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Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”
A review of the shocking and fantastic “Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency,” the sixth episode of Mad Men’s 3rd season, featuring a pivotal scene featuring a lawnmower. Continue reading
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Cultural Reflections on Comic Con 2008
While I’m genuinely addicted to Twitter most of the time, being away over the weekend and thus mostly away from my Twitter account was a good thing. Many of the people I follow, most of which I’ve met through some … Continue reading
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60th Primetime Emmy Awards Preview: Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Achieving success in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series takes one of three things: having a recognizable name, being on a popular show, or being on a show that has won Emmys in the past. Now, you’re probably asking … Continue reading
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Pilot Preview: HBO’s “True Blood”
“True Blood” Fall 2008 Pilot Preview [As per pilot screener regulations, this is a preview and not a review. The content of the series may change between now and the show’s official airing, so all thoughts are of a preliminary … Continue reading
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Greek – “47 Hours and 11 Minutes”
“47 Hours and 11 Minutes” May 5th, 2008 It’s “Meet the Parents” week on Greek, and I’ll admit that I wasn’t a huge fan of this one. Something about the various parents was just a bit too predictable: of course … Continue reading
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House – “Living the Dream”
“Living the Dream” May 5th, 2008 On the list of storylines that I could have imagined for House, kidnapping his favourite soap star in order to diagnose the condition that he didn’t even know he had was not on the … Continue reading
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Pushing Daisies – “Corpsicle”
“Corpsicle” December 12th, 2007 While I am still smack dab in the middle of end-of-term essays and exams at this stage, I couldn’t help but take an hour out of my evening to watch tonight’s Fall Finale of Pushing Daisies. … Continue reading
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Let the Academic Hell Begin: Some Cultural Confessions
Yes, folks, it’s been quite some time now since I have been posting here at Cultural Learnings, and I apologize for that – yesterday was our lowest day in six months, so it’s clear that the lack of productivity is … Continue reading
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Sound Off! Week – Hey! Nielsen – Is it Making a Difference?
I have to apologize for not being able to post yesterday: I’m currently working with the students’ union as part of some pre-faculty strike preparations, so that took up a great deal of my time. As a result, I’m going … Continue reading
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3:36am Haiku
Saw Friday Night Lights I am far too invested It Deserves Emmys
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