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2009-08-16 Weekly Digest

Matthew Michaels — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:52:00 +0000

2009-08-09 Weekly Digest http://bit.ly/18drIc #

2009-08-16 Weekly Digest

Matthew Michaels — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:52:00 +0000

2009-08-09 Weekly Digest http://bit.ly/18drIc #

2009-08-09 Weekly Digest

Matthew Michaels — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:52:00 +0000

2009-08-02 Weekly Digest http://bit.ly/PZ28v #

Dustinland – In Defense of Michael Jackson

Dustin Glick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:41:09 +0000

Regarding this week’s Dustinland, you know, a lot of people were quick to make jokes and be all cynical and dismiss Michael Jackson’s death as just that of another celebrity. And hey, I make fun of plenty of stuff, so I totally understand the urge to make jokes, and hey, go for it. But don’t dismiss this. People are sad that Michael Jackson not so much because of who he was as an individual or as a celebrity, but because what he represented.

For one, he was a huge part of my childhood, and I think anyone in my general age range can say the same thing. So when he died, we all just got a little older, a little sadder. It was bad enough when he started getting all weird and creepy — already a lot of the magic was gone after that. But now he’s dead. Beat It, Thriller, Man In The Mirror, PYT, Wanna Be Startin Something… all that joy, all that fun… gone.

Two, it’s the end of a tragic story. Yes, it’s easy to see him as just another celebrity freak, but he was a person. Someone raised in the eye of fame since he was a child. We see what just a little bit of fame can do to people who star in sitcoms as children. From the time he was a child, Michael Jackson was wrapped up in a level of celebrity that only grew until you could seriously argue he was the most famous person in the world. And what started out as a happy little kid with a great voice ended up a haunted, drug-addicted, self-mutilated ghost with sexual issues that likely led to criminal behavior. It’s a tragedy of epic proportions that someone who brought so many people so much joy ended up the way he did.

2009-06-28 Weekly Digest

Matthew Michaels — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:52:00 +0000

2009-06-21 Weekly Digest http://bit.ly/mlzRH #
The Iran Election & Michael Jackson http://bit.ly/Umhlo #

The Iran Election & Michael Jackson

Matthew Michaels — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:40:57 +0000

The Iranian election conflict… set to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” —

(hat tip to Andrew Sullivan at TheAtlantic.com)

Dustinland – Direct Deposit

Dustin Glick — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:43:37 +0000

Man, I am a huge hypocrite, and that is evident in this week’s Dustinland. Hey, sometimes I step into the bank, see a huge line of people waiting for one ATM while another one sits idly by itself, and sometimes I pass the line and try the ATM, even though I assume they are waiting because they know it’s broken. But I also know that people can be stupid sheep. So who knows, maybe for some reason someone screwed up at the ATM and mistakenly thought it was broken, so they waited in line for the other one. Then another person walked in, saw the line and just figured, okay, the other one is broken. Might as well wait too. So I sometimes walk in and give it a test. And sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I have faith.

But when I’m waiting on that line and someone else has the nerve to play the genius and skip me and everyone else, oh boy is that a different story. Who are you to think I’m a stupid follower? I am the one who thinks you’re the follower! How dare you!

It’s the same way with elevators. I’m the first one to pound on the door close button as soon as I get in, but I’ll fume in anger when someone refuses to hold the door for me. I guess I should get into that whole do unto other thing more.

2009-06-21 Weekly Digest

Matthew Michaels — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Dustinland – Constellation Consternation http://bit.ly/rM2Aj #
Dustinland – Lucky Class of 2000 http://bit.ly/TYd9L #
Dustinland – Ask An Asian http://bit.ly/Ihhjw #
Dustinland – Get The Point aka Girls With Pointy Shoes http://bit.ly/LJ2BS #
Dustinland – Going Grey http://bit.ly/NhBPY #
Dustinland – Whiskers on the Rocks http://bit.ly/pOr9n #
Dustinland – Ho Blind http://bit.ly/NjfCL #
Dustinland – Forgotten Toys and Cartoons Part 2 http://bit.ly/VCW2M #
Dustinland – O, R They? http://bit.ly/V2cvc #

Dustinland – O, R They?

Dustin Glick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:59:39 +0000

This week’s Dustinland is based on something I see all the time. At least once a week I see someone wearing scrubs on the subway. I don’t mean a little mask to protect them from swine flu. I mean they work in a hospital. And maybe it’s me, but it seems like wearing scrubs outside the hospital defeats the whole point. I’m sure there are good reasons for this sometimes, but I also have a feeling that some people are just lazy. In fact, a friend of mine works at a hospital and says it’s not uncommon to see people go out to lunch with their scrubs still on. The nurses have even ratted some people out over it. Anyway, if I get hatemail over this, at least it will be smart hatemail since it will be from doctors.

Dustinland – Ho Blind

Dustin Glick — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:30:06 +0000

You know, Ho Blind? Like Snow Blind? Sheesh, tough crowd.

Seriously though, this week’s Dustinland is a topic I tackled a few years ago, but this time I think I got it right. I also realized I haven’t been touching on subjects of sex and love quite as much as I once did. That’s probably because I’m a long way from single these days, and that’s when you really start thinking about those things. I’ll see if I can dig up some more theories though, since it’s a great topic. The best really.