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Yes, we all know what a Snuggie is! If you don’t, where have you been? Try turning on your TV sometime and eventually you’re bound to see the commercials. What is a Snuggie? Well, it’s exactly what’s advertised: a blanket with sleeves.

Usually I’m not one to fall victim to what I see on informercials. But for some reason, the pop culture allure of the Snuggie has  captivated me. Yes, it’s fabric with holes. Yes, it makes you look like a monk. Yes, the same thing could be done by putting on a robe backwards. But there’s just something about a Snuggie that’s so enticing.

USA Today ran an article on the Snuggie, declaring it a piece of pop culture. Apparently, some use the Snuggie commercials for drinking games. Every time you see a Snuggie commercial after midnight, you have to take a drink. There’s no doubt this will be showing up on VH1′s “I Love 2008″ 10 years down the road. 

But the Snuggie doesn’t come by itself. You also get a free book light! Granted, I bought this exact same light at Dollar Tree 4 years ago for $1, but it’s nice to have!

So yes, maybe I’m crazy but I think I’m going to get a Snuggie. I know it will look stupid, but you don’t have to see me. Plus, I might even be able to cut down on my heating bills.

It’s settled. I’m putting my pride behind me and getting a Snuggie. Now I just have to decide between red, green, and blue.

Signs You’re Addicted to Pop Culture:

- You’ve cooked from an Easy-Bake Oven…twice!

- You tried to install a flux capacitor in your car

- You didn’t fall asleep during Star Wars Episodes I-III

- You know which musician used to star on You Can’t Do That on Television

- You actually remember You Can’t Do That on Television

- You’re convinced MacGyver and Jack Bauer are blood brothers

- You tried Crystal Clear Pepsi and liked it

- You know the connection between Dr. Pepper and Chinese Democracy

- You remember the pain of stepping on a Lite-Brite peg

- You actually took the plastic off your Ruben Studdard album

- In your heart, Madden football games will always be 2nd to Tecmo Super Bowl Read more…

If you attend or have ever attended a church, you know the debate over music can be very touchy. It’s not just a Christian vs Secular debate, but it goes deeper. Many people have tried to definite what “Christian” music is and what it isn’t. Do lyrics make something “Christian?” Is it the beat? Does “Christian” music even exist?

I started reading a book called Pop Goes Religion by Terry Mattingly. The book is a collection of articles Mattingly has written concerning the influence of faith in pop culture. In the first chapter, Mattingly has an article called “God and Popular Music.” In the article, Mattingly says “there are at least 6 or 7 competing definitions of ‘Christian music’ being used these days in a marketplace ruled by preachers and lawyers:”

1. “Christian music” consists of hymns

2. If music can be played or sung in worship services, then it’s “Christian.” Read more…

Before I start, let me encourage you to stop by here tomorrow, August 21, at 11:00 AM CT for a HUGE announcement concerning RH’s D6 Conference. Anyway…

Each year, Beloit College releases a “Mindset List for the Class of…” The list humorously and factually depicts the culture a graduating class has grown up in. This year, Beloit released the “Mindset List for the Class of 2012″ since new college freshman will (hopefully) be graduating in 2012. You can find the list on Beloit’s web site by clicking here and I’m sure this will eventually be spread 2 billion times as a MySpace bulletin, but I have included it in my blog for your viewing pleasure:

The class of 2012 has grown up in an era where computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are “wired” and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world.

It is a multicultural, politically correct and “green” generation that has hardly noticed the threats to their privacy and has never feared the Russians and the Warsaw Pact.

Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990.

For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.

1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
3. They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego. Read more…