Archive for July, 2010
Weekend Entertainment Notes
If you haven’t had time to peruse the weekend’s activities, here are a few notes on things you should know before hooking up with some friends tonight. Ellen DeGeneres quit American Idol and rumors are the Jennifer Lopez will be taking over as a new judge. Feel free to cite the fact that “JLo” started [...]
What is WikiLeaks?!
Before this week and the release of thousands of classified reports about the war in Afghanistan, you never heard of WikiLeaks. Now you’ve heard it but you still don’t know what it is. Dinner Topics to the rescue! WikiLeaks is a website (wikileaks.org) which lets people anonymously submit documents and reports that were previously classified. Special focus [...]
Lutheran Church Ordains Noncelibate Gay Pastors
Religion and sexuality are rarely comfortable topics at the dinner table, but they are a couple of the most common subjects brought up by families and friends who love to debate. The following statement encapsulates the latest news regarding the hot topic of religion and homosexuality: “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, known as the E.L.C.A., [...]
Tony Robbins: the annoying motivator/speaker has a show on NBC
The title of this post pretty much says it all. You have seen his face and heard his over-the-top proclamations a million times on late night cable. Tony Robbins is that sometimes-goateed guy with blinding white teeth and a positive attitude that makes the average person wonder “what’s his angle?” Robbins must do something right, [...]
The EU Stress Test: It’s Not an Exercise
The financial news channels have been filled with news about the European Bank Stress Test for the last few days. If you’re not a big fan of economic news, you probably haven’t even heard of it or the controversy about it that ensued. Over a year ago, Dinner Topics briefly explained the idea of bank [...]
Prop 19: legal weed in LaLa Land?
This topic is sure to get the conversation ball rolling no matter the setting. As you probably know, medical marijuana was legalized in California back in 1996 via Prop 215. Days later, thousands of jokes about having glaucoma surfaced. Since then, 13 other states have also legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes only. In a few [...]
Harry Potter can legally drink
The weekends are for movie openings, but this weekend, the focus is on one of the biggest younger movie stars turning 21. Hard to believe, but Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter in the popular movies based on JK Rowling’s record selling novels, is celebrating his 21st birthday today. The gossip sites suggest [...]
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