What’s Super Tuesday without some super thong action to go with it. Here, courtesy of A Socialite’s Life are the photos you’ve been dying for: John Mayer jogging in a Borat-esque, unitard-thong contraption (kind of NSFW, depending on how puritanical your employers are). Also worth checking out is Best Week Ever’s coverage of “The Mayercraft …
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Best R2D2 Cake EVER
Hard to believe, but this recreation of R2D2 is not made of plastic. It is 100% edible. That’s right, ladies and gents. You’re looking at a cake. Of course, sugary recreations of R2D2 are nothing new to this planet, but one sample search of “R2D2 Cake” on Google Images reveals that this might just be …
SUPER BOWL ADS: The Good, The Bad, and the Mildly Disturbing
From left to right: Funny, AWFUL, strange. After that thrilling Super Bowl, it feels almost silly discussing the accompanying ads — the combined entertainment value of which paled dramatically next to the big game. However, it’s hard to for me to go three seconds without voicing my opinion on one thing or another, especially when …
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Well That Was Fun
From the Boston Globe’s homepage. Congrats to my home state’s New York Giants. They were fantastic. The Pats deserve credit for a great season, but well, it was excellent watching them lose. Woohoo! And in the spirit of good sportsmanship, be sure to offer your New England friends a free Starbucks or something. Yeah, they’re …
DECISION 2008: Experience vs. Change
Today, stalwart climate clairvoyant Punxsutawney Phil — the Al Roker of puffy rodents — emerged from his stump, and in an ominous sign for those seeking a return to warm weather, the celebrity groundhog saw his shadow, thus ushering in six more weeks of inclement winter weather. But not all is as it seems. The …
Happy Anniversary, New Wave of Puritanical Values
Unbelievable as it may be, today marks the four year anniversary of Janet Jackson’s notorious nip-slip, a seminal event which ushered in a new (read: ridiculous) movement of media conservatism. Suddenly, practically everything on TV was blurred and bleeped out, evangelical fringe groups were the new taste-makers, and the networks found themselves scrambling to defend …
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS: Some of Advertising's More Regrettable Missteps
Is there any better way to spend twenty minutes than by revisiting all the sexist, racist, and simply ill-conceived ad campaigns of yesteryear? I think not. Unfortunately, I’m too lazy to look up every last cringe-worthy ad on YouTube, but the good people at Cracked have aggregated five worthy selections, each one worse than the …
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Guess Whose Single Drops Next Week!
“I dedicate this song to Elodie. It’s called ‘Melodie.’” Just in time for Black History Month, Heidi Montag’s brand new single, “Higher,” hits stores next week, but of course, since this is the Internet age, it’s already been leaked online. US Magazine debuted the track this morning, which is noteworthy as today is not just …
Return of the Cadbury Egg
Last week, when I blogged about eating a Cadbury Creme Egg, I had no idea that the post would elicit a whopping 10+ comments (which is a lot for this fledgling blog). I was even more surprised at the fervent outcry for more pictures of the egg’s gooey, sugary center. Okay, it was really only …
Padma Renders Innocent Bystander Frumpy
“Hands up, utensils down. God, I’m good.” If I were a woman, especially a pale woman with no makeup in an oversized shirt and fat jeans, I wouldn’t want to be photographed next to Padma Lakshmi — especially when she’s in full-on catwalk mode. Put simply: there’s just no way to look good. But alas, …