Musing for Amusement

My space to muse about the occurrences, movies, books, television programs, news, and other items of pop culture that I constantly soak in and need to vent or comment about.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Costly Health Coverage

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Recently, I read an article in The New Yorker with this central theme: hosptials view you as an ATM rather than a patient. Instead of focus...
Thursday, July 9, 2009

Lines on the Poet's Turning Forty

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Turning forty is one of those difficult ages that humans face. It somehow marks that you are "old" now, and that you're turnin...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Self-Control

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An article triggered my attention in The New Yorker since I find the topic fascinating: self-control. I feel like Amercians definitely lack...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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After seeing Jason Segel's second written movie, I Love You, Man , and enjoying it so much, I knew I had to see the first movie he wrote...
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Monday, July 6, 2009

Obscurity and Regret

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I've come across another poem in The New Yorker that made me have a few reads and some pondering. You have to simplify to try to underst...
Sunday, July 5, 2009

Disappointing Rolling Stone Covers

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Let me premise this blog post by saying that I am a major fan of Rolling Stone . I look forward to every month's magazine because it off...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Stay Tuned...

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I will be traveling for a week or so, so stay tuned for some more blogs in the very near future...
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Michael Jackson

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I know I will be the millionth person to blog/write about this on the internet, but I want to have a quick two cents. My first reaction to h...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Nurse Jackie

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It seems that Edie Falco is starring in a new successful television show. Her new show on Showtime, Nurse Jackie , appears to have such a ri...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

American Idiot Musical

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A few months ago, Rolling Stone included an article on a new musical that will be coming out in the near future: American Idiot . The musica...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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My first Stephen King novel: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon . I found it appropriate because it's the first one of his I've ever owne...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

Helen Keller's The Story of My Life

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I picked up Helen Keller's autobiography recently, The Story of My Life , because I was so unaware and curious about her life as a blind...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Parks and Recreation

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When I initially heard that Amy Poehler was getting her own TV show, I was psyched. When I heard it was modeled after The Office , I was eve...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Up

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I was not expecting Up to be such a down-er (not to be too corny or anything). Last night, I was drawn to see Pixar's new film, Up , whi...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Treatment

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I found yet another poem in The New Yorker that I would like to share. This one is called "Treatment" and is obviously on the sam...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Neuroenhancing Drugs

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The New Yorker once again stunned me with an article that I was extraordinarily interested in. The article is called "Bran Gain" ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Let the Record Show

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I found this poem in The New Yorker , and I really enjoyed it. Unlike other poems I find in that magazine, I immediately connected with this...
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