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Entries for January, 2009 in Pop Goes the Culture
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
A while back I wrote a blog about an Ohio teen who was being charged with child pornography for taking nude photos of herself on her cell phone and sending them to her classmates. If convicted, the girl would have ...
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Who knew? The U.S. doesn't have an official language
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
With the discussion forum blowing up over the controversy of a Goliad county commissioner's answering machine message, some of the comments piqued my curiosity. Namely the posters that were up in arms over people who come to America and don't ...
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Local man starring in reality TV show
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
If you haven't seen the CW's "13, Fear is Real" show yet, you may want to tune in tonight. Victoria native and 2001 Memorial High School graduate, Rodney Craft, is among the cast of 13 that are pitted against their ...
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Inauguration is Gen Y's Woodstock
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
At least according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Across the nation, 20-somethings drove, hitchhiked, biked, swam, hop scotched, you name it, to one of the biggest events in Gen. Y's lifetime. (If you need proof, just check out Facebook statuses ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Sure, the Academy may have all the actual power to nominate who and what go in each category but I, for one, want to know what you think. Who deserves an Oscar this year? Best picture? Best director? Best actor/actress ...
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Save Sparks! Keep people energized and drunk!
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Sure, it may taste like an orange popsicle dipped in rubbing alcohol and nutritionally is the equivalent of mixing a Red Bull with malt liquor, but does that mean Sparks should be outlawed? For those who don't like to torture their ...
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Snow White and the Seven Little People
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Once upon a time there was a maiden who was the fairest of them all in the entire democracy. Although she was beautiful, the maiden used her intelligence and common sense to get ahead in life. And although a handsome ...
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Toddlers with guns, drunken breastfeeding and cat-tossing criminals
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Man, those New Year's resolutions must be making everyone a bit crazy this week. When scouring the Internet for a blog topic, I came across so many, I just simply couldn't choose. So instead I decided to round 'em all ...
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Celebrity sighting at Hastings...again
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
OK, so I'm not a celebrity in even the broadest sense of the word (unless you count my wanted posters in Indiana, but that's a blog for another time), but that didn't stop Hastings Hardback Cafe from calling me up ...