TV. Food. Pop Culture.
Local independent TV station KCET has recently launched a web series titled Free Lunch, which treats commenters on kcet.org to — you guessed it — a free lunch in the area. I was lucky enough to participate in the series, and since my ol’ college friend Leah was in town, I invited her to join …
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So apparently Lake Chattanooga > Disney World. Who knew? Via The Daily What
It’s mid-October, and Christmas season has officially begun! Actually, it began in late September when I saw the first glimpses of Yuletide trinkets at Ikea, but I digress. The point is that musical genius Justin Bieber has released a Christmas song called “MIstletoe,” and the best way to describe it is Jason Mraz lite, except …
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Let’s face it: dog videos aren’t nearly as funny as cat videos. I don’t know why — maybe it has something to do with the fact that cats always seem to think they’ve figured everything out. Once in a while though there’s a pretty funny dog video that comes along. Case in point: the above …
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I think this is by far the best Housewives parody I’ve seen yet. Thanks to Chris for the heads up.
Reality TV has given us some great, nonsensical insults: “prostitution whore,” “whore pit viper,” and now “slut pig,” courtesy of Kim Richards. Yes, the scrappy, oft incoherent former child star continued her screed against Brandi Glanville on last night’s episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and it was just as catty as we could …
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Warning: this video might be just a tad too much for anyone who just woke up. But I’m not going to lie, it sort of won me over by the time it was finished. Via The Daily What
Here’s a fun fact that my friend jash filled me in on: the character of “Boo” from Super Mario Bros. is actually called “Teresa” in Japan. It sort of makes sense if you think about it. After all, Teresa Giudice bears many similarities to that pixelated fiend. They’re both evil, they both have fangs, and …
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Some bored person put together a nifty compilation of Very Special Episodes from the sitcoms of our youth. Most of the big ones are there, but notably missing: Natalie having sex with Snake on Facts of Life and Punky Brewster being peer pressured into doing drugs (or at least drinking raw egg and ketchup or …
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Last week, I was both craving chocolate and feeling the need to procrastinate on an epic scale. What better excuse to bake a chocolate cake? But which recipe should I use? The last time I tried to make chocolate cake, I made an epic disaster by fusing a Mark Bittman recipe with an Aida Mollenkamp …
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