Good morning everyone!  Or, rather, good afternoon, because if you’re sane, you’re not going to wake up before noon on your thanksgiving break.  Regardless, welcome to this week’s edition of Cheers and Jeers!  This week we’ve got Kanye, a repudiation of alternative lifestyles, and everyone’s favorite…

Cheers and Jeers starts…. NOW!

Jeers to studying so much for a music history test that you forget to do a Cheers and Jeers, but Cheers to not failing said test!

Cheers to turkey.  No offense, but fuck all of this tofurkey stuff.  When the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and had thanksgiving dinner with the Indians like we were all taught in 4th grade, they had turkey, goddamnit. But seriously, no one kill yourselves trying to Deep-Fry a turkey.  We’d have to give you a Darwin Award.

Jeers to nooses.  I understand and agree with others on this blog who say that making a stink about this is stirring up racial tensions that are best healed in peace, but I would argue that people need to learn their history about racially-charged symbols in the south before they start hanging nooses in public places.  No one is at fault here because this was obviously a piss-poor attempt at a joke, but let’s all be aware of what things like this can mean to people who are brought up in a different way, ‘kay?

Cheers to Kanye West, whose new album “drops” this week.  After listening to a few songs on iTunes, it sounds pretty good, the same mix of T-Pain and Daft Punk that we’ve all grown so fond of.  /snark  However, until he learns to sing without Auto-Tune, I’m going to be saving my 10 bucks for a few trips to Starbucks.

Jeers to those students who were called out for goofing off in CLP’s.  Now, all of us have had to text at one CLP or another.  We’re busy people.  But when you bring your laptop or answer a phone call?  Really?  All of us have seen these people, so it’s not as if the phenomenon is invisible to all but the most crotchety old people.   My rule of thumb: it’s not just your loss for missing out on something that could educate you on a subject you may not frequently run into, but your stupidity is like second-hand smoke.  It kills (the mood of others trying to enjoy themselves).

and, last but certainly not least, Cheers to this political puppy post!

What are you cheering and jeering about this week?