Archive for July, 2008
"this grilled cheese is too cheesy"…
an actual quote from a friend’s nephew who admonished his mom for making the grilled-cheese too cheesy, thus rendering it inedible. it is also a shout-out to 630 who i often say “eats like a 12 year old” because 630 likes to eat all things tagged as “comfort food”. these and other [...]
it’s been 17 days
there was some story i could have written about how morning joe is mad at him, but it would really be a delivery vehicle, if you will, for a story about our main man, anderson hays cooper. seems like lately, some other dudes, like the cincinnati gentleman (a.k.a. bill hemmer) have been putting themselves out [...]
lots going on
in addition to the search for a new big mac chant, mcdonald’s seems to have been hard at work pushing their iced coffee. during the “news-and-lifestyle portion” of KVVU’s (las vegas) morning program, cups of ice coffee will be visible on the anchor’s desks. i’d say this is pretty smart product placement, especially [...]
so that’s why he’s the mayor
a few days ago in gotta beware those disgruntled employees, we reported that a system administrator in san francisco had locked everyone out of the city’s network systems. there have been mulitple attempts to try to get the access codes from childs but he would not budge nor did he give a reason why he [...]
we prefer "gayestan"
seems that the inhabitants of the island of lesbos in greece tried to pass some legislation that would outlaw the use of the word lesbian because it insulted their identity. dimitris lambrou, chief litigant, claimed that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violated the human rights of the islanders – [...]
annoyingbird…
this afternoon i looked out the window at a summer lightening/thunderstorm and noticed that pigeons (rats with wings) were dive bombing the street looking intently for shelter from the coming storm.
it reminded me of a story i came across a while ago about blackbird nesting season in chicago. cyclists and pedestrians minding their own business [...]
i’ll take a side of neurosis…and could you super-size the shame?
so new yorkers are experiencing what i’m sure, many more of you will in the next months or years to come. as part of an anti-obesity campaign, restaurants with 15 or more chains are required to post calorie counts for the food they serve.
while i don’t really eat much fast food, i’ve definitely noticed a [...]
