Why Do Kids Hate Disneyland?
Disneyland! Little did Walt realize 57 years ago, when he opened his park to the public, that it would one day become a place where local college students would have the absolute silliest time of their lives and children would scream as if they were being burnt by candle wax. Pictures and video from the...
Gay Agoraphobia
Otherwise known as “Agorahomophobia,” Gay Agoraphobia is characterized by fears of seeing gay people in your daily life being so great that you’re forced to just stay inside. Who suffers from such a debilitating and specific affliction? Apparently, just one. We’ll call her Stacy T. to protect her anonymity. What? She yakked about this on...
How is Adam Getting His Drink On?
“THE MINT JULEP” at The Thirsty Crow The most common sight at Silverlake’s Thirsty Crow Bar has to be a revolving door of hipsters grumbling about “stupid hipsters” going in, and giggling dribbly customers coming out. I’m of the school of practice what you preach. If you say you hate hipsters, don’t use hipster products:...
EPCOT City Welcomes You!
I stumbled upon something extraordinary yesterday. Walt Disney’s original plans for EPCOT Center. What was so different in the design? To start, it was called EPCOT City, and it wasn’t a theme park with rides or admission fees. It was an actual city. A city where people would work and live out their days in...
When a Fad Becomes Law
The big thing in 50′s pop cinema was 3-D. It came back in the 80′s. I’m no slave to the rule of threes, but thirty years later, we’re blabbing about 3-D again. Only this time, it looks like it’s here to stay. I have no original complaints about 3-D so I’ll spare you them. What...
Gay Today
The month of reckoning has arrived on gay rights. DADT The long-awaited troop survey on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has finally dropped, and if it was an iTunes single, it would have already surpassed Ke$sha and that new guy on “Glee.” I’m just kidding. No one follows the news. But it does finally bring the...
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