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they should’ve at least made some signs
humane society group a mask to get guns from the state
wonder if george is worried
there was considerable uproar in hollywood this week after the academy of motion picture arts and sciences failed to honor farrah fawcett during the oscar broadcast on sunday. according to the academy’s executive director, bruce davis, there were too many good people that died and, farrah was better known for her tv work than her [...]
and you thought web chats were so 1990s
check out chatroulette. as of february, the site had more than 10,000 members who signed up to be randomly connected to strangers around the world for web “chats”. i’ve haven’t been on it but it appears to be the new platform where you can find some of our favorite news anchors – diane sawyer, keith olberman, katie couric and [...]
some people don’t agree, jay
many were outraged by the new jay leno ad campaign announcing his return to ‘the tonight show‘ because it used the song “back where you belong”. a (non) reader sent a link to the tags on hulu (where we used to be able to watch jon stewart clips). the tags are used to index jay [...]
fashion is important but this is ridiculous
three guys went to court over a suit and for the greater good for all, they all agreed to donate the suit. the guys: oj simpson, fred goldman (ron goldman’s father) and mike gilbert (simpson’s former agent). the suit: the suit oj wore when he was acquitted from the criminal case accusing him of murdering [...]
chipotle
i’m surprised it didn’t make the list of the top 10 mispronounced foodie words (maybe chipotle isn’t foodie-enough). it’s pronounced ‘chi-po-t-lay’ not ‘chip-ol-tee’. just like realtor is pronounced ‘real-tour’ not ‘real-a-tor’. anyway, here’s the list via the chicago tribune.
Bruschetta (broo-SKEH-tah)
Gnocchi (NYOH-kee)
Gyro (YEER-oh)
Huitlacoche (wheet-lah-KOH-chay)
Pouilly-Fuisse (poo-yee fwee-SAY)
Mole (MOH-lay)
Paczki (POONCH-key)
Pho (fuh)
Prosciutto (proh-SHOO-toe)
Sake (SAH-kay)
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there’s always youtube
tlc, the home to such riveting and exciting programming as “say yes to the dress“, “jon and kate plus 8” and “little people, big world” has decided to pass on re-upping their deal to broadcast the miss america pageant. even after the best showing ever in january on cable, tlc would not re-engage and declined [...]
