The founder of Apple Inc. and CEO of the decadeSteve Jobs has tragically died today as helost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs was an imaginative genius and innovative business icon, and his death is certainly heartbreaking and unfortunate news. Rather than dwell on the negative the best thing to do is honor the legacy of arguably the greatest and most influentialInventor Rationalof all time. Indeed Steve Jobs is the quintessential Inventor, with his name on over 230 patents. Most notably the iPod (304 million sold as of 2011) iPhone (100 million sold as of March 2011) and iPad (15 million sold as of march 2011) Jobs inventions have undoubtedly changed the world. Jobs is largely known as the heart and soul of a company that was briefly the most valuable in America. Steve’s visionary leadership and innovative genius have revolutionized the way we think about technology, and the world will certainly not be the same without him. Visionary, rebel, and icon, Steve Jobs is the American Dream at its greatest and will be sorely missed.
With MTV perpetually shaming our nation every week by airing episodes of The Jersey Shore Season 4 filmed in Florence, Italy perhaps it’s time to take a look at what makes these morons so delightfullyentertaining. Indeed the premise of the show is quite simple: put a couple of young wild Italian-Americans in a house together, chuck booze at ’em, and watch what happens. The Jersey Shore has since evolved into a pop-culture phenomenon and TV ratings juggernaut. The Jersey Shore is undoubtedly pop-culture for the sake of pop-culture: teenagers and young adults alike can flip to MTV, watch these idiots gets drunk, and forget about their day. Given that the original cast of the show has in fact been let goafter wrapping production on season 5, let’s take a look at the imbecile’s lucky enough to have signed fairly lucrative ‘spin-off’ deals. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is a classic and shamelessPromoter Artisanand rampant dimwit. DJ Pauly Delvecchio is aCrafter Artisanplayboy and resident jokester with a slew of popular catch phrases. Jennifer “Jwoww” Farley is a another tough and heavily siliconedCrafter Artisan. Finally Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi may be a loud-mouthed, infamously trashy, and largely obnoxiousPerformer Artisan, but is actually a genuinely sweet-hearted girl and serves as the heart of the show. The idea behind firing the current cast of course is to keep the Jersey Shore cash cow going with an all new and much cheaper cast, while still retaining their current ‘stars’ in spin-offs. That way America can be once again blessed with an entirely new and fresh group of utterly classless morons. Jersey Shoreairs Thursdays 10/9 Central on MTV.
Kim Kardashian’s ‘Fairytale Wedding’ to largely unknown basketball player and general idiotKris Humphries airs this weekend and I think it goes without saying that nobody cares. Such shameless promotion however does seem to get results, as the Kardashian familycleared $65 million in revenue last year. Family Martriarch Promoter ArtisanKris Jenner is of course the enterprising brains behind it all, and without a doubt brainstorms a good deal of the ‘drama’ that the family goes through on television. Indeed: it was recently discovered that the popular E! Network supposed ‘reality’ show Keeping Up With the Kardashians is in fact scripted, or at least some events had been. At Kim Kardashian’s recent wedding to Chris Humphries, TMZ ascertained audio of producers essentially prepping a scene and even giving lines to Kourtney Kardashian and boyfriend Scott Disick. Given this evidence, I think it’s entirely appropriate to go ahead and say that the show is a huge croc of sh*t and these people are a bunch of liars. All kidding aside, though some of this stuff seems like it could have in fact been pre-meditated: Kris Jenner is a smart woman and does a good job of bringing solid, wholesome, realistic, family-oriented messages to the table. In the interest of pop-culture and Keirsey Temperament Theory, we will now type the four Kardashian Kids. Kim Kardashian is a classic and ruthless Promoter Artisan, and the protege/puppet of ‘momager’ Kris Jenner. Khloe Karadashian Odomis a delightfully entertaining Performer Artisan, and by far the most genuinely interesting one. Kourtney Kardashian is a painfully boring Inspector Guardian. Finally the young and thus far unemployedRob Kardashian seems to be a flaky yet sweet-hearted Counselor Idealist. Kim Kardashian’s ‘Fairytale Wedding’airs on the E! networkthis Sunday October 9 at 8/7 Central and Monday October 10 at 9/8 central. Be sure to tune in!
