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MeLand: 10 Ways Self-Obsession Makes You Stupid
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MeLand: 10 Ways Self Obsession makes you stupid
The Sex Chapter in MeLand looks at the horrors of the Hollywood Cliche.
One way to kill the Hollywood cliche is to parody, parody … parody.
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MeLand: 10 Ways Self-Obsession Makes You Stupid
by Kerry Cue Connor Court Publishers
Screen Grab from the Bureau of Meteorology
Though April showers
May come your way,
They bring the flowers
That bloom in May;
And if it’s raining,
Have no regrets;
Because, it isn’t raining rain, you know,
It’s raining Violet … Crumbles.
And when you see clouds
Upon the hill,
You soon will see crowds
Of Ryobi drills;
So keep on looking for that bluebird,
That tweets the Twitter song,
Whenever April showers come along.
With apologies to Al Jolson.
Today’s column must start with the oft-repeated cri de coeur ”is nothing sacred?”
The Canberra Times, 1 May 2013. Read more: Is nothing sacred?
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We live in a culture wallpapered with sexual imagery. Images of sex are more wide spread than the panting and writhing pink pixels on a digital screen. Sexualised images appear on billboards, t-shirts, in magazines, on makeup counters, on backpacks, on baseball caps and even on the mudflaps of trucks. I’m not suggesting that all of this imagery is offensive, but simply that it is there. Sex is, in our culture, everywhere.
The Canberra Times 17 Apr 2013
Read more: Want Me?
Science news dominated the media last week or managed, at least, an attention-seeking feline snarl in a Schrodinger’s Cat Scenario, which is, to anyone other than a smart arse of scientific bent, simply a paradox. President Obama announced major funding for neuroscientists to map the human brain. At the same time New Scientist ran a comprehensive article, which should have been titled ‘Why are we so stupid?’ but was tagged ‘Stupid is as Stupid does’. Suddenly, I got excited. Wouldn’t it be mind-blowing if those neuro-geeks could locate ‘stupid’ in the human brain!
The Canberra Times 10 Apr 2013. Read more here: Will We Ever Find a Cure for Stupidity_?
