Project Runway: It’s All About Eve, Jujubee, and Calvin without Hobbes
We’re down to only 8 designers left on season 7 of Project Runway, and I’m feeling bold enough to make a prediction for the final 3. This was the first week where I could see a reason for them all being “Auffed”. Maybe not today, but someday. Even the top 3 were criticized. Poor Ben [...]
Lloyd Webber’s Cat Heralded as Hero
Now that Sir Andrew’s follow-up to Phantom, “Love Never Dies”, has previewed to critical jeers, it turns out Otto may have known what he was doing. Back in 2007, ALW’s little kitten named Otto “accidentally” deleted the entire score to the new musical. Andy had to rewrite the whole thing! And now that he did, [...]
MoTown Goes Green, Literally
It’s like someone pushed the rewind button on urban sprawl! In a bold move, Detroit city officials propose massive demolition of 20th century sprawl, and a return to the natural landscape it once was. Please, please, please, please let it be true. And I want the Burns brothers right on it, making one massive time-lapse [...]
Hey Rhode Island, You Got a Problem with Me?
Always a hold out, Little Rhody seems to be lagging behind the times with the likes of perpetual poor cousin Maine. D.C. recently legalized same sex marriage, joining 5 states in the union that have already passed it: Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. See the map. RI is the tiny red square completely [...]
Can Russia Rebound in Time for Sochi Olympics?
On the eve of hosting the Winter Olympics for the first time in history, once dominant figure skating powerhouse Russia saw ominous clouds forming over Vancouver as two longstanding winning streaks came to an end. Russian Skating Federation President Valentin Piseev was all but spitting blood at the decline in results. First off, can we [...]
Fast Food Inc Devours Healthy Historic Mediterranean Diet
Regionalism is in a death battle royal against globalization. In a bold move to save not only their culture, but their lives, four Southern European countries have asked UNESCO to designate their world famous diet as an endearing yet endangered part of their heritage, worthy of protection. The medical world has long promoted the diet [...]
Woman Crashes Car on Highway While Grooming her “Khao Poon”
Yes, you read that right. A woman, driving on a highway, while de-icing her cupcake, crashed into another car. Wait, it gets better. She wasn’t even steering. Her ex-husband was holding the wheel from the passenger seat. Wait, it gets better. She was trimming her tinkle zone because she was on her way to a [...]
Women are Asking to Have Healthy Breasts Removed
This one floored me! An increasing number of patients are not only asking for removal of the breast with cancer, but for the healthy breast as well. I remember the 70s when radical mastectomy was the norm and women were fighting the medical establishment to halt the practice. 40 years later, and the roles are [...]
Former Soviet Figure Skater Arrested for DUI in USA
It’s like a Hall of Fame of Olympic drinkers! Add 1 more to the growing list, as Sergei Ponomarenko joins fellow Olympic Gold Medalists Oksana Baiul, Viktor Petrenko and Alexei Yagudin on the drunk drivers rap sheet. This coming on the heels of young Russian skater Andrei Lutai’s arrest earlier this season for stealing a car [...]
Barbie Refuses to Become an Architect
She must be afraid she’ll only be laid-off! For the 2nd time in 8 years, Barbie was denied entry into the profession by her parents at Mattel. According to the doll makers: “the architectural profession was too complex for young girls to comprehend”. Huh. “I decide what houses look like.” Yeah, I guess that’s way [...]
