Beauties, Beasts, and Tramp Stamps
Crazy week for EduClaytion as the semester winds down, research papers are flying in, finals are on the way, and my dog pulled a Tom Brady by tearing his CCL (the canine equivalent of an ACL/knee ligament). So here’s your 60 second recap of the week’s 
keen stories.
Barbie turned 50 and is getting tatoos. Hard to believe that Ken’s girl signed up for a tramp stamp.
Speaking of beauty queens, Miss California Carrie Prejean went up against internet celeb Perez Hilton during the Miss America pageant. Prejean says she lost the crown because she had the nerve to hold a personal belief on gay marriage. Hilton aired a scathing video reply. Miss California won’t be wearing a shiny tiara but loves the massive exposure the controversy is giving her. Saturday Night Live should be interesting.
Did you catch President Obama’s, ahem, press conference the other night? I haven’t seen coverage that weak since the San Francisco 49ers slaughtered the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. As Dennis Miller said, it’s a scary world when Miss California gets tougher questions that the president.
Speaking of beautiful people, how many of them work for Barrack Obama? According to People magazine, at least one. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was picked for one of the magazine’s most beautiful humans in th
e world. That’s not a mistake. The tax-evading former member of the Federal Reserve that helped create this whole economic mess in the first place also happens to have a brother who works for the magazine, but I ain’t one to gossip so you didn’t hear it from me. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I want on next year’s list.
Geithner continues to work through a tough economy. Many corporations continue to change their ways. Even American Idol eliminated their powerful Idol Give Back this season. The producers felt that now is not the best time to ask people for money.
Speaking of Idol, now there’s only 4 singers left. The big news is that Adam Lambert fell to the bottom, second to last. Yours truly agrees that Danny Gokey and Kris Allen have moved ahead of the controversial Lambert. Lookout however as next week’s guest is Slash for rock week. Something tells me Lambert is gonna go Axel Rose on ya’ll.
That’s all for now. Check in this weekend for the ultimate breakdown and survey on the greatest cartoons of all-time. I’m gonna need some help with that one. Time to grade some papers and dose my pooch.
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Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
