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Entries for January, 2009 in Pop Goes the Culture

  • AprillBrandon  
    More uproar over teen sexting
    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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Who knew? The U.S. doesn't have an official language
    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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Local man starring in reality TV show
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/23/l_a8a8ee65d0234bb4903de75c33d8f24d[1].jpg) 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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Inauguration is Gen Y's Woodstock
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/22/numbguy0120_H_20090120133844[1].jpg) ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/22/medium_Early%20crowd%20on%20National%20Mall[1].jpg) ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/22/14841170_crowd300[1].jpg) 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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    And the Oscar goes to...
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/19/oscars-732859[1].jpg) 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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Save Sparks! Keep people energized and drunk!
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/15/jacobson[1].jpg) 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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Snow White and the Seven Little People
    ![Image](http://media2.victoriaadvocate.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/01/13/GrimmFairyTales10TheFrogKing-AlRio[1].jpg) 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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Toddlers with guns, drunken breastfeeding and cat-tossing criminals
    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 ...
  • AprillBrandon  
    Celebrity sighting at Hastings...again
    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 ...