Of Magazines And Shiny Things
Why do we wrap presents? Do we cover them in glossy foil to enhance the element of surprise? Is it to reinforce that a gift is particularly special? Could it be that the act of wrapping and, even more so, the act of unwrapping is just simply fun?
For that matter, why do we give presents in the first place? The politically correct answer that comes to mind is that we give because we want to show people we care. Really though, we’re usually just trying to buy someone’s love. The thought is that the bigger the gift or the more gifts then the more we care about the person. (Think about it, which present intrigues you more on Christmas morning – the one in the big box or the one in the tiny one? Yes, you might like the tiny one better because it has money or jewelry in it, but I know I’m always more excited to open the big box since I don’t know what’s inside of it!)
Maybe that’s why I felt so bad one infamous Mother’s Day many years back. I was in one of the early grades of elementary school, first or second I think. With Mother’s Day coming up, my Dad took me out to look for a present for my mom. If memory serves me right, we went to Kroger. Not high end shopping, certainly, but I think we were looking for some perfume there.
Anyway, instead of picking out something for my mom, I saw something that I wanted: (more…)
Johnny and Joseph
- ew.com
Can you believe that this decade is almost over? It’s been ten years now since the Y2K problem sparked mass hysteria across the world, and a lot has changed in the past decade. Quite frankly, it’s tough to remember all that’s happened in the past ten years, especially in the rapidly changing realm of pop culture, which is why this cover story in Entertainment Weekly is so interesting to me.
Articles ranking the top movies, football games, albums, books, and so on of the past decade have been all over the place in recent weeks. Entertainment Weekly joined in the fun, devoting a recent issue to the best of the decade which included a ranking of the top 15 entertainers of the past 10 years.
People like Oprah, JJ Abrams, Steve Jobs, Jon Stewart, Meryl Streep, and Tina Fey all made the list. Johnny Depp, as you can see, made the cover. Depp’s decade has been particularly fascinating. (more…)
