Survivor

The new season of survivor decided to spice things up a bit. They've already divided things up by sex, so they couldn't do that again. The Apprentice did the whole street smarts/book smarts thing. So, they took it to the next illogical step: teams divided up by race. I'll let that sink in for a moment.

I know I'm not the only one that thinks this is a horrible idea. They say they eliminated any racists in casting, so we shouldn't expect the teams to be shouting racial slurs at one another. But what about the people at home? Obviously there are a lot of racists out there, and they'll be looking to the show to reinforce any stereotypes that they have. Already Rush Limbaugh is fanning the flames.

Now I know we don't live in a colorblind society, and race most definitely still matters. But the fact that CBS would exploit racism to up the ratings of a tired reality show is pretty sad.

Wikipedia

Lately I've been messing around with Wikipedia, putting in some small changes here and there. Well, tonight I wrote my first new article: M cells. While I'm pretty happy with that article, the contribution I'm most proud of is the addition I made to the Derek Jeter article. Scroll down to trivia, and check out the item that starts "Was voted the most..." That's all me.

Malkmus in an Elevator

Here's a great movie of Stephen Malkmus singing a capella in a elevator. It won't stream, so you'll have to download the whole thing to watch it. But it's worth it, at the very least to find out that you've been pronouncing his name wrong since the first time you read it.

RIP Syd Barrett

"And the sea isn't green. And I love the queen. And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?" - Syd Barrett. RIP.

He's The Hoff

He's The Hoff. I agree with the article - from now on, any time I don't get my way it's going to be: "Do you know who I am? I'm the Hoff!"

Also, Vladimir Putin kisses a boy like a kitten. Why don't our politicians ever do this?