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Green Lantern

  I feel like such a nerd. I now know what a Green Lantern is. The super hero is really just a pilot on planet earth who has been selected to be one member of an intergalactic police force, called The Green Lanterns. There's about 2800 of them! The one in the comic book has one area of space to patrol. His special power ring gives him whatever he thinks he needs to solve a crime.

  I never expected to know such a thing. And I did not learn it from reading a comic book. I actually read an article about the new movie The Green Lantern, in which the author explained the above. Mostly the article was about the costuming and a magazine interview, etc. Overall it was a waste of time. I can't believe I had anough interest to finish the article. Of course, I skimmed over the stars names, since they were all meaningless to me.

    I suppose the title and good placement lured me in. Next I'll be reading about Snookie or whatever other dribble is going around. Can I justify this idling as "culture watching"?