McArt and McCulture
From the Kitschen

Boulevardiers in Paris will soon be able to sample the art of fast-food cuisine after enjoying the art of Leonardo and Picasso, as McDonalds is about to open a restaurant a few meters from the entrance to the Louvre.  The restaurant will no doubt feature McArt, employee-crafted paint-by-the-numbers "works" adorning its walls.  Those who like eyeing such oeuvres while masticating leur grands Macs et pommes frites avec beaucoup du sel may also enjoy the following:

McTV--The Biggest Loser and other reality shows (Did you just add, under your breath, and Dancing with the Stars?  Shame on you!)

McBeer--Coors, Bud, or Miller Lite

McWine--Generic reds and whites that come in a box with a spigot

McVegetables--Tomatoes flown in from another hemisphere and remarkable for their utter lack of flavor; and anything frozen or canned

McBasketball--Playing passive defense, making one pass maximum per possession, going one-on-one and shooting the ball if you are lucky enough to get that one pass (aka, an NBA All-Star Game)

McDiction--An off-the-shelf stock of words readily available to the linguistically undemanding user of such terms as "empower," "take ownership," "chilling effect," "community,"  "hard-wired," "iconic"

McExercise--Using light weights and low reps; walking or jogging without raising your pulse 30 beats per minute

McTennis--Endlessly lobbing from baseline to baseline

McGolf--Taking Mulligans, improving your lie, conceding three-foot putts (I love McGolf!)

McMusic--Easy Listening stuff like "The Romantic Guitar of Francis Goya"

McLiterature--The Da Vinci Code and most other works of fiction on the New York Times best-selling list

McCoffee--Surprisingly, not what they serve at McDonalds but what they serve at Denny's, Shari's, and IHOP.

McJokes--Anecdotes featuring blonds, morons, rednecks, or persons of Polish or Scandinavian descent

McMovies--Films with vampires and zombies, and non-war films with multiple explosions and car chases

McDancing--Couples propping each other up and moving no more than three square feet during an entire slow number

McBaseball--A game played in the National League, where American League castoffs become journeymen and sometimes even stars

McTransportation--Smart Cars

McJazz--The smooth sounds of Tom Braxton, George Winston, et al

McComedy--The Bernie Mac Show, The King of Queens, et al

McDrams--Cats, et al

McWar--Fighting with drone predators

McConservation--Putting used newspapers in the recyle bin before taking a 12-minute shower

McPsychology--Dianetics, Dr. Phil, Dr. Joyce, Dr. Laura

McReligion--New Ageism, Scientology

McScience--Creationism

McDiscipline--Suggesting a timeout to an unruly child

McSwimming--Bobbing with floaties and noodles

McToning--Wearing the mirdle (man's girdle) to firm up the middle

McCommunities--Ersatz non-organized lumpings together of people who never meet as a group; e.g., the left-handed community

McEducation--Online courses and degrees

McTipping--Tossing a quarter into the tip jar only if the barista or clerk is looking

McCraft--Coaster and tea cozies made of yarn tied into knots

McApples--McIntoshes and other apples with a soft flesh and an insipid flavor

McCasseroles--Mac'n'cheese and  tuna tetrazinni

McPromises--McArthur's "I shall return" and O.J.'s vow to search for the real killers

McPatriots--McArthy and other witch hunters

McRoyalty--Macbeth and other throne usurpers

Latest comments

29.03 | 17:31

Hi Bruce,
I smiled a lot as I looked! Sometimes I didn't quite understand, other times I did! Keep doing this! You are a fun thinker!

05.07 | 23:04

hi! your blog is really fantastic! you are really lucky to have it. I have one but i did not have a single like apart from me

11.10 | 23:42

No longer pray for an outcome. Just do the footwork, if I can see any. I just pray for the grace to willing accept what the outcome will be.

30.06 | 02:37

yo that is so cool