Posted by dana at 7:33 am on Sunday, May 31st, 2009.
We're certainly not going to sit here and put down the practice of texting when we at Moonit rely upon it on a daily (ok, maybe semi-hourly) basis. After all, texting is just so… efficient… so direct… so much instant gratification, knowing that the person(s) on the receiving end will immediately see whatever hilarious, adorably cute or bitchy comment we have to say. There's no more need to wait that excruciating half hour for someone to check their voicemail in order to actually listen to our rants and raves. But such convenience comes at a cost.
And that cost seems to be our collective literacy. Society's lack of an attention span has prompted restrictions on texting (160 characters) and tweeting (140 characters), giving rise to a number of abbreviations and word contortions, from celebrity monikers like JLo, Brangelina and Lilo to the equally annoying acronyms used to describe common emotions or intentions OMG, LOL, TTUL, WTF and on and on. That's why it makes perfect sense for combination words to become mutilated offshoots of the word text itself, hence the term sexting (a dangerous practice among today's tweens being delved into by such bastions of intellect as Tyra) and now…
text in the city
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Posted by mason at 10:22 am on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009.
If you're starting to wonder whether we have reached the end of civilization as we know it, you're not alone. A stock market meltdown of epic proportions, a housing crisis that has no end in sight, increasing crime and poverty, a Britney/K-fed reconciliation…yup, these are fun times my friends. And now comes that sweet and ever so potent cherry on top: the Swine Flu. How bad is it? How long will it be here to bother us? Do I need to wear a mask everywhere I go? Should I cancel that date with that person who just came back from Cancun? These are just a few of the many questions criculating throughout mainstream America.
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Posted by dana at 12:50 pm on Friday, May 15th, 2009.
Liz Lemon really outdid herself this week on 30 Rock when she kicked her role up a notch to "relationship expert," appearing on the Von Tella talk show (think Tyra meets Jerry Springer) after her sketch "The Deal Breaker" takes off like a runaway train. At first, Von Tella only addresses Jenna with her questions, but she realizes pretty quickly who the real star is as Liz starts spewing out relationship advice for audience members, telling it like it is with a string of candid, in-your-face answers that Moonit is going to be dishing out soon enough!
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Posted by dana at 6:41 am on Monday, May 4th, 2009.
You know what they say, when in Rome… do as the Romans do. And what is that, exactly? A closer look at Italian men reveals they are born loving a number of things: soccer, carbohydrates, ironed jeans, speedos and… women. They are raised learning to respect and worship the beauty of women of all shapes and sizes, but obviously gravitate toward the most attractive and youngest women around (like any man with a pulse is apt to do).
It is not uncommon for business men in major metropolitan areas like Rome and Milan to stop their Vespas dead in their tracks on the way to work, during the ten coffees and cigarette breaks they take or on their massive lunch breaks to pursue random women walking around on the street trying desperately to actually get somewhere. It's a sheer miracle anything ever gets done in these places. In that respect, Prime Minister Silvio Belusconi is a true ambassador of the Italian people.
silvio berlusconi: masked perv
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