Newsletter
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My home state of Ohio and Big Butter Jesus
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Although I've lived in Texas for over four years now, (CORRECTION: I've survived Texas and its giant, mutant insect life for over four years now) I still like to keep up with my good 'ol home state of Ohio (you ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Hey, remember a few years back when you'd get an e-mail with a link and you'd click on it and then suddenly your screen was filled with the 1987 Rick Astley music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up?" You ...
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If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Why today is not a national holiday is a travesty. I mean, we can celebrate Columbus, a man with a horrible sense of direction, and yet, we can't take one day of the year to celebrate the greatest living human ...
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I'm back! (for the 2.5 of you that even noticed I was gone)
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
So, I'm married. I know! I can't believe he actually went through with it either! But he did and outside the realm of my professional life, I am now Mrs. Huddle. <---how weird does that look, eh? Luckily, now being ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
A big pink unicorn frosting thank you goes out to my esteemed co-worker CJ Castillo for bringing this to my attention. Are you a man? A man that likes cupcakes? A man that likes cupcakes but tries to hide it ...
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Plagiarism is the new creativity
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Today in "Writers That Make The Rest Of Us Look Bad" news, we have a young German novelist accused of plagiarism and (here's the best part), she's defending herself with the good, 'ol-fashioned "Meh. What's the big deal?" defense. Yes, ...
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Having kids...is it better to wait or have them young?
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
According to NPR, the average age of mothers has been steadily rising the past four decades. In 1970, the average age was 21, whereas today it's a little over 25. And more than a third of first-time moms in the ...
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Drunk history: Abreham Lncollin was 'da...(hiccup)...bomb
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
No matter how textbooks and the History Channel try to jazz it up, history is still, well, boring to many people. And that's why we now have Drunk History. Thanks to those kooks at FunnyorDie.com, there are now several videos ...
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Anyone throwing a killer Super Bowl party?
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Ah, yes, it's that time of year again. The one time each year where we can eat our own weight in guacamole without any guilt and commericals transform from periodic three minute annoyances to practically movie premiere levels of entertainment. ...
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Who knew? Victoria is Popeye's hometown
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Hey kids...pssst, kids. The next time you have to do a boring history report about a famous past Victorian, pick Popeye (the Sailor Man...not the chicken dude) and throw your teachers through a loop. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, through my ...