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...incidentally, she also wrote about the Beatles and Godzilla. Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords, but what she sometimes dared to take seriously were matters that educated opinion, as it emerged from the cramped quarters of the 1950s, dismissed as trivia. At a time when the barriers between high- and lowbrow were absolute, she argued for a genuine openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In "Notes on Camp," the 1964 essay that first made her name, she defined what was then a little-known set of arcane understandings--common within the gay world, not so common outside...
...peanuts or wear lipstick. The fat molecules in greasy snacks and lip glosses stretch and break the bubble walls, taking the fizz out of the entire experience. And while you may get no kick from knowing that champagne bubbles are caused by dirt in your flute, it's great trivia for pepping up dull party chitchat. Just don't tell your host...
...peanuts or wear lipstick. The fat molecules in greasy snacks and lip glosses stretch and break the bubble walls, taking the fizz out of the entire experience. And while you may get no kick from knowing that champagne bubbles are caused by dirt in your flute, it's great trivia for pepping up dull party chitchat. Just don't tell your host...
...Regardless of any trivia question, the answer is 'Wayne Gretzky.'" TIP from the book How to Speak Canadian, Eh?, part of a $24.95 "Go Canadian" kit that helps Americans camouflage themselves as Canadians when traveling abroad
According to the game’s creators, Wu is one of the 26 percent of facebook users who have already participated in the Friends Trivia Game. As more prizes—including free dinners, movie tickets and yoga classes—are awarded, the game’s creators hope that at least 50 percent of facebook users will eventually participate. Almost 92 percent of Harvard undergraduates are already facebook users, the creators said...