Posts in the ‘Pop Culture’ Category

I Like to Teach Beginners…

Friday, August 28th, 2009
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Reuben and I are watching “The Reader,” the Oscar-nominated movie starring Kate Winslett as an illiterate tram conductor in 1958 Germany.  The climax comes early in the movie when she seduces a most delicious 15 year old boy.  Oh, boys, the first half hour… was such filthy heaven for Cassandra!  Did you see the butt on that [...]

Fourth and Michael

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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I don’t know about your household, but ever since Michael Jackson passed away Reuben has been playing Michael nonstop on our living room iPod.  My favorite song so far from the rotation has been Ben, a song from a very young Michael when he still sang with the Jackson 5.  If you’ve never heard this song before, [...]

Idle Idol Thoughts…

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
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Last night, I watched American Idol for the first time this season.  They were down to the final two contestants.  After all the brouhaha over Adam Lambert’s perceived femininity, I caught just one song by each contestant before coming to my OMG! revelation: The media’s obsession with Lambert’s sexuality and his not-completely-masculine presentation completely obscured the real issue: this was [...]