popular culture

Have there ever been times more dire than these?  Has an election never been more important, for ourselves and our children?  Take a look around, America:

...in the form of a few billion lost Chinese viewers. What the heck; her career was a washout anyways. Nothing much I've enjoyed since Total Recall in, what, 1990?

"I Got your Karma, Bitch!"

This for Cowboy Blob's Friday pshop/caption contest.

Two Harvard researchers have concluded that there’s no data to support the notion that violent video games cause the kids who play them to act out violence in real life, contrary to the vast majority of media outlets that would have the public thinking otherwise.

Charles Mitchell struggles with being an evangelical in a secular culture:

Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of first post here at the now (in my mind) world-famous Big Orange Michael.

Poetry News:

1. --- Detained poet in hospital with hernia ---
2. --- Haikuists are adept at juxtaposing vivid imagery during springtime ---

Tiny Cat Pants discusses once again the patriarchy:

I’m slow to blog this, as I’ve been very busy with work, but it’s worth mentioning. On Tuesday, Gary Gygax, co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, died at 69.