Archive for January, 2009
um, ew
like pamela anderson and jenna jameson, the ‘bacon explosion’–a recipe conceived by barbecue enthusiasts jason day and aaron chronister, the barbecue chefs behind the blog burnt finger bbq , is huge on the internet. the two concocted the recipe to respond to a message they received via twitter* asking them to do something with bacon. the now [...]
ex-’jasper’-ating!
president obama may be in the white house but things for the ‘intellectual elites’ continue to get worse. brandeis university announced that it would be closing the world famous rose art gallery and selling off the world renowned art collection of over 6,000 pieces to cover increasing budget gaps caused by a faltering economy and [...]
so you wanna be a news anchor
if your dream job is to be a news anchor, check out these tips willie geist and mika brzezinski from msnbc’s morning joe share with miss america katie stamm’s. according to willie, “it’s about going to lunch with people, it’s about hanging out in the make-up room, it’s about googling yourself.” if anyone should know [...]
you are what you eat
men’s health’s “eat this, not that” series is the gift that keeps on giving. even though the magazine’s publisher, dave zincenko doesn’t take his own advice (see dave with his girlfriend to the left, and a recent post on fameballer julia allison’s blog here)–we think his detailed analysis of gross foods is right on the money. the [...]
i wonder…
suppose oprah ended up as blagojevich’s choice. and she ended up on the technology committee (if there was one). and she got to pass some legislation allowing the president to use his blackberry however he liked (instead of with just a few). how would she convince her colleagues? how would she be received? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i wonder.
will you throw in a hummer too?
after receiving $45M in funds from the government taxpayers, citigroup spent $1.7M lobbying congress for favorable positioning on things like the BAILOUT. bank of america considered this behavior inappropriate and made the decision to halt lobbying activities.
at the same time, the auto industry argued that changing emission standards would increase financial duress. while ”they were working toward president obama’s [...]
its an honor just to be nominated
it being award season, there hasn’t much coverage (compared to the golden globes, the SAG and oscars) thus far on the razzies nominations. dispensing oscar-like awards for categories such as worst picture, worst actor and worst actress, the razzies winners will be announced and presented with the awards in a ceremony in hollywood the night before [...]
