http://www.culturefeast.com fresh culture. served daily. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:54:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you were to have told me, about a year ago, that I would be using social media on a regular basis, I would have thought you were insane. To me, social media was nothing more than Facebook and MySpace, nothing more, nothing less. I thought that blogging was just ... http://www.culturefeast.com/blogging-and-social-media-reshaped-my-job-duties/ When I went to see The Counterfeiters at Magnolia a few months ago, I saw the poster for The Fall.  It caught my eye as I was headed to the ladies room before the movie started.  I stood transfixed by the poster.  I’m not really sure why; I just stared ... http://www.culturefeast.com/movie-review-the-fall/ In the battle of the bulge one of the greatest weapons that we have is the diet drink.  You see, in the past if you wanted a sweet refreshing drink you had to have sugar.  Thanks to modern science, with its unnatural and inorganic ways, this is not the case.  ... http://www.culturefeast.com/more-diet-soda-please/ It’s summer time and with this hot and sweaty season, most people go on some type of vacation and I’m proud to say I am one of those “most people.” I am heading to Destin, Florida in a week with my family and my boyfriend and I must say I’ve ... http://www.culturefeast.com/its-time-for-a-vacation/ A good friend of mine recently quit writing. She was a member of my critique group and I learned so much from her about the rules and techniques of the craft. I always looked forward to our meetings every week and enjoyed talking books with her. What’s so tragic ... http://www.culturefeast.com/dont-let-the-bastards-get-you-down/ It's not often that I have the time to give my grandmother a shout-out, but  here it is. I want to give big props to my g-ma  for her helping me to reach my quest of 'World's Strongest Man in the Email-Deleting Finger Catagory'. Thanks to her, I have added ... http://www.culturefeast.com/thanks-for-the-spam-grandma/ Just yesterday, I had an Admissions Advisor ask me to make an exception and let a student retest again. She claims the student says she did poorly because her mother was texting her the whole time she was taking the test. The texting was distracting her, and it wasn't fair ... http://www.culturefeast.com/where-did-our-common-sense-go/ I can’t even think where to begin for this blog, which, I’m sure, is partially due to how much I was completely shocked by my total adoration for this movie. I saw a billboard for Leatherheads at the movie theater when I went to see Michael Clayton back in ... http://www.culturefeast.com/movie-reviews-leatherheads/ For those of you checking in for our daily post, be not discouraged, neither be ye afraid. In other words, we upgraded to WordPress 2.6 yesterday and it has disabled our ability to upload images. We'd rather not post without those colorful pics, so we're hoping to resolve the issue ... http://www.culturefeast.com/wordpress-26-hath-issues/ There are many times that I need to apologize to someone, unfortunately, I suffer from a debilitating disease know as “foot in mouth” syndrome.  It is a terrible affliction where the words that come out of my mouth cause harm and pain when that was not their original intention.  If ... http://www.culturefeast.com/when-sorry-does-not-work/ Next time you raise a glass of fine wine or cognac to your lips, stop and thank…a Texan.   Released in April 2008, Grape Man of Texas: Thomas Volney Munson & the Origins of American Viticulture, by Sherrie S. McLeRoy and Roy E. Renfro, Jr., Ph.D., is a newly expaned ... http://www.culturefeast.com/second-edition-of-grape-man-of-texas-released/ Established in 1930, Easterbrook’s is a family owned diner famous for their foot-long hotdogs and impressive variety of ice cream flavours. Located on Spring Gardens Road in Burlington, Ontario (across the street from Royal Botanical Gardens), Easterbrook’s has served the Hamilton, Halton and surrounding areas, as well as helped to ... http://www.culturefeast.com/easterbrooks-a-community-staple/ Times Online reported Sunday that George Bush has given Israel the "amber light" for a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. The amber light was explained as "get on with your preparations, stand by for immediate attack and tell us when you’re ready." Pentagon officials have stated that President Bush will ... http://www.culturefeast.com/attack-on-iran-imminent/ Unless you’re living under a rock, you know by now that the new 3G iPhone has been released from its proverbial locked case. I drove by Knox-Henderson’s Apple Store in Dallas Friday morning and gasped at the 4 block line that was created at 8:00am. What you may not know ... http://www.culturefeast.com/to-3g-or-not-to-3g/ Do you hear that sound of smacking lips? That’s me trying to get the bad taste of Austin out of my mouth. That sounds really negative, doesn’t it? It wasn’t all bad. I’m just let down. In my previous post, I wrote with excitement about going to Austin to ... http://www.culturefeast.com/do-all-writers-write-books/