Last night while watching the election results roll in on CNN, it dawned on me. It might've been the Excedrin talking, it could've been all those episodes of Celebrity Rehab I've been watching, but seriously, Anderson Cooper looks and acts LOT like Dr. Drew from Celeb Rehab. Let's look at… Read full post »

Bed Bath & Beyond sure is fond of mailing out 20% off coupons. About once every other week a new one shows up, identical except for the expiration date. Here is a haiku I wrote to describe the process:

Bed Bath & Beyond

A coupon in my mailbox

Faded… Read full post »

Today seems like a great day to bust out the big guns: the most terrific, cutest pet photo I have (familiar to the NY office as my desktop background). That is why you see before you a pic of my cat, Bugaboo (no, not named for the stroller, the Columbia parka…

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Back in the heady days of the early 2000's, Miss Cleo, a psychic with a heavy Jamaican accent, starred in some fantastic television commercials and infomercials. Who among us can deny being at least a little tempted to phone Miss Cleo after hearing her implore us to call now for a… Read full post »

For me, the best Oscars '08 moment came on the red carpet, when Ryan Seacrest began interviewing Laura Linney and Jennifer Garner. Suddenly, Gary Busey showed up out of nowhere and started talking/ranting at Seacrest. Although off-screen, I reckon that some security guards held him back in order for… Read full post »

Salon's new spam blocking system is doing a fantastic job. Like a high-end reverse osmosis filter, it keeps the detritus that is spam from contaminating a crystalline sea of actual emails. Sadly, though, the spam blocker has largely put to an end my pet project of compiling humorous spam email headli… Read full post »

Have you ever noticed that some corporate logos are just so...pretty? The logos that you wish didn't represent a corporate entity so you could use them for other purposes, like framed artwork or t-shirts, without having others assume that you've sold out to The Man? OK, I'm probably the… Read full post »

Due to the fantastic success of the fishing magazine Bassin', perhaps Salon should consider launching a rival publication:

Note the use of the apostrope for comedic effect.

So my mission to find a teaberry milkshake over the weekend took me to Carbon County, PA, an appropriate place to locate a beverage which was probably more popular many years ago. A working class industrial and manufacturing town, Lehighton (the county's largest town) nowadays exhibits many… Read full post »

Getting a vanity license plate must be somewhat akin to getting a tattoo. The fact of the matter is that I admire those with the decisiveness to go through with it, but am too noncommittal to do it myself. My all-time fave has to be the WTF-BRB plate I saw on… Read full post »

In true George Washington style, this weekend I shall be crossing the Delaware. On the other side, I'm going to try to track down a teaberry milkshake, a superior (though hard to come by) beverage that tastes like mint.

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Has anyone out there tried the Kinoki detoxifying foot pads that are always being advertised on TV? Here's the link if you want to see the commerical: https://www.buykinoki.com/?cid=398358 The idea of a foot pad removing parasites while I sleep sure sounds appealing (and I'm willing to belie… Read full post »

Check out this video of some very dignified-looking Finnish Spitzes in their natural habitat: the show ring!

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While I am sad to report the untimely death of my desktop cactus,  my desktop ginger root is coming along splendidly. A relic of last year's Summer Cocktail Recipe Contest, the unused portion of ginger root began to sprout when not disposed of properly (translation: not put into the NY Office…

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Hi all,

   FYI, here are some interesting stats regarding Salon's readership taken from Nielsen's @plan service (remember, kids, always cite your sources!):

1) Salon is ranked #1 of all Web sites for readers who work at a non-profit organization.

2) Salon is also ranked #1 of all sites for readers who… Read full post »

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