What Would Jane Austen Do?

I'm shamelessly copying this from my friend Terri at A Girl in the South . SOPA is bad, m'kay? However, I'm not going on strike, because ... who suffers from that besides me? It seems to me that we would only be striking against ourselves, which is kinda nuts. Also, I don't know if I can get through a day without the Internet. Because Censorship Is Never Okay No recipes for Wednesday. In solidarity and protest against  SOPA  and  PIPA , A Girl in the South is joining the big wigs of the internets like  Reddit ,  Wikipedia ,  Boing Boing  and hundreds (if not thousands) of other sites and blogs by going on strike tomorrow, January 18th from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) could have a devastating effect on numerous websites, even little ones like ourselves. We are taking a stand against Censorship and urging everyone to educate themselves on this bill and contact your representatives if you agree that SOPA is a really ba...

And now, a personal list: Favorite New Book: Bossypants Favorite New-to-Me Book: the Canal House Cooking series Biggest Disappointment: Cooking 1-2-3 by Rozanne Gold Favorite Current Show: Community Favorite New-to-me Show: Party Down Biggest Disappointment: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .  It was never highbrow, but it's gotten so disgusting I can't even watch it anymore. Runner-up: The Norm McDonald Show. Favorite New Movie:  I Am Love , though admittedly it's mostly for the sets and the clothes. Biggest Disappointment: TIE! Bridesmaids-- I probably shouldn't have built it up so much in my mind beforehand. The scene in the wedding dress shop was unwatchable, and the rest was pretty uneven. Midnight in Paris --Straight out of the disappointing Woody Allen cannon of misogyny and white people problems. You have to keep reminding yourself of the good times... Favorite New Documentary: Bill Cunningham New York. [Was this the only new documenta...

I think the entire month of January should be given over to end-of-year lists from December. I never have time to enjoy all of those during Christmas. [Also, in case I haven't mentioned it lately, it's a PET PEEVE that people take down Christmas on New Year's Day, or worse, December 26. The last day of Christmas is Epiphany, which is today. So what I'm saying is, slow down people . You're missing some of the good stuff.] Some I've been enjoying: Washington Post 's In/Out List for 2012 --Couldn't care less about Ryan Gosling, but white whiskey came up three times in one week of conversations; also I love Elizabeth Warren, but I'll need a place to hide through the wide-leg pants resurgence. And holy hell am I glad to know about Gary Clark, Jr . The AV Club's Best Non-2011 Pop Culture We Discovered This Year --But have I ever mentioned that another PET PEEVE is the phrase pop culture ? I absolutely loathe those words together. Read It Later...