Category Archives: Pop Culture

Red Alert! It’s a… football?

31 Thursday Dec 2015

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It is a dangerous time in America. Fall television shows are on hiatus. The holidays are nearly over. American Idol won’t start up for another week. The country might look away from the televised circus and notice the bakeries are aflame. There might be riots or angry tweets or folks withholding donations to political campaigns. Red Alert! Red Alert!

I’m just kidding. Thankfully we have the National Football League to keep our attention fully occupied. Continue reading →

Are You Missing Some Jumbo Jets, Readers?

15 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by in Life as a Leftie, Pop Culture

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Someone has abandoned three airplanes at the Kuala Lumpur International airport in Malaysia. They have accumulated landing fees, parking tickets, and several families of Sunda Flying Lemurs. These aren’t just any airplanes, either. They are Boeing 747-200s. The Lemurs are clearly living the high life.

Aggravated littering is a serious crime. In fact, whoever abandoned the aircraft can be charged with violating a number of international climate change statutes. That sounds serious. The sentence involves six months of community service fumigating President Obama’s golf shoes. Yikes. Continue reading →

Christmas Gift Ideas

10 Thursday Dec 2015

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Christmastime is always stressful because finding meaningful gifts at The Dollar Store is too darn difficult. But not this year. Gwyneth Paltrow and I are teaming up to showcase unique and affordable presents. Gwyneth (see, three sentences in and we are already on a  first-name basis) has done the heavy lifting and compiled the list on her website, goop. I’ve combed through and picked the ones I thought would interest Tempest in a Teardrop readers the most. Continue reading →