TV. Food. Pop Culture.
Anyone else still recovering from the two back-to-back Real Housewives episodes last night? Bravo provided us quite the anthropological spectrum as we moved from the gaudy materialism of Orange County to the somewhat more refined but no less catty drama of the Hamptons. Watching the two back to back, some glaring difference came to the …
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If you’re anything like me, you’re still recovering from the double-dose of horrendous behavior that Bravo served up with its back to back pairing of The Real Housewives of Orange County and New York City. Both hours provided a dizzying amount of hilarious antics that I fear someday will be used by cultural anthropologists to …
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At long last, American Idol moved into its semifinals stage, and the results were decidedly mixed. Things started off promisingly at first with one increasingly strong showing after the next, but then the performances went south very, very quickly. Not helping matters was a glitch-laden broadcast that featured so many miscues on the technical end, …
My friends, my friends. This is a sad day indeed. Today marks the official end of The Parsley Chronicles. That’s right: my beloved parsley  the plant that could never be  finally ceased showing any signs of life today. The Obama Sprout, once a beacon of hope and prosperity, shriveled up and died, leaving …
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Last week, while doing a random search for some random thing, I came across a blog called Fat Free Vegan Kitchen, which boasted an appealing recipe for chocolate orange Bundt cake. Now, when it comes to desserts, I’m not a huge fan of fat free offerings as they’re usually dry and flavorless, but the pictures …
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Sometimes I have the humor level of a sixth grader. Take, for instance, this clip from Saturday Night Live in which Alec Baldwin learns the pleasures and joys of playing with a Wii remote. Needless to say, it’s hilarious. I have a feeling the writers wanted to take it further, but chances are Standards & …
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OH REALLY? Last month, I dutifully dropped ten people from Facebook with the promise of receiving a free Angry Whopper from Burger King. Much to my shock, when I had completed the deed, I received a message saying my gift certificate would be arriving in two to four weeks. I wasn’t happy with the lack …
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So I’m not really into interactive Facebook activities â€â€Ã‚ ie. 25 Things About You â€â€Ã‚ but B-Side Blog reader Honeybunny introduced me to this new thing called, for lack of a better name, “Google Game.” The concept is simple: type your name into Google and add the words “likes to.” Wrap it all in quotes, press “search,” …
Last time on The Parsley Chronicles, I took drastic measures to save my ailing parsley plant by engaging in some painful, yet necessary pruning. The hope was to clear away the dead, bad vegetation and leave room for the few remaining bright spots to grow boundlessly. As a result, I was left with a near …
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Right in the midst of his very own career self-immolation, Joaquin Phoenix wound up on Letterman last night, and guess what? He was guarded, silent, and generally unwilling to participate as a guest. In other words, he was pretty rude. Letterman tried to coax any sort of conversation out of him, but as you’ll see …