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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
All this talk of the KFC Double Down Sandwich got me hungry. Two breaded chicken chunks, two slices of cheese, and bacon. (Side note: where's the lettuce to make this a proper chicken-fried BLT?) The media and the Internet can't stop talking about it. The advertising is brazen, full of smiling people calling bread dead. I saw news sites looking for reviews of it from average people. And they got plenty of those. It's something like a trolling of America--how many people can KFC fill with rage and inane rambling chatter? But I'm not thinking about the Double Down anymore. Not me. It's past tense. I buy from my local Harold's Chicken Shack and dump Kraft Cheese and bacon into the Styrafoam box. It works the same while supporting local business. I'm a locavore kind of carnivore. No, I stopped thinking of the Double Down when my friend Alex reminded me of the sweet, sweet taste of a hamburger meant for the discerning adult who happened to take his or her kids to McDonald's in the 1990s: the Arch Deluxe. (Bonus: I found a whole template devoted to McDonald's!) Called "one of the most expensive flops of all time" by Wikipedia contributors, the Arch Deluxe wasn't subject to the same fast-food-hating hyperbole as the Double Down. People weren't calling the Arch Deluxe a "salt bomb" or "abomination." Kids didn't get it, and neither did adults. Unlike KFC's Double Down, a creation that will be hailed in the annals of the Internet (by way of the Chicago Tribune) as a "meat-glorb." And that is the Awesome Power of Wikipedia. Labels: America, I Post of the Awesome Power of Wikipedia, Trolling
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica once laughed when they saw Wikipedia. Now, they bow to them, at least kind of. The New Media marches on, even in this economy.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
This thing scares me, but at least it's lit up like the tree in the front room. SPECIAL NOTE: Several non-Western cultures eat these things, as they tend to do.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Great haircut, really, cuz.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Whenever you're having trouble studying, hit up Wikipedia and call THAT studying.
Monday, November 12, 2007
It steps on my toes again. But in a cool way.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Here's a new T.E.R.M.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Press it. Also, I'm changing the title of this segment to the more general "Wikis" over "Wikipedia". Why? Why not?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
I asked in class for a real discussion of what the hell Generation Y is, and here's a good way to begin that.
Friday, January 05, 2007
I would like the troupe of Ignatians that I hang out with to end up like this, only with less attempted suicides.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The Borg - because there is nothing scarier than a big cube in space.
Monday, October 09, 2006
The Drinking Bird is a mythological creature featured in Simpsons episodes and museum shops. It now requires its own encyclopedia entry, as it should have had by now in Webster.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Also, I'm starting a new feature for whenever I feel like it and don't feel like being witty, the "Daily" Power Vocabulary Post! Or, even better, a "The Awesome Power of Wikipedia" Post! Today's featured article is about a Greek phrase which means "A word only used once ever," roughly. The word is hapax legomenon, and apparently it is the source of many giggles in Classics departments! Unfortunately, the ancient Greeks still don't know why we're all laughing at them.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Wikipedia 2348, Library of Congress 3.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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