Always on the lookout for new points of view, I stumbled upon a documentary series called How TV Ruined Your Life. Written and presented for BBC Two by British journalist Charlie Brooker earlier this year, each episode provides an extremely pessimistic take on how television has changed different aspects of modern life. Love, money, fear,... Continue Reading →
The Mysterious Legend of “Cry Baby Lane,” Part II
Yesterday I wrote about the made-for-cable movie Cry Baby Lane. Aired only once by Nickelodeon in late October of 2000, it received enough calls from parents complaining about its content that the movie was shelved indefinitely. It was considered to be a lost film. Now 11 years later, through the power of the Internet, the... Continue Reading →
The Mysterious Legend of “Cry Baby Lane,” Part I
In October of 2000, Nickelodeon aired an original horror movie for the Halloween weekend called Cry Baby Lane. The cable channel received a surprising number of calls from parents complaining that the movie was too disturbing. Nickelodeon never aired the movie again, and it was not made available for home video. Cry Baby Lane was... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Funny—But Sometimes Disturbing—Search Engine Terms, Part I
This was supposed to be "Meta Week" here at Five Things At Once. I was going to make a big announcement about this Tuesday morning, that this would be a week of posts that would break through the fourth wall and which talk mostly about blogging and writing; but you know what they say about... Continue Reading →
Parenting on a Budget: Cutting the Cable
Since we have become a one income household, sometimes we have had to look for ways to trim the fat in our budget. For some time, we had been looking at the cable box with leering eyes. It knew it's days were numbered, and thus tried to hide behind the DVD player. Alas, poor cable... Continue Reading →
My Wife Went To SXSW, And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Previously, I wrote about my experience last weekend when my wife got to go to SXSW and I had to stay behind with the kid. While I was panicking trying to put the kid to bed, she was rocking out to Panic! at the Disco. But enough of the whine and grind, let's get the... Continue Reading →
Dadutainment Takes On Film: Monsters by Gareth Edwards
[Note: Potential minor plot spoilers below. If you have not seen this movie, be warned.] THEN: Six years ago, proof of alien life in the universe was found. A probe was sent into space to get samples. It crash landed over Mexico on its way back. The Mexican and American militaries have great trouble containing... Continue Reading →
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