four schools nationwide to ban the playground game of "tag". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last week, Willet Elementary School also became one of four schools nationwide to showcase their collective stupidity to the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let's see, what possible reason could this school, or any others of the Anti Tag Collective have for the banning of this rite of childhood? Well, here's a list:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. It's physically dangerous</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. It's psychologically dangerous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That's a pretty short list, but obviously that's enough to not only ban "tag" but "dodge ball" as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You know, kids are pretty resilient. They fall down, they get scraped knees, they get back up and play some more. You can't learn to get up unless you fall first, you know. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But kids will trip over their own shoelaces while sitting still, they don't need to run around chasing each out to fall down, so the "physically dangerous" excuse is bull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Heck, you wanna play what's dangerous in the schoolyard? How about football? Football is physically dangerous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Tag is running. Football is running and hitting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Running=good. Hitting=ouch.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the stigma of being "It" is psychologically detrimental? Maybe it's just me, but I enjoyed being "It." You hunted down your classmates, and tagged them, hard! That's fun. But seriously, you want to talk about what is psychologically dangerous? How about a quarterback picking on a nerd everyday? Then that nerd comes back with a gun and shoots up the school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>THAT</em></strong> is psychologically <em><strong>AND</strong></em> physically dangerous wouldn't you say?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You want to ban dangerous school activities?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ban <strong>FOOTBALL</strong>, not tag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then we can all learn to speak French and salute a white flag.</span><br />
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</div></div>Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-41156540672794484522006-06-06T06:00:00.001-04:002010-01-01T23:26:24.389-05:006/6/06 - The Time is NOW!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are in <strong>The End Times</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The signs are all around, let we<em> continue</em> to ignore them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nature is revolting.</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Wars are spreading.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Famine, pestilence, and poverty....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And now, the biggest sign of them all, the <strong><em>Antichrist has been revealed</em></strong>, yet we <em>continue</em> to ignore it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've read Revelation. It starts <strong><em>now</em></strong>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It ends in December of 2012, according to the Mayan calendar... but it starts now, 6 years, 6 months before the end of times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Open your eyes!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Antichrist smiles, lures you into a false sense of security, introduces you to the New "<em>Religion</em>" of "<em>Science</em>" and leads you away from the true path! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">TOM CRUISE</span>, you sanctimonious jackass, </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>I HAVE YOUR NUMBER!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong> </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><u>IT IS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX! </u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That, and I saw<b> "Eyes Wide Shut"</b>, and I want my money back. </span>Anna!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04891704979639870395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944004325607419943.post-60949850283677365822006-03-12T23:26:00.001-05:002010-01-01T23:29:44.112-05:00The Unwashed Masses<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_96932955"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Florida does not host many Sci-Fi, Comic, Toy, or Pop Culture Conventions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It has two main ones, in Orlando: FX and Megacon. Both these shows occur about the same time, once a year. Usually around January or February.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is unlike California or NY which seem to host one every month it seems.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Being a fan, I do not mind this. Once a year I make my trek, fill in gaps in my various collections, meet a few D-list celebrities, and on the rare occasion, get to hang out with a childhood icon. My favorite pastimes though, are <strong>dork-watching</strong> and <strong>anime catgirl-counting</strong>. My NOT-SO favorite pastime is <strong><u>stink-avoidance</u></strong>. This is what I wish to address here.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Now listen,</em> I understand your nature. You have pasty white skin, due to your avoidance of the sun, being that you live in your mom's basement or above her garage. You are not used to being around so many people, since you spend all your time online playing WoW. <em>That's okay</em>. Every society needs its <strong>Morlocks</strong>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But com'on... it's only once a year. <strong>Would it kill you to shower for your yearly trip to the surface world?<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What? You say that like Samson, your entire HALO fragging l33t skills, and comic minutia reciting powers lay in your unwashed greasy long hair? To this I counter, <em><strong>all your no-girl getting skills also reside within that Crisco covered coif.</strong></em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know your mom buys all your stuff for you; your tighty whitey undies don't restock on their own. I bet if you checked the bathroom (that's the "Reading Room" to you) you'll see she's also stocked up on Suave shampoo hoping to get you a girl one day so she can get you the heck out of her house. So no excuses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Let me put this in a way you'd understand:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You're the Moleman.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You want to get with Sue Storm? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Become Reed Richards.</span></span></span><br />
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