WandaVision at a Remove
Let’s talk WandaVision and dissociative, well, episodes.
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I Think She’d Be Marvelous
So apparently casting for the upcoming Captain Marvel movie is ramping up. I see the usual suspects suggesting the usual suspects for the title role. And I don’t know that anyone I’m hearing named is a bad choice, mind you, but when I sat down to think about what might make a good Captain Marvel, …
Blunt Weapons Don’t Have Points
Spoilers for the latest episode of Game of Thrones, just in case you need them. I’ve not really said much about the HBO Game of Thrones so far for a couple of reasons. First, I’ve not read the books, which I don’t think is any kind of requirement for criticism so much as I think …
This Isn’t About Uma Thurman
I’m not going to post a link, because first: it’s all over the place, and second: none of it deserves the three people I’d send it in traffic. “It” is another deluge of articles speculating on an actress’s purported plastic surgery. This time it’s Uma Thurman. The headlines range from relatively neutral (“Did She Have …
Selling Women Online
It’s probably incredibly understated to say that I’m really not an American Football guy. I’m not much of a traditional sports fan in general. So I definitely don’t follow much of the media surrounding sports, either. It was only via Rebecca Eisenberg on Upworthy that I ran across Katie Nolan’s recent discussion of the place …
Cold Read Relationship Advice
Another day, another bit of filler pretending to be content. While that’s probably true of me, it’s especially true of Yahoo! I ran across this one t’other day: How to tell if your honey’s being dishonest. Is your girlfriend playing with her hair? Forget split ends: she might be lying! Did your boyfriend just compliment …
B.S. Required (Not the Degree)
What’s a young person to do with all this economic uncertainty and job worry? Well, lookee here: Yahoo! has just the answer to your prayers, without needing all that pesky college: That would be the link text, anyway, for this article, which hasn’t nearly as misleading an a headline, although its sub-title starts with the …
We Have to Justify the Seasonal Hires in Graphics!
So, I was on weather.com, as one tends to be when there’s a crazy thunderstorm outside and is looking for any warnings, and I notice a link to an article with the subtitle Is the Atlantic Hurricane Season Underwhelming?. Allow me to offer this paraphrase: There haven’t been any hurricanes this season, but historically there …
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