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Ebay selling Pat Robertson voodoo doll
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Want to contribute to the Red Cross while at the same time purchasing a novelty voodoo doll? Well, here's your chance! (P.S. Thanks to Rebecca for bringing this to my attention). Yes, there is now a Pat Robertson voodoo doll ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
One Houston-based artist is trying to raise money for the relief effort in Haiti by donating 100 percent of the sales of his song "Swagger" on iTunes. According to the Houston Press music blog, international artist Bobby Moon will be ...
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Facebook is now a flavor (I wish I was kidding)
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
And the award for Most Absurd (And Unnecessary) Collaboration of the New Year goes to... Facebook and Vitamin Water! [Insert polite clapping here]. Oh yes, there is now a a Facebook flavor for Vitamin Water, according to TechCrunch. The flavor ...
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3-D on your TV (I'm a poet and didn't know it)
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
God bless technology. Those cutting edge manufacturers are coming up with yet another way for us to spend the money (we probably don't have). Yes, according to the L.A. Times, we are on the brink of new technology that will ...
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12 things that have become obsolete this decade
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
It's hard to believe that only 10 years ago, I was using a dial-up computer and that getting a cordless phone in my house was a BIG DEAL. Ha! Silly ancient technology. I might as well have been a caveman. ...
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JibJab's cheeky send-off to 2009
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Yup, it's that time of year again when every single media outlet, blog and Web site are compiling their Year in Review pieces. It seems no matter where you go or what you do, you are bound to run across ...
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Tanning booths, diet pills and waxing popular among...teenage boys?
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Forget snails and puppy dog tails. Today's boys are increasingly turning more toward sugar and spice. OK, well, not really, but according to a recent study, adolescent boys are more likely to use tanning booths, take diet pills and have ...
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Spongebob Squarepants' new Christmas song
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
With my column today being all about the new Spongebob Squarepants' Christmas song "Don't Be A Jerk (It's Christmas)," I figured I might as well post the video on here for those of you that don't regularly watch Nickelodeon in ...
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Worst movies of the decade (I'm looking at you, "Glitter")
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Is there anything more fun than making a list of the worst of something? OK, well, yes, there is but since I don't happen to have a bowling ball, gas tank and flame thrower currently on hand, this will have ...
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If you thought the Baby Snuggie was bad...
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Today's WTH Fashion Moment is brought to you by The Committee Who Hate Women And Show It by Creating Wicked Uncomfortable Under-Garments. Oh, my friends, how to even begin this one? I don't know how many of you remember (but ...