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Some Notes on the Passing of Lou Reed

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I. Norman Kingsley Mailer was born in New Jersey in 1923, but spent his childhood in Brooklyn. In 1957, he wrote an essay for Dissent called "The White Negro." His argument, very briefly, is that the cool of African-Americans was derived from their prevalent anxiety: "the source of Hip is the Negro for he has been living on the margin between totalitarianism and democracy for two centuries." Using the "wedding ring" Read More...

Big Brother: Reindeer Games sends another person home during intense episode

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A new episode of Big Brother: Reindeer Games has sent another legend home. Santa invited nine Big Brother alums to compete for $100,000 this winter. Those nine former houseguests descended upon the Big Brother house dressed in holiday style. Cameron Hardin was eliminated in the first episode of Big Brother: Reindeer Games. Xavier Prather beat him during a challenge called Santa’s Showdown. The other houseguests targeted Cameron (from BB25) in an earlier challenge, and Frankie Grande put him up against Xavier in the elimination challenge. Read More...

Bride who HATED her wedding shares her advice for others

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A woman who spent two years planning her wedding only to end up hating how it turned out has revealed everything she would change about her big day — and what she regrets spending money on.  Morgan Casper, from Chicago, Illinois, wed her husband in front of their family and friends at the Chicago Botanic Garden on September 3, 2021, after saying 'I do' in an intimate courthouse wedding in February 2020 ahead of COVID-19lockdowns. Read More...