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“Bloody good time that Everest was!” Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mt. Everest, died today at the age of 88. I must admit that I feel partially responsible. You see, earlier this morning, I happened to randomly look at a Wikipedia page on famous explorers, and when I read that Sir Edmund …
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One of my favorite writers in the blogosphere is none other than S. Irene Virbila, the Los Angeles Times‘s head food critic. Her reviews are known for their brutal honesty (“It may be all right for a drink, but the confusing concept, lame cooking and general ineptness make Hidden a no-go zone for anybody who …
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What magazine am I? I’LL NEVER TELL. I love two things in this world (at least for the purpose of this bombastic opening line): snooty New Yorker condescension and Gossip Girl. But what I love even more is when the two combine to create a sudden, unexpected “Oh SNAP!” moment. Conveniently, that’s just what happened …
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So, I hate this car that’s parked in my garage. I could go on a rant about it, but what’s the point when pictures are so much more effective? Full disclosure after the jump…
When I went to Trader Joe’s tonight, I wasn’t particularly in the mood for corn chowder, but when I came face to face with a towering display of these little cans, I found myself instinctively reaching for one — and for a very simple reason: its bulbous midriff. Had the corn chowder been packaged in merely …
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Cha Cha Cha in 2005 Back on New Years Eve, my friends and I attempted to patronize Caribbean eatery Cha Cha Cha, but the lines were simply too long for our celebratory timetable. We instead headed down the street to The Boulevard, happy to discover a suitable dining option on such short notice. Little did …
This morning, Mike at Franklin Avenue was kind enough to give this blog an enormous plug, and in the spirit of giving (after all, today IS National Bubble Bath Day), I’ve decided to pay it forward by pimping out one of my friend’s websites. The friend: Anna David. The site: AnnalyticalAnswers.com. Anna is an accomplished …
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A few weeks ago, I noticed that Sandra Lee would be creating a Kwanzaa cake on her show, Semi-Homemade, and at the time I wrote that I couldn’t imagine what sort of awful concoction she would smear together for this holiday disaster in waiting. Well, I’ve since seen her Kwanzaa creation with mine own eyes, …
According to a British tabloid (and you know how reputable those are), Queen Elizabeth II has become the latest convert to the wonders of the Wii. Allegedly Prince William received the gaming system from his commoner girlfriend, Kate Middleton, and grandma was only too eager to have a go at it. A palace source claims …
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Here comes the rain again… Everyone by now knows about rain and Los Angeles: the two don’t mix. They’re simply not meant for each other — kind of like Carlos Mencia and an original punchline (heyohhh!!). Luckily, rain keeps its distance for most of the year, but then comes “winter” (ie. the time when the temperature …
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