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Obnoxiousness We Can Count On
September 30th, 2009Despite rumors of cancellation, cast disagreements, and sheer exhaustion with the show, Curb Your Enthusiasm has returned for a seventh season on HBO. At the end of season six in 2007, Larry David left his viewers utterly confused as to whether or not his wife, Sheryl, had actually left him. Read More
Don Draper, Welcome to the '60s
September 28th, 2009Through two seasons of Mad Men, Don Draper was a man in supreme control of his destiny. Things didn’t always go his way, but you at least got the impression that — with the notable exception of Betty evicting him last season — he was always in exactly the position he wanted to be. And, if he weren’t, he would extricate himself, quick and clean. No messy emotions allowed. Read More
With Friends Like These
September 28th, 2009On Sunday General Martin Agwai, the UN military commander in Sudan, declared the war in Darfur officially “over”. The accuracy of this statement can only be verified over the next few months, but if he is right that the six-year conflict that left over 300,000 dead has been reduced to just some low-level disputes, then a big question looms in the near future: how can we best serve justice to the perpetrators of the genocide? Read More
Is Obama Fickle On The Afghanistan Pickle?
September 28th, 2009By nearly any measure the war in Afghanistan is not going as well as many had hoped. To be sure, it is no easy task to eradicate the Taliban in a failing nation without a credible central government. However, during the campaign President Obama consistently pointed out that Afghanistan is a war of necessity that was mistakenly placed on the back burner while the U.S. waged a war of choice in Iraq. Read More
McBlogging Grey’s Anatomy
September 27th, 2009Oh McGod! George O’Malley is McDead. Commence the McVent. There are several very large lessons to be learned from George’s tragic death. Number 1: Jumping in front of buses is a BAD idea. Number 2!: If the writers of Grey’s Anatomy begin to give your character shitty plot lines, that’s a pretty solid indication that for all fictional standards, you are now on the Death Row of Primetime viewing. Read More
I Should Have Gone to School in LA, Obviously
September 27th, 2009Previously on Californication: I had a ridiculous love-hate relationship with this show. Also previously on Californication: Hank’s woman left for greener pastures in New York, leaving him to single parent in California with all the single, nearly naked women. And the supposed cliffhanger: Will Hank stay faithful? No need to touch that one… Read More
A Hundred Years of Loma Linda Life
September 26th, 2009I got sidetracked last night from my quest towards living to 100. I broke quite a few rules to say the least but it was totally worth it. And to prevent myself from wallowing in the buttery hole that I’ve dug during last night’s dinner, I must promote one of the best recipes I have ever made to all of you, Ina Garten’s Baked Shrimp Scampi. Read More
Searching Space, and a Storm in Sydney
September 24th, 2009A little mystery returned to the world this week, while scientists and citizens alike rushed to bring back images from the frontiers of deep space and the natural world. Astronomers in Europe received their first images from the Planck observatory, a deep-space observation facility launched by the European Space Agency in May. Closer to home (but still geographically opposite Ithaca), Australians didn’t need space exploration to find the final frontier. On Tuesday, just before dawn, it showed up on their doorstep in the form of a giant dust storm that turned the sky deep orange in Sydney, the country’s largest city. Read More
The Emmys Highlight Talent, But All Lights Go Out in Television
September 23rd, 2009While last Sunday’s 61st Primetime Emmy Awards delivered both surprises and givens, the awards’ ultimate effect on volume of television viewers and Nielsen Ratings is yet to be seen. Shows like NBC’s 30 Rock have taken strides in the awards... Read More
Healthwatch: Details On the Upcoming H1N1 Vaccination
September 22nd, 2009With free soap in Ho Plaza and newly installed hand-sanitizer dispensers all over campus, swine flu prevention is in style at Cornell. But, despite the fact that clean-hand vigilance goes a long way in keeping us healthy, it won’t actually prevent us from getting sick if – God forbid – we contract H1N1. Immunization will. And it could be the rage on campus in the foreseeable future. Read More