https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/culture_blahg/My musings and ramblings on pop culture or whatever else is going on in the world. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/culture_blahg/600835I've noticed the past few weeks that anyone who can is aiming punchlines at Rihanna and/or Chris Brown. I don't mean to beat a dead horse (or blog post) but the fact of the matter is that previously, it seems, a joke about domestic violence would only illicit a groan and maybe a stiffled laugh...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/culture_blahg/600375It is no secret in this forum that I have an incurable case of Celtophilia, the symptoms and prescription most of you should be able to figure out from the name. It's sort of weird considering that the first time I ever hooked up with a real-life, off-the-boat Irishman I had a nightmare that same...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/culture_blahg/599751Angelina Jolie. Vixen. UN Do-gooder. Home-wrecker. Baby-collector. What's not to like? People who defend her and claim that she is NOT a home-wrecker and that Brad and Jen's marriage was over before they got together conveniently forget that Billy Bob Thornton ex-wife thought she was happily...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/culture_blahg/599537I always try to see the other side of an argument. I'm empathetic to a fault sometimes and am more or less known for playing Devil's Advocate just to make sure that all thought-bases are covered. What I've never been able to wrap my head around is domestic abuse. The closest I've ever come to...