“I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.” MenShouldStoriesShowsDreamEyeKidsWantedCultureTvsGoes OnGayAdultsPopsHostDreams Come TruePop CultureHousewifeTrue StoryTalk ShowsWinding Up Author:Andy Cohen
“If they weren't so dangerous and destructive, one could smile and pat the Modern Liberal on the head and tell him how cute he is and go on about the business of being an adult. But he is dangerous and destructive, with the True Believer's very purpose being the total destruction of everything that God and science-most obviously Western Civilization-has ever created. ...The Modern Liberal will invariably and, in fact, inevitably side with evil over good, wrong over right and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success.” IfsFactsPurposeEvilSidesModernDangerousGoes OnCivilizationBehaviorAdultsDestructionWesternBelieverCuteDestructiveWestern CivilizationTrue BelieverGod And Science Author:Evan Sayet
“The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of the conventional wisdom is not only wrong, it's a lie told to us by people who want to control us. It doesn't help us, it helps them. Pretty much everything we're told as children (and adults, really) by the established power structures in our lives are made up fairytales us to reinforce that control: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, fat-free frozen dinners, religion, and metering lights on the highway--the list goes on” PeopleWorldWantChildrenMadeDifferentHelpingLightRunningLyingParentTeachOur LivesGoes OnAdultsStructureDinnerListsTeethFatsFairyLive ByConventionalEasterFrozenHighwaysSantaFairytaleSanta ClausBunniesConventional WisdomTooth FairyEaster Bunny Book:Hilarity Ensues Source: Hilarity Ensues
“A new study suggests that middle-aged adults who go on periodic drinking binges may face a heightened risk of dementia later on in life. The study is entitled, 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.'” MayFacesStudyRiskMiddleGoes OnVictoryAdultsStrategyDrinkingIraqEntitledMiddle AgedDementiaBinge Author:Tina Fey
“I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really liked this in foreign movies before or I've observed others working with them and I've noticed that there's a method that goes on where the actors try and get the children, like the child actor, to interact with them in a real way. It seems like you're the adult trying to get the kid to fall in love with him.” WayTryingChildrenRealSeemsKidsCertainFallActorsFeltActingMaterialsLike YouGoes OnElementsAdultsMethodFalling In LoveChild Actors Author:Brendan Fraser
“I was deliberately trying to express how possible it might be for unmarried men and adults not blessed with biological children to become "fathers of choice." In an old-fashioned, traditional world, this might not matter. But I think that it's probably going to become terribly relevant as time goes on.” ThinkingMenWorldTryingChildrenMatterMightChoicesFatherGoes OnAdultsBlessedTraditionalRelevantOld FashionedUnmarriedTime Goes On Author:Mamoru Hosoda
“Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults.” IfsYearsWellsReasonGoes OnHigherCitizensAdultsTheaterCleanDrivenReason WhyDigitalNo ReasonProvidingSeniorLitProjectionChargingSenior CitizenRefreshments Author:Oliver Stone
“We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an adult, you're supposed to manage, you're supposed to get over it, you're supposed to go on with your life, and you feel like a lost child.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenStoriesKidsLostGoes OnAdultsManageOver ItGet OverOrphanProtagonistsLost Child Author:Sandra Cisneros
“There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.” KidsAgeInterestGoes OnAdultsDecidedListsRelateFlashRobinsGrownupsSidekicks Author:J. Michael Straczynski