Pop Psychology: Archive

The Knot just sent me an email ad for Botox for...

Jun 11th

Jun 10th

Question of the morning

Why is Diddy such an awful lyricist? I get that Circoc is paying you, Diddy, but you don’t have to make it so god damn obvious.

Jun 9th

Jun 8th

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Un-Broke: The Seth Green Cribs Edition from quinn “Boom! That’s math all over your face!” Amazing. Seth Green just taught me how to buy a house.

May 21st

May 20th

Introduction to Wolfram|Alpha by Stephen Wolfram →

I’ve been pretty excited about this for a while now, and…well, sweeeeeet.

May 14th

May 8th

An email forward TGIF.

The Divorced Barbie Doll One day a father gets out of work and on his way home he suddenly remembers that it’s his daughter’s birthday. He stops by a Toy Shop and asks the sales person, ‘How much for one of those Barbies in the display window?’ The salesperson answers, ‘Which one do you mean Sir? We have: Work Out Barbie for $19.95, Shopping Barbie for $19.95,...

May 8th

UglyDress.com →

“Welcome to UglyDress.com, the archive of the world’s worst Bridesmaids dresses. Contained within are photographic proof of some of the dresses that our friends, the brides, have made us wear so that they could look good.” There’s nothing like a good wedding horror story!

May 8th

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May 6th

Actually, the previous post reminded me of going with a friend to rent a tuxedo for prom, my junior year of high school. There was some ominous picture of some sort (Gravestone? Empty graduation cap? Crying puppy?) with the tagline “Some kids never make it to graduation.” My friend picked it up, read it, and then shouted at the sales person “are you threatening me?!” I...

Apr 24th

Apr 23rd

TMNT Are Officially Back From Obscurity →

Well thank God. My life can now continue. That CGI movie was crap, sure, but I still maintain that Turtles 3—aka that one where they went to olden times China?!—was even worse.

Apr 23rd

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“Join us at giantgayumbrella.com”

Apr 21st

Apr 20th

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Ok, that’s actually pretty funny.

Apr 14th

Apr 12th

Passion of the Christ...via Twitter. →

Uh…I just…what?? Twitter?? (story via AP)

Apr 10th

“I had to study serial killers to prepare for my role as criminal profiler Jill...”

– -Jenna, 30 Rock Bitch gets all the good lines. Also, sadly, that miniseries title isn’t even that much of a stretch for Lifetime…

Apr 10th

“I wish my iPod could make phone calls. No, I don’t want an iPhone. I know...”

– -Ryan, working hard at the Michael Scott Paper Company on The Office

Apr 10th

Celine Dion eyeing bid for Montreal Canadiens →

That’s not really a combination I ever imagined.

Apr 9th

Hack-a-Shaq →

Apr 6th

Apr 2nd

Mountain cleaners wanted →

Apr 1st

Justine Lai - Notes on Join or Die →

Click ‘works’ to see Join or Die.

Mar 31st

Mar 30th

What a great city looks like →

Geez Canada, you’re really laying it on thick there.

Mar 26th

Mar 25th

PETA: Ingrid Newkirk's Unique Will →

PETA’s President wants you to eat her corpse. PETA, you are not making yourselves look any less crazy. Maybe you could donate your organs and save some lives, instead of proving a dumbass point.

Mar 24th

Mar 19th

Mar 17th

Cafe owner thrives with no-pricing policy →

I would definitely feel too guilty to underpay (…much).

Mar 17th

“Today, at a hard rock concert, a bunch of guys accidentally knocked down a...”

– F*** my life

Mar 17th

“I suggest, you know, obviously, maybe they ought to be removed. But I would...”

– —Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, on the AIG execs (via MSNBC) Maybe Grassley would offer his services as a kaishakunin?

Mar 17th

Mar 16th

how to eat...

So, for whatever reason, I’ve decided I’m going to attempt to eat like a vegan for a month. It’s not for any health reasons, or a dislike of meat, or a desire to become a vegan full-time. I like meat. A lot. All types of it. Often. I have never been one to understand veganism. But, perhaps in order to ignore my despondence over medical school waitlists, I figure I will give this...

Mar 16th