Mah jong and hip-hop: together at last!

Think 1980’s dorkiness only affected the U.S. and Britain? Think again. Ah, globalization.

The only thing that stands between America’s men and utter effeminacy is . . . uh, shopping? So say this year’s Super Bowl ads.

For the discriminating airborne consumer, SkyMall offers ways to hem your pants with expensive Band-Aids, disinfect every surface you come across, and infiltrate the Federation!

What do Pyrex and pancake mix have to do with malt shops and homosexuals in bitchin’ 50’s cars? Answer: they’re things the media wants us to freak out about. Read on for some vintage paranoia, courtesy of Sid Davis.

Outlaws of the Marsh, awesome as it may be, is basically a man’s book. The primary relationships it describes are brotherly (its alternate title is All Men Are Brothers), and women, when they’re not relegated to the sidelines, are portrayed as lustful, catty deceivers who betray the men who rescue them. Twice in twenty episodes the same storyline is repeated: good man marries poor beauty, only to have her cheat on him. He forgives her and even offers her a no-strings divorce so she can be with her lover, but …

Once, I helped out at a church daycare, looking after eight one- to two-year-olds while their moms were at Bible study (translation: coffee and chatting, though, after learning how active toddlers can be, I was happy to help those moms get a break). One week, a woman who usually watched over the under-ones came to assist me and the (wonderful) homeschooled teenager who was my partner-in-toddler-wrangling. And she was absolutely horrified that we did not wash all the toys and spray them down with Lysol after the kids went …

That wedding video that’s become a YouTube sensation has been spoofed by a group called NY Video Production. It features the bride and groom, along with various lawyers, secretaries, cops, and a judge, grooving their way into divorce court to the tune of — you guessed it — “Forever.” The parody’s spot-on and pretty funny. Check it out: