Month: April 2001 (Page 7 of 7)

Touched by an Angel is the pop culture equivalent of a car crash. A bad one. You don’t want to look, but…

In recent weeks, this pseudo-religious pap factory has used hereditary blindness, pregnant women in peril, cancer victims (twice!), gambling addiction, and even Downs syndrome children to smack you in the face with its “message.” Last night, the message apparently was that planning a Halloween party would bring the wrath of Satan (!) down on your head, in the form of a large lion. (The lion will be scared away if you sing hymns at it.) And don’t touch those Tarot cards – they’re EVIL! This show is an insult to every person who actually takes their faith seriously. Now where did I leave those Tarot cards?

Final two Survivor prediction:
Colby and Tina.
My vote? Colby.

What do you think?

As a followup to my post yesterday about education, check out Schoolyard Subversion, a sort of education opinion weblog written by Aaron Swartz. His writing should impress you even before you learn that he’s a high school freshman. Did I mention he’s also a web programmer, working on a content management system called Blogspace? Or that he was a finalist for an ArsDigita prize for coming up with The Info Network?

When I was Aaron’s age (think TRS-80 Model I) I could barely remember my own class schedule. We all move at our own pace, I guess.

As Jon-Jon says, this is pure genius. I miss Calvin & Hobbes.