Monthly Archives: September 2011

A Fun Interview with the Bridal Showcase Committee

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I have attended approximately 74 weddings in the past two years. Okay, it’s actually only been five (six if you count my cousin’s two weddings separately), but it feels like I’ve done nothing but eat delicious food and admire lovely … Continue reading →

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Good Guys and Bad Guys and How to Tell the Difference

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I don’t really read comics, but I do know a lot of people who do. I also read an interesting article the other day stating some people believe Hollywood movies have become too dark. Not, you know,  in the sense … Continue reading →

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George Lucas “Improves” More Movies!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Geek culture was recently incensed by George Lucas’s decision to tweak, alter and add stuff to Star Wars. He’s already changed enough things that his track record is, shall we say, not good–the “shot heard round the world,” to Star … Continue reading →

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Madness and the Poisons We Take

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Kari Lucin

It’s really amazing to me the whole human race hasn’t killed itself off long ago. We seem to have a bit of a death wish, in some ways–playing with substances we don’t know for certain whether they’re safe, adding questionable … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Spaces

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Detroit isn’t dead. I just wanted to mention that before I get any further into this post. The city is under siege by economic forces, though, and it’s suffered some pretty severe casualties, some recent, some from a long time … Continue reading →

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Sept. 11, Voldemort and the Boogeyman

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Some of you may be wondering why I didn’t write anything about Sept. 11 on its 10th anniversary. I suppose I just didn’t want to be redundant; other people have offered great and weighty insights and small and poignant details … Continue reading →

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The Worst Music of All Time or Maybe Just One Decade

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I am not Allen Ginsberg. I did not see the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked. Instead I saw the best minds of my generation happily rocking out to “Ice Ice Baby,” which is sort … Continue reading →

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Changing the Rules

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Kari Lucin

All right, I’m changing the rules for the contest. Since no one has even tried to write a limerick or a haiku or a 74-page epic poem, I’m just going to give the breakfast away to whoever a. posts first … Continue reading →

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Giving Away Free Hat, Free Pancakes, Free Money

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Kari Lucin

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but I do have a free breakfast, free buffalo head nickel (undated) and a beautiful free “Courage Carries On” hat to give away. I’m going to have a contest and whoever writes … Continue reading →

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Destroying My Childhood Love: Putting the Monkey Brain Back

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Kari Lucin

While I love quite a few movies, books and TV shows, I’m not much of a fan, which is to say: when a piece is adapted into a new medium, I’m not inherently against changing stuff to make it fit … Continue reading →

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