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Things I Don't Get #7 (Or, A Rational Defense of Why I Hate Glee Think Glee is Overrated)

Want to know how to make yourself Public Enemy #1 these days? Be someone who doesn't like Glee. If you don't like Glee, you're out of touch, mean, and just plain weird. Clearly there is something wrong with you. I'm sure in my case it's also the perception that I'm just a pretentious, TV-hating, twit. That's true to some point. I am a member of the Kill Your Television crowd as well as a BBC geek who generally doesn't like much mainstream TV, but it's not as if I reject all of it out of hand. Remember I was a huge Lost geek and The Office is perpetually in my Netflix queue. I was more than willing to give Glee a chance. Everyone* kept telling me how great it was and how much I would love it. As a singer and performer myself (okay, a very medicore singer and performer but I do love performing) it seemed like my kind of show. I put the first season in my Netflix queue with great anticipation. ‎In the beginning it I thought it had a lot...

Classic Doggerel - Repost

So I heard that you are in London I wish I could go there too But I heard that it's raining in London And I hope that it's raining on you! It drips on Westminster Abbey And runs down the sides of Big Ben Then it pours and pours on your noggins And keeps pouring and pouring again The banks of the Thames are flooded The Palace Gardens are a muddle I laugh while I sit and imagine All of you falling in a puddle I've always known you to be Extremely well prepared fellas But I've often noticed in the past You tend to forget your umbrellas Take refuge in Tussards or Harrods Or sip some afternoon tea But soon you'll be out and you'll know it You won't be as dry as me It's sunny right here in our hometown I can walk through the streets and stay dry It's a week of really good hair days And it's also good weather to fly It was sunny when I last was in London While back home it rained all week long So consider that next time you're going That it's be...