Articles in Culture and Criticism
I had an entry half-written about how in the hell anyone is supposed to believe the Devil didn’t beat Johnny’s ass in “The Devil Went Down To Georgia,” but Wing directed me to the McSweeney’s …
In the midst of a ruthless bedroom-shelving weed sesh this afternoon, I found myself confronted with a very heavy box whose contents were a mystery to me. Said contents? Girls’ Bike Club CDs. On the …

Fig. 1: Puggelhoff
1. The Poseable Paper Hoff.
2. According to TV Tattle (also the source of the fine toy above), Variety reports that the Hoff will play himself on Tales from the Hoff: “[The] project …
What do they have in common?They’ve both made me very very tired today — the P. of I. because he clogged up traffic something fierce in midtown all day long, and excuse me, but why …
Not that Kid Nation isn’t a perfect storm of WTF? already, but on top of everything else — a Vagisil ad during the broadcast? Really, ad sales team? You’re sure about that? Don’t want …
Please please PLEASE let Mr. T be a judge on Project Runway this year. Pleeeeeeeease.
Or, as I like to call it, “Shite The Shites”:
As we fade up on the Whedon household, whimsical flutes and sleigh bells on the soundtrack signal us that it’s The Christma-sode. Not sure you get …
The proliferation of “in” belt styles. It seems like, in ages past, you had one kind of standard belt at a time — one width. In high school, skinny belt. After college, wider belt. You …