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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. the Civilized Meal
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, July 3, 2014. Zoe vs. the Civilized Meal. My father was fond of the old phrase, "Children should be seen and not heard." Around dinnertime, when my sister and I were young, he'd take it out and shake the dust off it if either of us was acting silly. Next one to move gets it right in the giblets. To "What are they eating? Usually wrapping up with, "Hold the phone, are those stairs? If there w...
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. the Bechdel Test
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, August 28, 2014. Zoe vs. the Bechdel Test. You may have heard of the Bechdel Test. It's a pop-culture phenomenon that measures gender bias in film, TV, etc. It's named after Alison Bechdel, who in her 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Many movies fail this test because, if I may channel my inner Nathan Detroit: Broadly speaking, there ain't enough broads. Who may herself be sexist!
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. the Homeric Epithet
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, March 19, 2015. Zoe vs. the Homeric Epithet. Homeric epithets. Remember them from school? I'm not talking about the epithets we muttered when the bell rang and we were still struggling to stuff everything back in our lockers. I'm talking about the ones in Homer's Iliad. And The Odyssey,. Like "rosy-fingered dawn" and "swift-footed Achilles.". OMG, we get it, Dawn. This whole thing was prompt...
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. Mommy, the Physical Assault
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, October 10, 2013. Zoe vs. Mommy, the Physical Assault. I'm specifying "physical assault" because the case can be made that all the previous posts catalog Zoe's mental assaults on me. I'd be the one to make that case. Survivor of an attack by a. Nose: you pick mine, I'll try to pick yours. Ow factor: low, really more annoying. So let's see, how far have we gotten? Speaking of . . . Neck: pinc...
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. "King of Pain": A Song Parody
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Zoe vs. "King of Pain": A Song Parody. When I was putting Zoe to bed the other night, before I. Fell asleep (because that's what usually happens, while she continues her one-way gabfest), I asked her what she dreams about. In my nightmares, she's. She looked at me, one of her attentive looks that said I'm actually going to take in the next words you say. What do you mean?
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. the Porta-Potty
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Zoe vs. the Porta-Potty. I had thought we were done with all the milestones related to body waste. I'd thrown out the diaper genie. Zoe was potty-trained. And we'd since frequented all the public restrooms within a three-mile radius, from local restaurants to parks to the supermarket- -all in varying states of cleanliness. Which brings us to mommy guilt. No, she said. Naturall...
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. "Let It Go" from Frozen
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, April 24, 2014. Zoe vs. "Let It Go" from Frozen. Desperate to escape hearing "Let It Go". For the umpteenth time, Doug jumps,. Hoping the cord will mercifully break. Hey, parents, you know that song "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen? Isn't that song always jumping the turnstile in everyone's brain? My search yielded, well, lots of hits. So I know this is well-covered ground. But you'll have t...
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. the Kobayashi Maru
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Zoe vs. the Kobayashi Maru. In pop culture, the Kobayashi Maru has come to mean a "no-win situation." To Star. Fans, it's a test cadets in Starfleet Academy take to see how they deal with a no-win scenario. Basically it tests the cadet's character. It begins when a civilian ship, the Kobayashi Maru,. The Kobayashi Maru was first mentioned in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,.
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Zoe vs. the Universe: Zoe vs. Kanye West, Ph.D.
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Zoe vs. the Universe. Tales of an Evil Mastermind in Training. By E R. Catalano. In a Parallel Universe. Thursday, May 14, 2015. Zoe vs. Kanye West, Ph.D. This week Kanye West, self-reported messiah, received an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. That ripping sound you hear is everyone in the world who has an advanced degree tearing up their diplomas. When I covered the Kardashians. So here we are. Grumpy Cat was robbed, y'all. 1 A huge ego. I'm the best jumper." (Zoe).
