07/14/09
Alton Brown, star of the Food Network’s Good Eats, recently completed taping of an episode in which he takes 27 days to make a pan of brownies.
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07/10/09
There’s a scene in “Away We Go” that opens to a softly-lit, wide-angle view of John Krasinski (Burt) and Maya Rudolph (Verona) standing, feet unmoving, on an airport walkway. As everyone around them in the airport hustles and bustles through the terminal, the pair stands still and lets the walkway slowly carry them through the [...]
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07/09/09
I do not understand this series of Microsoft ads that are supposed to make me want to buy a PC. I’m sure you’ve all seen them, but if you haven’t, they all follow a basic formula: Someone wants to buy a computer and they have a limited budget. So they first go to the Apple [...]
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05/06/09
H/T to Desipio for this one, but I greatly enjoyed this error from the Daily Herald today. The copy has been fixed, but I caught a screengrab from the time it was up (click for larger version).
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04/30/09
Someone managed to swipe the cable box from my apartment’s workout complex, so when I go to work out, the only channel the TV can get is CBS. From careful monitoring of the network during prime-time hours, I have concluded that this is the extent of CBS programming.
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04/27/09
I love the NFL Draft. I love the absolute ridiculous optimism that comes attached to every draft pick, simply because we haven’t had the opportunity to watch them suck yet as professional football players. As fans, we have the amazing ability to read scouting reports of these players, drool over their alleged strengths and ignore [...]
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04/26/09
Meryl loves Meryl Oh yes, dear, watch how I act! Oscar noms for me
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04/23/09
This is a story that has been slowly getting a little bit more buzz in the last 2-3 years, though still probably not the amount that it justifies: Why having the top pick in the NFL Draft, or even a pick in the top 10, can be a curse because of the incredible contracts they [...]
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04/15/09
Predictable plot Will Smith makes scrunchy faces Death by jellyfish
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04/09/09
Ones I’ve seen in the past few days: “I’m one of the many addicted to caffeine; my body can’t get by without its own personal stimulus package each morning.” “Cutler will provide a much-needed boost to a Bears offense that was in need of a bailout last season.” There are many more offenders. Please stop.
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