Via his Twitter , John Hodgman (yes, that “PC guy”) takes a stand against “meh” — calling it “…almost universally seems to signal: I am just interested enough to make one last joyless, nitpicky swipe and then disappear.”

The Best Links:

1. ‘Meh’ —- the Apathetic Expression Enters Dictionary - Chicago Tribune
2. Urban Dictionary: meh
3. John Hodgman’s Twitter
4. John Hodgman on “meh” - Waxy.org

(No that's not a typo): Jimmy Fallon's much-maligned web show is getting a second chance.

The Best Links:

1. Craig Ferguson would like you to give Jimmy Fallon a chance.
2. Geeks like Jimmy!
3. Jimmy Fallon Is Winning (Online) Friends and (Possibly) Influencing People
4. NYT critic Virginia Heffernan leads the charge
5. Rex Sorgatz has noticed it as well.
6. Heffernan also wrote this, which is kind of an endorsement.
7. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon - Featured on BuzzFeed

The New York Times has joined the Gladwell backlash with a review calling his new book: “glib, poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing”.

Read More On nytimes.com ›

With his third book — Outliers — about to come out, the critics have sharpened their knives for the New Yorker staffer and his enormous afro.

The Best Links:

1. Malcolm Gladwell Doesn’t Think He’s An Outlier Himself
2. Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book - Featured on BuzzFeed
3. Malcolm Gladwell’s Very Own Site
4. Outliers “Feels like a sumptuous Chinese meal that an hour later leaves a diner feeling hungry.”
5. What the Hell, Malcolm Gladwell — Where Are The Ladies?
6. The Thankless Job Of Being Malcolm Gladwell

It seems the tide of public opinion around the ‘Queen of Quirk’ has changed and the inevitable backlash has begun.

The Best Links:

1. Amazing Girls
2. Zooey Deschanel’s Music Career
3. Zooey Deschanel Sucks or Rules: Let the Internet be the Judge
4. The Unbearable Quirkiness of the Unstoppable Charm Of Zooey Deschanel
5. Deep thoughts from Zooey Deschanel
6. “Is Zooey Deschanel the Most Boring Person Alive? A Scientific Survey.”

The brewing discontent of the cupcake-haters.

The Best Links:

1. Cupcake Ban - Featured on BuzzFeed
2. Can Crumbs Take Over the (cupcake) World?
3. Professional Curmudgeon Joel Stein Strikes Back At Sweet, Sweet Cupcakes
4. Will The Expansion of Crumb Bring About Cupcakemaggedon?
5. New York Magazine Coins the Term “Cupmudgeonism”

After 8 golds, the internet begins wondering: Is Michael Phelps a douchebag?

The Best Links:

1. Comment From Someone Who’s Worked With Him
2. JUST ASKING: Is Michael Phelps A Douche? (With Examples)
3. Michael Phelps Douche’s Out At A Nightclub In Beijing

Bloggers and indie bands agree: They don’t love Radiohead’s music.

The Best Links:

1. I Run From Radiohead’s Music, And From The People Who Like It
2. “I hate Radiohead. There. I said it.”
3. Was That “In Rainbows” Thing Just Cynical Sales Tactic?
4. The Hold Steady Say Radiohead Have ‘Lost The Plot’
5. Apples Vs. Dim-Witted No-Talent Hacks
6. David Berman: “Never before has there been a ‘greatest band in the world’ who had so little to say about anything.”

Julia Allison’s NonSociety project has inspired a wide variety of satire.

The Best Links:

1. NonSociety.net: Parsing The Bizarre
2. NonExciting: Live Boringly.
3. Nonsociety As One Big Valtrex Ad
4. NonSociety Fanpage: “Goofbal and loveable, sass but serious when needs!”

With falling ratings for her show and declining circulation numbers for her magazine, is the Oprah Empire entering its sunset phase?

The Best Links:

1. Not Many Emmy Noms, Either
2. Tremors of Discontent in the Oprah Empire
3. OMG Oprah LOL!!!
4. The Pope of Media No More

Enough with the brass tubes already!

The Best Links:

1. Worst of All, It’s Inconvenient
2. The Times Style Section: Once Again, Totally, Totally Wrong
3. Merlin Mann’s Steampunk Penis Pump
4. Steampunk Flat-Panel LCD Mod
5. Steampunk Chicken-Walker Mech Costume
6. Dumb Steampunk Mouse
7. “Basically, it’s Goth with goggles and leather hats instead of eye makeup and black dresses.”
8. Bulky, Ugly, Steampunky Watch

Everybody loves Tina Fey. Or do they?

The Best Links:

1. “Baby Mama” Is No. 1 at the Weekend Box Office
2. Mixed Reviews on Metacritic
3. “Why is this photo so ugly, Tina Fey?”
4. Review: “It looks cheap, shiny, and bereft of depth”
5. There Can Never Be Enough Tina
6. Review: Coulda Been Funnier, But Fey is Good
7. Guesses On When the Inevitable Backlash Will Commence?
8. Tina Feytigue
9. “Baby Mama” Is Boring, But Then Fey Didn’t Write It, So
10. The “Stop Tina Fey” Petition Has a Stunning 38 Signatures

Angry journalists are circulating a petition calling out ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson for the crappy job they did at the last debate.

The Best Links:

1. In the Last Debate, Everybody Lost
2. An Open Letter to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson
3. ABC Deluged With Angry Comments
4. Amen!
5. Mainstream Journos Are Pissed Off

The introduction of Flickr video has unintended consequences: Angry Flickrites.

The Best Links:

1. The Predictable Backlash Has Arrived
2. Sign the Petition Below
3. We Say NO to Videos on Flickr
4. NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!!
5. Flickr Users Are Up to Their Old Tricks
6. The Popular New Flickr Group Are About Being Mad at Flickr

Much disliked horror auteur Uwe Boll throws down the gauntlet: If 1 million people sign the petition against him, maybe he’ll quit.

The Best Links:

1. Boll’s Films Are “Nearly Impossible to Sit Through”
2. Uwe Boll’s Storied Career
3. “If this isn’t a worthy cause, I really don’t know what is”
4. Boll Can Still Be Stopped!
5. One Million Signatures to End Uwe Boll’s Directing Career!
6. Stop Dr. Uwe Boll Petition
7. Uwe Boll’s Petition-Baiting Interview

Maxim gets flack for placing Sarah Jessica Parker at the top of the “unsexiest women” list, also for having an “unsexiest women” list in the first place, and also for generally being lame and shallow.

The Best Links:

1. Weirdly Timed with the SATC Movie?
2. Faux Reviews Land Maxim in Hot Water
3. Hustler Is More Enlightening than Maxim
4. SJP Unfazed by “Unsexiest Woman” Title
5. Maxim, Entertainment Weekly Agree: Jews, Blacks, Asians Not So “Sexy”
6. 10 Women Unsexier Than Sarah Jessica Parker

Daniel Day-Lewis may have just won his second Oscar for There Will Be Blood , but some have already begun challenging the praise he’s received for his scenery-chewing performance.

The Best Links:

1. There Will Be Ham: Over the Top with Daniel Day-Lewis
2. Biggest Acting, Best and Worst: Over the Top, Ma!
3. The Great(ness) Debate: Flesh, Blood, Day-Lewis (and Oscar)
4. Daniel Day-Lewis, Too Great to Be Good
5. There Will Be Backlash
6. Acting You Can See

New York sketch group Olde English pairs with comedienne Jackie Clarke to take us “behind the scenes” of surprise hit Juno with its attention-grabbing screenwriter.

The Best Links:

1. “Diablo Cody” Didn’t Even <i>See</i> Juno!
2. Enemies of The Year, #10: The Stripper Who Wrote Juno
3. “We Always Assumed [she’d] Become a Punchline About Five Minutes After She Wins an Oscar, Butit Looks Like We Don’t Have to Wait That Long!”
4. Diablo Cody’s Secrets To The Screen Trade
5. Behind The Scenes With Diablo Cody (Official Video)

“Eat, Pray, Love” is now tops on everybody’s list of books to bash.

The Best Links:

1. What if She Were a He? A Thought Experiement, Sorta
2. Annonying or Enlightening? Now You Can Vote!
3. Gilbert Responds to the Backlash
4. The New York Post’s Typically Perfect Headline: “Eat Pray Loathe”
5. The Expected Backlash Arrives on Cue

A viral, homemade campaign ad goes bad.

The Best Links:

1. Would Be a Good Sitcom Theme
2. We’re Laughing at You, Not With You
3. “It’s audio-visual waterboarding.”
4. The Original, Cringeworthy Video
5. Oh Noes! It’s the Blogosphere!