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Looking Back on 2008

The year is rapidly coming to a close.  Looking back on 2008, don't miss our Yeah Right picks for best pop culture moments of the year:
 
Batman's picks
 
Allison's picks
 
Whitney's picks
 
Dominic!'s picks
 
Dawn's picks

If you think we missed anything, share your thoughts in the comments.

Resolutions for 2009

I am not a big one for resolutions, but I saw this article the other day and decided that I will make the attempt to finish a book a week in 2009.  First up?  Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America, by Walter R. Borneman (Confession: I have already started the book.  But, I did say that I will attempt to "finish" a book a week this year - nothing says I have to have started the book during 2009, especially when I am the one making up the rules).

I hope that this will help me make a significant dent in the ever-growing "books to read" pile in my living room.  That said, any book suggestions are welcome!

Cruising Songs

I'm listening to an internet radio station (all 90s hits, all the time), and they just played one of those songs that takes me back in time to my high school days.  Specifically, cruising in my van (a full size conversion that saw many, many good times), down the cruising street back home in Madison, too scared to actually speak to the guys cruising, but happy just to be out and enjoying the freedom of driving and not having any parents around.  The song?  "Pony" by Ginuwine.  Now, if only I get to hear some Salt N Pepa, it will be a total return to high school.  Anyone else have any songs that remind them of cruising?  Or am I the only one who participated in this pastime?

Behold the King and Queen of Indie Rock

Two Yeah Right favs -- Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard -- are engaged!

Today's Sign of the Apocalypse

Ryan Gosling (my favorite ex-Mickey Mouse Club member) is in a band and, well...the results aren't pretty.  Stick to acting, please.

Just when I thought my Cowboys defeat couldn't get worse...

Me posting this proves I have a sense of humor, but I also have a heart.  So IF you feel it necessary to comment, a simple expression of condolences will do.

Life Imitating Art Moment of the Day

Hilarious example of what happens if you were to take Facebook literally and is it just me or is everything funnier with a British accent?

Australia

I still have not decided whether to go to see Australia.  On the one hand, I do indulge in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge on a regular basis, which suggests his latest offering is worth seeing; on the other hand, there is the fantastic review of Ross Douthat in the December 15 issue of National Review, which contains one of the best set of lines I have recently read in a review of a movie:

And God, how I hated him.  Not the actor, who brings a kilowatt smile and an androgynous charisma to a role he's not responsible for crafting, but the character, who occupies a peculiar zone where political correctness shades into precisely the sort of racial sterotyping it's supposed to counteract.

So, you see my dilemna in whether to go see Australia.  Any further thoughts on whether I should see the movie are appreciated.

Exclusive! Trailer Description for New Sean Penn Film!

Got this in the inbox.  Sounds intriguing.

--Dave

Hey guys.  Though you might be interested in this.  I work a low-level staff job in one of the larger studios and a buddy of mine in production showed me a trailer for a movie that looks incredibly awesome.

My buddy said they haven’t settled on a title or even a coherent script, but the executive wanted to rush a teaser out as soon as possible.  “This is the type of story that comes along once a generation,” he told me.

Needless to say I was excited.  He killed the lights and started the trailer. 

Rudolph in the Reagan Era

This is a pretty funny video, imaging how the classic Xmas TV tale of Rudolph would have been different if it'd been produced in 1985.

Awesome 80's Montage: Rudolph - watch more

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