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Author Archives: Ben Mandelker
ADVENTURES IN THAI FOOD: Trader Joe's Edition
People who’ve been reading this blog may know that I’m sort of a sucker for the Trader Joe’s food display. Without fail, I come home from that place with one or two items I never even dreamed of purchasing, and this past Tuesday was no exception. For some reason, my eye caught a benign jar …
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Tyra Banks: A Veritable Mosaic of Emotion
Behold the Tyra Banks school of facial dexterity. You can just barely hear her scolding an ingenue for doing “this” [goofy smile, fluttering eyelids] and not “this” [pursed lips, narrow eyes]. To Tyra’s credit though, only she could pull off this silly collection of smiles with such a gigantic mane of hair. For more insights …
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MARIAH CAREY TO BASEBALL: I Best Not Catch This Flick On YouTube, YouTube!
I know this is like a day old, but man, it’s too funny to ignore. It really is a stellar week for American divas on Asian TV.
Look Out, Kim! He's Gonna Put You In A Cougar Trap!
Last night, as Elisha Cuthbert was exiting venerable Beverly Hills eatery Mr. Chow’s, a guy fell over and gashed his head. The plucky 24 star was ever so kind to help him up, but that didn’t stop her and her positively DISMAYED friend from sharing a joint look of shock, confusion, and repulsion. And really, …
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TOP CHEF PHOTOCAP: One Last Cut
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our Top Chef final four. After a grueling beef-based episode that saw the chefs conquering the famed Chicago steakhouse scene, one unlucky person was unceremoniously chopped from competition like a lonesome ribeye at the butchery. Okay, that was a forced analogy, but on an installment that was all about meat, …
NPR Provides Twangiest Moment of 2008
When it comes to Southern drawls, twangs, and everything in between, it’s hard to top Sheila Kennedy from Big Brother 9. However, leave it to NPR’s All Things Considered, champion of the rural human interest story, to dig up quite simply the twangiest dialect this side of Tammy Wynette. In fact, it’s so twangy that …
Christmas Comes Early: The Housewives Return For One More Triumphant Hour
It’s official: The Real Housewives of New York City has to be one of the best reality shows of the year. Even last night’s glorious, welcomed, and hodgepodge clip show with no narrative structure proved more fascinating and enthralling than most anything else for the past two months (or at least since Housewives wrapped up …
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EATING IN LA: The Waffle Edition
When it comes to late night dining, Los Angeles has its fare share of offerings; although, truth be told, we could always use more. I can only go to my after-hours haunts so many times before ennui kicks in. That why I’d been so excited to try The Waffle, one of the latest entries in …
And God Said HA! (Or At Least Sharon Stone Did)
It’s not even 11:15 AM, and already two viral video gems have surfaced today. The first was a phenomenal Muppet mash-up. The second is this gloriously loopy clip of Sharon Stone explaining the karmic intricacies of the recent earthquake tragedies in China. Word to the wise: don’t ever treat her GOOD friends unkindly. You never …
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