From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Gender in Magazines: Esquire vs. More

March 31, 2010

I made the mistake of turning 40 a while back, and a friend of a friend decided I needed a subscription to More magazine. This generous friend in question is a big proponent of cosmetic surgery. After reading More I understand why.  All the articles proclaim that being in the age bracket between forty and death [...]

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Tragically Exclamatory!!!!!

March 29, 2010

Image by tgbarrett via FlickrMy pseudonym is M. Jaynes and I have a problem! I’ve pontificated on punctuation previously. My sojourn into the comma conundrum was cathartic. This time, it is my over-use of the exclamation point in casual correspondence that has become increasingly disturbing to me. Oh, it started innocently enough. I joined Facebook [...]

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Captain Marvel: Shazam, does he have a problem!

March 26, 2010

This is another in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Captain Marvel, a small boy who at a single world [...]

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How to Watch Movies with Your Chick (and Still Keep Your Nuts)

March 24, 2010

Everybody knows that chick-flicks suck. Women still insist on watching them though and they apparently insist on forcing dudes to watch them. I’ve drawn a line in the sand myself: I won’t go and you can’t make me. Not everyone however has that sort of fortitude (you know: to be kind of a dick). So [...]

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Two Sides of the Undead: Zombies vs Vampires

March 22, 2010

A friend asked the other day about the popularity of stories/movies featuring zombies and vampires and whether there was any correlation between the two, since they both revolve around an undead being.  We had a pretty good discussion on the topic and I’ve thought some more about the particulars. For me the only correlation is [...]

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