August is...

• National Immunization Awareness Month


• National Goat Cheese Month


• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month


• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month


• Audio Appreciation Month

Blog Post I'm Considering

Here's blog post I'm considering writing on StrangeCultureBlog.com. Feel free to use these thoughts for your own blog:

• Moral Lessons from Captain America: The First Avenger



• Considering the sequelability of a stand alone Captain America film as well as repeat roles by the cast of Captain Planet in a follow up feature.



• Book review on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as well as a film preview



• Sandra Bullock's turn 47 this week (Born July 26, 1964)



• Food as an expression of individualism, potentially exploring ideas of isolation as well as the transition from choice/personal preference to conviction.



• The debt ceiling and whether or not it's appropriate to compare the American financial situation to individual household budgets.



• Response to the 30 Rock episode "The Bubble" (season 3) regarding attractive people.



• Further exploration on concepts of giving



• The "Christian" film industry in 2011



• Christmas in July

Thanksgiving Coversation Starters

I'm sure there will be plenty of blog post about Thanksgiving memories or pictures of golden baked turkeys today.

But maybe more than blog topics you might even need some Thanksgiving conversation starters? Here's some ideas for blog post, or conversations.

• Family - Why our you and your siblings different. Here's some ideas from a unique news story from NPR this week: Siblings Share Genes, But Rarely Personalities.

• Sports - Some big college football rivalry games over the long weekend, including a struggling Texas vs a strong Texas A&M; Nebraska vs. Colorado (to Big 12 teams leaving the conference in opposite directions); Florida vs. Florida State; Mississippi vs. Mississippi State; Virginia vs. Virginia Tech; South Carlonia vs. Clemson; Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State.

• Food - Discuss your favorite "trendy cook" and which cookbook you'd adopt as your kitchen bible (Ina Garten: The Barefoot Contessa, Rachel Ray: EVOO-loving Quick & Easy Chef, Ree Drummond: The Pioneer Woman, Bobby Flay: Mr. Throwdown, or someone else)

• Politics - South Korea/North Korea: Is it time to be agressive or is this the last thing that the world's economy and political stamina can handle?

• Movies & Comics - Want to discuss the new preview for Green Lantern but don't know where to start, the m0vie blog presents a nice 101 course in all things Green Lantern.

• Shopping/Trends - Black Friday seem different this year - maybe earlier, maybe more spread out, maybe a little extra 3 am-ish? LA Times has a good article on the subject: Black Friday becoming a week of discounts and extended hours