Category Archives: Culture

New Orleans Jan 2024 Trip Days 3 and 4

On Wednesday mother went downtown and after the bank and some walking went to breakfast at Cafe Fleur de Lis. I had eggs, pancakes and a slab of pork belly, mother had an avocado omlette and grits. After we got … Continue reading

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New Orleans Jan 2024 Trip Day 1 and 2

I went to New Orleans on Monday 1/22/24 with my mother to visit long time family friends who had moved back to the US after 7 years and for now are stationed in Louisiana. After getting to the house we … Continue reading

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Creating Content during the SAG-AFTRA Strike

I have been a member of SAG since 1989 and thefore SAG-AFTRA since the merger. I wholly support our current strike against the AMTP. As a pop-culture journalist this makes certain things quite difficult though. In solidarity and care of … Continue reading

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Nerd Notes (4/30/23)

It’s been a few days, so this is an extra long Nerd Notes of Music videos, game trailers, and comics and culture news. Some stuff even a week old as when it hit the inbox. Billy Strings makes some good … Continue reading

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Purim and Clowns: A History – An Essay by ChatGPT

As noticing young men dressed as clowns for Purim I asked them what the correlation was. Clowns are generally considered sad from a historical standpoint, laughed at, not with. After asking many of them at different locations from different temples … Continue reading

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