Blogging the Bloggers Part IV

The title for this post, "Blogging the Bloggers Part IV," reminds me of "Star Wars: Episode IV" which reminds me that the original trilogy comes out on DVD September 21. I'll have to remember to write about that as soon as I'm done *sigh* "blogging the bloggers."

So I went to Miscmedia.com and learned, right from its subtitle, that it's a "report on popular culture by Clark HUMPHREY." I didn't know how to take this. On the one hand, I love reports on popular culture, especially scathing reports. And I'm not talking about celebrity gossip, mind you. That stuff is crap. I'm talking about smart satire and crap like that ("crap" was used in the good sense that time). But on the other hand, these reports on popular culture are written by a guy who feels the need to put his last name in ALL CAPS. I guess he really thinks "Humphery" is a kickin' last name, and he wants to share it with the world. But who am I to complain. At least he actually put his real name (maybe) on the site, while I remain simply as Reinman.

Anyway, the second thing I noticed upon entering the blog was the abundance of pictures. I mean, I'm talking tens of thousands of pictures here. Ok, maybe there wasn't that many, but there sure was a lot more than I’m used to seeing. Take, for instance, my blog, which only has three pictures, and two of them are the same. That's the kind of blog I'm used to--heavy on the writing and short on the thousands of pictures of people I don't know and don't particularly care to see.

Ok, I've now taken the time to look at the captions under the pictures, and I realize that all these people are at a John Kerry rally in Seattle. Huh. As if I wasn't bored enough with this site already. It's clear from HUMPHERY's commentary that he's an avid Kerry supporter, which wouldn't bug me so much, except that he's not entertaining me while sharing his views. When I looked at the title for his site, "Miscmedia: a report on popular culture," I thought that the report would be scathing and humorous. Instead, the report is a, well, report. It was like sitting in 10th grade Biology and listening to the nerd give his report on invertebrates--dry as toast without peanut butter.

Another thing that bugged me about the blog (if it could be called that) was that there was no archive section on the side. That meant I had no idea how to navigate the site, which meant that I was stuck looking at hippies in Seattle the entire time. How do I know they were hippies? Well, they were either playing Frisbee (barefoot) or holding up signs that said, "Arrest Dentists, Not Pot Smokers." Again, I must say, "Huh."

So in conclusion, I must say if you're looking for amusing satire on pop. culture, please, I beg you, do not go to Miscmedia.com. Just visit my site again in a few days. If you do, Clark HUMPHREY will buy you ice cream.