Girls (the one on HBO)

Vogue UK 2012

Love it or hate it.... you've got to give the TV show "Girls" credit.  

Lena Dunham (age 27) is the creator, director and star of one of the most talked about TV shows on HBO.  That, alone, deserves major praise.

I'm not sure about you, but I haven't accomplished anything remotely in the same league (I mean, my main accomplishment is just being "employed").

Personally, I love it.  It's quirky.  It's funny.  It's raw.  It's more real (at least for "young urbanites in developed countries") than almost any other show around.  

Despite being in a serious relationship now, my life has always been dominated by my "pack of chicks" (FYI - I think I might be the only person that still uses "chicks").  Girlfriends don't go away in your adult years -- if anything, I think the relationships become stronger.

It's the same in Girls -- the show has 4 strong female characters.  A strong "pack."

Thankfully, others love Girls too.  It's been renewed for a 3rd Season (yesss!).... here's the teaser.  In advance, I've started listening to the Spotify Girls Station (yep, it exists. it's awesome).

Who killed Davey Moore? + the Milgram Experiment

I think Bob Dylan was a social psychologist in hiding.  Last week, I used "With God on Our Side" to explain attentional bias.  This week, I'm moving on... I'm now using "Who Killed Davey Moore?" to explain the results of The Milgram Experiment.

So, who is this Davey Moore?

Davey Moore was an American boxer that died at age 29 due to severe injuries during a match against Sugar Ramos.  The fight lasted 10 rounds in the Dodgers stadium where Sugar finished Davey with successive blows to his head until he fell against the bottom rope and injured his brain stem.  In the dressing room, he went into a coma and died 75 hours later.

Where does Bob Dylan come in?

He wrote a song about this "human cock fight" where all parties denied responsibility for Davey's death.