Cultural Notes

Where did they go afterwards?

I guess what they did on 9/11 was enough. Even the people who didnā€™t live there then.

I saw a video of New York on the telly once. Iā€™ll say one thing: Still nicer than London.

There is a new Nancy Drew show coming out. The network has said the actress will not be Caucasian, Iā€™m down with that. Only a bit more than half the population in the US is, and nothing says she isnā€™t American Indian, or Black, or fourth generation Latino, whatevs.

But then I continue to read, and they say sheā€™ll be in her thirties and a cop. WTF then? Why bother to make her Nancy Drew? Apparently the concept of a responsible intelligent 18 year old woman who solves crimes is too far out for TV now. This sounds more like Murphy Brown part II than Nancy Drew. Iā€™m also sure they wanted to include more sex than they felt comfortable throwing at an 18 year old character.

Whatā€™s next, Encyclopedia Brown is a 45 year old basement dweller who solves internet crimes through hacking with his boyfriend Pete the recycling magnate?

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http://www.knowable.com/a/20-children-of-helicopter-parents-were-asked-what-was-the-worst-thing-they

These are not helicopter parents. Helicopters run out of gas, and can be shot out of the sky.

These parents are more like nuclear warheads, without any of the positive side-effects.

Seriouslyā€¦ Itā€™s all or nothing these days. Either the parents are horribly neglectful or they micromanage everything, right down to the childā€™s pulse and bowel movements.

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Man, and I thought my mom was bad! (She once lectured me for two hours about the minus on my A in PE.)

My mother policed all of my actions and choices against anything ā€œgirls doā€. she had a shit-fit when she saw my lavender Van Heusen shirt - and I was 26 at the time.

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I shudder to think what the the thieves are going to do with this.

Eggnog?
Just a guess based on previous experience.

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And I just barfed in my mind

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Thanks for that bro.

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It would not surprise me.

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Statement from teh team sponsor site.

http://www.fox9.com/news/81494596-story

The team was going for itā€™s first year in the league, and 11 of the 14 girls are seniors. Apparently after three games they were dominating everyone. The other teams in the league field multiple teams per school and divide the talent. These girls had a choice between two seven person teams or one large team. Obviously, they picked the team that would guarantee 5 girls on the court. Just 7 members in my opinion would be a mess and cause forfeited games anyway.

So after winning three games in a row, they are reassessing the skill levels and asking the team to not play? There was supposed to be a meeting last night, but I donā€™t see any updates on this.

If the case is as presented, itā€™s redonkulous. Especially since it doesnā€™t look like the school these girls are from even has a basketball program.

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NSFW http://oglaf.com/panacea/

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POLL Results:

X @Rizak Rizak is not allowed to post links.

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I believe that traditionally that was written as the last entry for every single poll on the site:
Rizak skall inte gƶra nƄgra fler undersƶkningar.

I just remember Nick isnā€™t allowed to post polls.

But he did it anyway. I donā€™t think this version of the forum has polls. Does it?

Yes. Yes, it does.

Hollywood hires white British man to play midwestern black pop icon.

To be fair, Iā€™m not sure if any black dudes out there look anything like MJ in 2001. I guess you could use makeup for the skin color, but the nose?