The Post About The Popcast Stock Market

Previously...

I host a podcast with Knox McCoy called The Popcast. It is the Brad Pitt of podcasts: solid, dependable, hard-working and charmingly humorous. More specifically, The Popcast is a weekly argument / conversation about all things pop culture.

In this week's episode (#35), we talk about the future landscape of pop culture and the fortunes of those who most visibly populate it. Also, we addressed a scandal.

Highlights:

• Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
• Zac Efron
• Townies
• Rose Byrne
• Jesus-y Pop Culture
• HBO
• Orphan Black
• The Leftovers
• Parks and Rec
• All of Sports
• Coldplay
• Mariah Carey
• Bass Players
• Angelina Jolie
• Origin Stories
• Channing Tatum
• Tony Awards
• Stay-At-Home Dads
• People's Most Beautiful Issue
• The Royal Family
• Seth Meyers
• Star Wars Cast
• Macbeth
• Amy Poehler & Paul Rudd

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Do you listen to podcasts? If so, share your favorites in the comments...

The Post About Following Me Around

I've committed to writing every day in May, but sometimes I don't think this blog is my best side.

Just like in person, at times I'm better consumed in small doses.

The appetizer version of me can be found in lots of places. Take your pick.

Or type in any other website in the address bar and there will be no hard feelings.

None.

Where else can I find you? Am I stalking you in all of those places? Where's your favorite place on the Internet to hang out? 

ANSWER ME.

The Post About Twitter Hugs

Twitter is my favorite. 

This social network falls into one of the categories for most folks:
A. What's Twitter?
B. Who has time for Twitter?
C. I'm on Twitter but I don't really get what's so great about it.
D. Twitter is great and I know why.
E. I am obsessed with Twitter enough to move inside it if that was an option. 

I fall gingerly between D and E.

To love it more, consider reviewing my Twitter High Fives and Down Lows.

In yesterday's Rabbit Recommends post for April-ish, I failed to highlight my favorite tweets from the past month-ish. 

These are all worthy of clicking the follow button.

If I had a nickel for every time Olivia Pope said, “no, stop, don’t” and the President touched anyway I’d have enough to buy a rape whistle.
— Ellie Ann (@elliesoderstrom) March 7, 2014

I love the unfollow button on FB. It's like saying "I want to be your friend. I just don't want to listen to any of the crap you say."
— Holly Hrywnak (@thecommonqueen) March 7, 2014

Does it make me an alcoholic that I am waiting in line an extra 5 minutes in order to buy beer at noon?
— Julie Luker (@Judeable09) March 9, 2014

Did our pastor a solid by shouting out "Mr. Carson" when he got stuck on the Downton's butler's name. Watching TV pays off, kids.
— Jennifer VanderMolen (@jennifervm) March 9, 2014

#NewSATQuestions Starbucks messed up Kate's order. Kate's white. How done is she? a.) 100% done b.) 300% done c.) SO done d.) She can't even
— New SAT Questions (@TheSATQuestion) March 15, 2014

I had 5 shots of espresso and now I can see sounds.
— Brian McKenney (@brianmckenney) March 20, 2014

Holland's version of "Angel Armies": I know who goes before me I know who stands behind The God of enchiladas Is always by my side.
— Erin Moon (@erinhmoon) March 21, 2014

We live in a country where people eat “massaged kale salad” in case you’re wondering why Putin doesn’t care what we think of his actions.
— Tiffany Dorrin Olsen (@NotThatOlsen) March 25, 2014

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
— Bob Goff (@bobgoff) March 29, 2014

At any given moment 17% of librarians are wearing something they knitted
— Fake Library Stats (@FakeLibStats) March 29, 2014

My parents call me The Sequel, because every time they see me they're disappointed.
— Tyler Tarver (@tylertarver) April 14, 2014

Me: Girls, listen to that bird. What kind do you think it is? H: Probably an eagle. A war eagle. P: Or a roll tide. Growing up Southern.
— Ruthie (@bogueandweejer) April 14, 2014

"It's behind the couch." How the 4YO gives hot and cold clues.
— Jan Moyer (@moyermama) April 20, 2014

Blog reader @Gbushmomma uses my cleaning ladies’ note to me as her home screen background on her phone. I’m dying. pic.twitter.com/YJWbBh50Be
— Katherine H  (@grass_stains) April 24, 2014

"I am not a racist." - racists
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) April 24, 2014

You can also follow me on Twitter: @jamiesrabbits.

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The Post About The Rabbit Recommends: April-ish 2014

Each week or so I post things of which I'm fond. You can choose what happens after my recommendation. Ignore, embrace, debate. Earlier volumes of The Rabbit Recommends can be found here.

This month is an "-ish" because I didn't wrap up March. It's such a nice month with its...well...there's nothing too grand about March (unless you celebrate a birth) but I hate to ignore it completely. Like I do cleaning my freezer.

1. Facts That Sound Like Huge Lies. #1 will sell you on watching this entire clip.


2. How I Met Your Mother. I spent 104 hours of my life watching this sit-com. I know this exact figure because of the website tiii.me. 90% of the time, I loved it, but the finale pummeled me. No words. TV critic Alan Sepinwall summed up my feelings perfectly.

3. The Office Time Machine. This is a website that allows you to plug in any year and view a brief compilation video of every single time the TV show The Office made a reference to something that happened then. Here's one of my favorite years, 1994, as an appetizer. 


4. Vintage Easter Bunny. Buzzfeed collected 19 vintage Easter Bunny pics that will make your skin crawl. I could also show you three from my own Instagram feed.

5. Majestic. Kari Jobe released a live worship album recently. In finding the links for this list, I stopped to listen for the umpteenth time and stood up from my chair and sang like I was her twice.

6. Prince George on Tour. I didn't know seeing Prince George down under would wreck me so. But for 3 weeks, I was captivated. I mean, I want to touch her hair too. He's as cuddly as a kitten and here's proof.









7. Kids React to Walkmans. I'm old. You're old. We're all old.


8. Stephen Colbert. I'm a huge fan of The Colbert Report and the guy behind the character - Stephen Colbert. One of the reasons is how often he talks about his faith. Relevant Magazine recently shared 6 Times Stephen Colbert Got Serious About Faith.

9. The Rosie Project. I devoured this book in 6 hours last month. Don Tillman is a genetics professor who creates a detailed questionnaire to help him find a wife. She will be punctual, logical and most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver. Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. Funny and heartwarming.

10. Helen Keller. Although Helen Keller was deaf and blind, she wrote two particularly moving letters. One to the New York Symphony Orchestra after "hearing" Beethoven's 9th and one to Dr. John Finley after "seeing" the view from the Empire State Building. We're all underachievers.

11. The Most Famous Book Set in Each State. Mental Floss compiled a list of all of the best-selling book sets in each state. My home state of Alabama, thankfully, picked To Kill a Mockingbird rather than a biography of Bear Bryant. My heart goes out to Arkansas.

12. Bitman Begins. My theory is there can never be enough Hemsworths. My favorite two gathered for this newest film adaptation.  


13. Jen Hatmaker. I discovered Jen Hatmaker shortly after she published 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess and I liked her almost immediately. Someone who had faith AND a sense of humor. A combination that is all too rare in my opinion. She wrote two blog posts recently that inspired me: Run Your Race and Where I Stand. 

What have you loved recently? What are your recs for books, movies, TV, websites, articles or cat videos?