2011 Razzie Award nominations announced (my condolences to Jessica Alba)

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Personally, I hate award shows. The awkward monologues, the awkward jokes, the awkward speeches that are awkwardly ended too soon by the sound of awkward-sounding music. It's just all so...awkward. That is, except for the annual Razzie Awards, which puts ...

Astronomers have gone mad with power...MAD, I tell you!

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

First it was Pluto. Sitting high on their thrones and draped in the finest linen lab coats, those haughty astronomers maliciously demoted cute, defenseless Pluto from "planet" to "random ball of ice and gas floating in space." But now? Now ...

License-Plate auction? Only in Texas

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

This is a big week, folks. For the first time EVER in Texas, license plates will be legally auctioned off Thursday at Cowboys Stadium. (How we ever advanced as a society before now is beyond me). So why are they ...

Angry Birds are taking over the world

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

If you have no idea what Angry Birds is, let me advise you now to stop reading. Seriously. Just close this window or hit the back button and go see what tech blogger CJ Castillo is writing about today ($10 ...