QOTD: Lotto Fever or What Would You Do with Half a Billion Dollars

First off, let’s be clear about one thing: half billion dollars sounds much better than $500 million, doesn’t it?

My kids saw the news last night and wanted to buy some lottery tickets. They were despondent when they found out you needed to be 18 years old to play. We had an interesting discussion last night about what they would want to buy if they won. Continue reading →

AFL Season 2012 Preview

Welcome to the real football season.  The one in which a clash of bodies results in a roar of approval rather than a whistle and a lot of theatrical rolling around.  The one in which shoulder pads are reserved for the corporate boxes. Continue reading →

QOTD: What Would You Call Your Fans?

I don’t know when it started, but at some point fans of specific artists began giving themselves cutesy nicknames. Clay Aiken fans are “Claymates.” Shudder. I’ve noticed that several queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race give their fans names. Pandora Boxx calls her fans “Fandoras,” which is kind of cute I guess. Continue reading →

The Problem With NBC’s Smash

Many of us were skeptical about NBC’s launch of a show about the underbelly of Broadway, and in conjunction, one rife with musical routines. NBC, not known for big risks, or musical theater, has struggled with their dramatic formula for the past few seasons. Now they planned to attempt drama and in a musical format? We were mostly afraid it would be some low rent Glee offering, with all the pap and cheesetastic nuance that has consumed the once lauded Ryan Murphy juggernaut. Continue reading →