Month: January 2011

  • The Battle Hymn of The Kitten Mom

    Yale Professor Amy Chua’s recently published book The Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother about raising children ‘the Chinese way’ now has a yang to its yin: The Battle Hymn of The Kitten Mom by American homemaker Sheila Burblang. Burblang, the mother of three children ages eleven, nine and five, lives in Alemeda, California and…

  • If It Would Please The Members Of The Academy…

    N6CVGCYED2JQ I think you went overboard in the your Oscar nomination love for The King’s Speech and True Grit. Yes, both films were well made, acted, and directed, but 22 nominations between them is a bit much. You should have slathered much more love on The Social Network, far and away the best film that…

  • Two Heavyweight Oscar Contenders

    2010 was a pretty terrific year for movie lovers. The Social Network, Winter’s Bone, The King’s Speech, True Grit and The Other Guys were some of my favorites. I recently caught two surefire Oscar favorites– The Fighter and Black Swan. Both are must-sees for any serious film lover. In The Fighter, we see a tale…

  • Obama Nails Hu, China Angry!

    President Barack Obama is one smooth and shrewd operator. There was much mystery shrouding the small private dinner Obama held with China’s President Hu Jintao on Tuesday evening. The beltway was abuzz with who was attending and what the purpose was of the dinner held the day before an official state dinner. Now it has…

  • Leno to ‘Friend’ Stern, O’Brien, Letterman

    Comedian and NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno is tired of being played for the heavy. Following Howard Stern’s recent admission to chat show host Piers Morgan that he did not like Leno “personally or professionally,” Jay began to cry like a child who is saddened by harsh criticism from Howard Stern. “You’ve got to…

  • Mime Silenced

    OMIGAWD! I think I killed a mime!!! I was on the corner waiting for a luxury sedan when a mime walks up (pretending like a strong wind was blowing) and starts giving me grief about having a clown in my lap–see, the angry mime’s a regular Lint Screen reader (he probably moves his lips as…