It’s been a wild weekend of college basketball (and I’ve watched none of it). Nevertheless, here’s how the top ten brackets in the Tournament of Cham are doing. 1 Church of Bracketology 54 points 2 Panges Picks 53 pts 2 bets 53 pts 2 clueless-n-indy 53 pts 5 Insider Trading 52 pts 5 TheBluthCo 52 …
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Me Eating Horseradish  The Video
I was bored on Friday and procrastinating from my important obligations (work, taxes); so I decided to shoot this little, self-indulgent video of me eating horseradish on my webcam. I’m not sure it adequately captures the sinus-clearing pain that one feels upon ingesting the near toxic condiment, but maybe it will give you a vague …
Take A Step Into The Horseradish Time Machine!!
Apparently today is horseradish day at B-Side Blog. After I mentioned in my previous post that NikkiSpice and I had challenged each other to down as much horseradish as possible, she reminded me that she was actually only an innocent bystander to this masochistic game. The real action occurred between me and my friend Zimmho, …
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ADVENTURES IN SINUS CLEARING: Horseradish Edition
The general rule of thumb is to never go into a supermarket hungry. Well, that’s what I did earlier this week, and predictably I emerged with a food item that was perhaps not the most practical purchase of all time: a horseradish root. To be fair, I truly enjoy horseradish, and I’d wanted to make …
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Tournament of Cham Gets Off To A Rousing Start!
After the first day of exciting basketball action, the B-Side Blog NCAA tournament bracket group, known collectively as the Tournament of Cham, got off to a thrilling start! Four teams (including EdHill of Midseason Replacements) immediately sprung to the front of the pack with a near perfect score of fifteen (out of a possible sixteen …
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And Now A Special Message From 'The Real World'
Drunkenness + reality stars x political activism = hilarity. Take this clip, which features JD (a.k.a. this season’s gay dolphin trainer a.k.a. Gaydolph) from Real World Brooklyn. He’s got a bad case of Obamamania, and he’s not afraid to talk about it. Caution: some foul language (and anti-Palin vulgarities).
THE CITY PHOTOCAP: Miss Independent
Well, the first season of The City came to a close this week, which means we’ll have to wait quite a bit before we can see the likes of Whitney or Allie or Olivia on our screens again. I’m kind of bummed because after enjoying the perils of Manhattan, it might be hard to switch …
Thou Shalt Not Speak Negatively About Facebook!
A funny thing happened after I heavily critiqued Facebook earlier today: my account went haywire. HMMMM…. Have I been blacklisted from FB? Time will tell…
Top Ten Bad Things About Facebook's Redesign
Last week, Facebook overhauled its site for the second time in only about nine months or so, and the reviews are in: it sucks. And it sucks in the most insidious ways. You see, at first glance, things don’t seem too drastically different. Navigation and usability is more or less the same (unlike the last …
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CAN NO ONE SEE HOW BAD SCOTT MACINTYRE IS???
I’m slowly entering the “astounded” phase of American Idol. I think we all know it  that incredulous four or five week span in which some blatantly outclassed singer somehow advances farther and farther in the singing competition as more talented folks drop by the wayside. Sanjaya remains the poster boy of such ridiculousness, but …
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