It was cloudy with a chance of Thunderdome yesterday, but all things considered, you had a fairly good week, Crasstalkers. Hit the jump, and let’s have a look at who said what, when and why.
Remains of the Day
BadKarma gave you two million smackers and a few guidelines for pretend-spending it. Tchotchke called for a moratorium on using Marilyn Monroe’s image to pit women against one another. In the OT, the Super Squats Challenge went from exercise to sexercise to saddercise in less than ten reps.
Saturday
Momof3 wrote a post about contraception and the Catholic Church that I wouldn’t touch with a thirty-nine and a half foot pole. BadKarma gave you a last minute Valentine’s Day idea: take your sweetheart for a tour of a waste water treatment plant. Cletar turned the GOP primary race and 2012 presidential election into a series of hilarious movie posters. QueenDeLaDance wrote about the tragic passing of pop icon Whitney Houston. While many of you were flinging poo at one another in the contraception post, one Crasstalker really got to the heart of the United States’ religion issue.
Sunday
GtCosita taught you how to make zigeunerschnitzel. Bbqcornnuts gave you some creative Valentine’s Day ideas. LaZiguezon graced you with another Abandoned Places post. Cornflowerbleume wrote about the media’s enjoyment of Whitney Houston’s decline. Clarity83 hosted the Grammys liveblog. Homoviper alerted you to an upcoming Rebecca remake.
Monday
Canada invaded Crasstalk on Monday. BadKarma told you about the strange food these strange Canadians eat. Tunamelt wrote a post about Degrassi. Alluson interviewed a Canadian who you may or may not already know. Summeroflove told you about her favorite Canadian music programs of yore. TS boiled Canadian history down to Booze, Hockey and Rebellion. HonkIfYouLikeCookies told you about Heritage Minutes. Delta Sierra wrote a lovely photo-essay about (not) traveling the Nahanni River. Randyfmcdonald broke down Toronto’s political history for you while Dürer’s Rhino delved into the history of that most Canadian of dishes, poutine! Of course not all discussions were about Canada and its food. In the OT, you were still ready to talk US politics and…Vietnamese food.
Elsewhere, Lauren recapped the The Boring Dead, airing for the first time since returning from winter break, and Cletar reported on R Money’s win in Maine.
Tuesday
You woke up hungover and disoriented on Valentine’s Day. Canadian music played on your clock radio. You rolled over to find strange Canadians sleeping in bed with you. You vaguely recalled having traveled a great distance. They say it’s time to seek help when you start blacking out, honey. Homoviper recapped RuPaul’s Drag Race. Miss Anita told you about manufacturing jobs coming back to America. FortyDavids&aMule wanted to know about your most expensive threads. My clothing is free, FortyD. This munchkin sweatshop has paid for itself. MonkeyBiz wrote at length about some nerd copyright concerns. Ihatediamonds’ BHM series continued with a look at Irene Morgan Kirkaldy.
Wednesday
DogsOfWar spotlighted the Willie Nelson Chipotle commercial, a collaboration for the ages. Jarrod reported on the theory put forth by shouting media harpy, Nancy Grace, that Whitney Houston may have been murdered. You had some theories of your own.
Lord Bots told you about Lumpkin County, a place in Georgia where buying alcohol on Sundays is currently illegal (and the county’s religious figures hope it stays that way). One of you had a relevant question, and Bots had the answer.
Clarity83 asked if you had a one, five, or maybe even ten year plan. Rowen wrote a book report about V.C. Andrews’ Soiled Tutu. BadKarma reported on the Germans’ love of shitstorms, and Ihatediamonds profiled Nancy Hicks Maynard. In the OT, you debated the merits of re-releasing films in 3D, and some of you are keeping your fingers crossed for certain releases.
Thursday
The Angry Black Man talked to you about weight-lifting and tracking your progress. CubeRootOfPi asked about the best and worst advice you’ve ever received. Lauren told you about the mediocre pilots ABC plans to spring on you. Tunamelt showed you the historical gems in her neighborhood and asked to see the ones in yours. Lucky attempted to distract you from the OT fuckery with 5 Videos You Should Watch. Later, Lauren wrote at length about angry, violent, slow-witted, untalented man-child, Chris Brown.
Friday
Bbqcornnuts told you about orgasmic birth. DogsOfWar confirmed your worst fears about the TSA’s use of body scanning technology. BadKarma asked who knows about your Crass identity. Mine is top secret, BK. Knight of the Burning River told you to shut up about the possibility of LeBron James ever returning to Cleveland. Miss Anita recapped Project Runway All Stars, and Dürer’s Rhino dazzled you with a Ten Photos post. Lauren gave you the scoop on CBS’s pilot plans, and Ihatediamonds profiled Henrietta Lacks.
COW
Valentine’s Day came and went with an assortment of jokes about loneliness, venereal disease and excessive chocolate consumption. Well done, all. But it was this commenter tête-à-tête that won the internet Tuesday, and–indeed–this whole week. What started as an innocent observation (by Rowen) that the Dead Milkmen were back together and touring turned into a classic Crasstalk battle between Badhatharry and Rina.
Well done, munchkins.
Until next week.
xx
Glinda
