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Category: television

twitter, and why I’m still single

Since posting an imaginary conversation explaining twitter just over 13 months ago, I have had countless real conversations (with real, tangible people) about the web phenomenon. The number of users has increased, and an unwritten and highly debatable code of ethics has emerged among said users. The way people answer the following questions point to [...]

Fame, I’m D.O., nice to meet you | or, “set your tivo’s”

If you were born in the late 70′s or early 80′s, then you’ve certainly had conversations about this man with your peers in the past few years. It is just a fact. When hanging out with people in our generation, give it enough time and the discussion will invariably turn to TV shows we watched [...]

guilty pleasure #8: American Idol

There is just no denying it: I really like American Idol. I understand that’s not the coolest thing for a 24 year-old guy to say, but I stopped chasing after “cool” back when George H. was in office, so I’m ok with it. I more than just like American Idol… I actually vote each week [...]

really?

I find it hard to believe that every talk show host who interviews an author and claims to have read their most recent book has actually read said book. I’ve seen various hosts claim to have really enjoyed so and so’s book, and then the next three nights they say the same thing to different [...]

uncanny

As anyone who has either talked to me or read my blog in the past ten months knows well, living in Dallas has been no walk in the park for me. Going from lots of good things (pre-Dallas) to lots of, well, different things, has been tricky to put it mildly. Something that has been [...]