Month: February 2008
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Behold the Col-Pop, described as “the greatest fast food invention yet.” It’s a giant drink cup that actually has a well on top to hold your chicken nuggets. You know, I can actually see a practical application for this. At sporting events, this would RULE. So I don’t think it’s necessarily a BAD idea. But…
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A question for the “Cushion Woman” from the shop this afternoon: So, does the raging sense of entitlement come as a perk with the black metal AmEx card, or is it just something you cultivated yourself?
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Oh, sweet! Mason-Dixon are having a Teeny Project Runway contest. Hmm, I’ve already knitted shoes for the monkey. Maybe I could whip something else up for him and enter it?
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The King of Kong Continued. The Onion’s AV Club gets an interview with Billy Mitchell from the movie. Look, I get that the filmmakers had an obvious bias and that Mitchell was definitely set up to the bad guy… but seriously, every time the guy opens his mouth he sounds like a dickhead. That’s not…
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More rain for the next two months. What is this, Seattle? I really need to buy a decent umbrella.
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Pacey + JJ Adams (the guy who created Lost) = ZOMG, MUST SEE.
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I made my soup. It was pretty tasty! (I left the seaweed off the top, as I’m not – as of yet – a fan.)
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Happy Lunar New Year! “My girlfriend made 68 dumplings!”“In a row?” (Apologies to Kevin Smith for that one.) Okay, so everybody in Sydney’s going nuts over Chinese New Year, but you know what? It’s Korean Lunar New Year too! So instead of wishing you “Kung Hei Fat Choy,” I’m going to say “sae-hae-bok mah-ni bah-de-sei-yo”…
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I was just struggling in the front door with my groceries, hungry and hot and tired, when I heard faint strains of “Greensleeves” in the distance. ICE CREAM VAN!* I was out the door in a flash. I found him around the corner, surrounded by all the old people from the neighborhood. It was hilarious.…
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Matthew Baldwin (of Defective Yeti) often posts board game reviews, and today he posted a list of games he calls “Friendship-Enders”. I can’t believe he didn’t include Monopoly! I have played Monopoly with the Snook exactly once, and I never will again. Let’s just say SOME PEOPLE take it way, way too seriously. (“Don’t you…