HAPPY NATIONAL CANDIED ORANGE PEEL DAY!
Why am I celebrating orange peels that have been boiled, sliced, and sugared? It’s not like I particularly enjoy the cookies and fruitcakes that they frequent.
Nope. I just like the photo.
Sweet!
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Tagged candy, cookies, cooking, food, Foods, fruitcake, Holiday, holidays, Humor, life, National Candied Orange Peel Day, orange peel, photography
Can you see me?
Me either.
A few weeks ago, I was an extra in this White Castle commercial. I know I was. I was there. And I saw the ad for the first time during tonight’s episode of Community.
I recognize the locations, that red convertible, the principal actors. I saw my scenes.
But I’m not there.
It was those poppin’ White Castle heads. They reduced me to a blurry smudge.
What a coincidence — that’s how I feel when I eat White Castles.
Truth in advertising — who’d have thunk it?!
Posted in Advertising, Entertainment, Food, Foods, Humor, Life, Restaurants, Television, TV
Tagged advertising, background, commercial, Community tv show, entertainment, episode, extra, food, Foods, Humor, life, red convertible, restaurants, sliders, Television, TV, White Castle
While catching up on my late night programming this morning, I saw that actor Chris Evans – the guy in the Star Trek remake — was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
I could watch that.
But when I did, it wasn’t Captain Kirk at all. It was Captain America from the new Avengers movie.
I had my superheroes — and my Chrises — all mixed up.
Chris Evans
Chris Pine
In my defense, the two do look a lot a like. They’re even the same age (well, Chris Pine is one year older). And they’ve both been seen on the big screen in a series of lighthearted romantic comedies before they buffed up for their bigger-than-life, save-the-planet roles.
Chris Evans was in The Nanny Diaries with his current Avengers co-star Scarlett Johansson (shown at left), and in What’s Your Number? with funny lady Anna Faris.
In his early days, Chris Pine romanced Anne Hathaway in Princess Diaries 2 and Lindsay Lohan in Just My Luck.
There’s a title for ya.
But seriously — would you have known the difference if I hadn’t given you a primer? I mean, would you? Really?
(Say no. I need reassurance that my synapses are firing correctly.)
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Movies, Television, TV
Tagged Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Captain America, Captain Kirk, celebrities, chris evans, chris pine, commentary, DVR, entertainment, Humor, Just My Luck, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, life, Lindsay Lohan, Movies, Princess Diaries 2, romantic comdies, save the planet, Scarlett Johansson, Star Trek, superheroes, Television, The Avengers, The Nanny Diaries, TV, What's Your Number?
HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY, LOUISIANA!
I don’t normally get that excited about other states’ bicentennial celebrations.
But New Orleans did all Kentuckians a kindness this year. They hosted the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship — an event that I’m not sure if I have mentioned here…
UK won.
So, forever more New Orleans — and indeed the entire state of Louisiana — will have a warm spot in my memory and in my heart.
Enjoy your big day, Pelican State. You sure helped all us Wildcats enjoy ours.
Posted in Basketball, College, History, Humor, Life, March Madness, Sports, Travel
Tagged 200th birthday, basketball, bicentennial, college, history, Humor, Kentucky, life, Louisiana, March Madness, NCAA men's basketball tournament, New Orleans, Pelican State, Sports, Travel, UK Wildcats
I am self-employed. I’m my own boss.
So do I complain to me that my company doesn’t offer outrageous perks to keep me on the payroll?
Even in these tough times, employers are getting more and more creative in the perks they offer to attract — and keep — top talent.
Remember when we used to get excited about free soda in the break room? Child’s play.
Take a look at some of the fun stuff that CNN & Forbes report is out there now:
Wow.
Well…there’s always Diet Snapple in my frig!
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Is there such a thing as a perfect face?
Scientists in Britain say yes.
Meet Florence Colgate.
She won Lorraine Cosmetics ‘most beautiful woman in Britain’ contest, and researchers say it’s because her face is almost perfectly symmetrical. Using The Golden Ratio*, researchers determined the 18-year-old girl’s face has the strongest chance of attracting the most people.
Guess she didn’t need cosmetics after all.
Wondering if your mug is symmetrical? SymFace allows you to upload a photo and calculate your own ratios.
* The Golden Ratio is roughly 1.6, which means a beautiful person’s face is about 1 1/2 times longer than it is wide.
Posted in Beauty, Commentary, Health, Humor, Life
Tagged asymmetry, beauty, Britain, commentary, face, Florence Colgate, Humor, life, Lorraine Cosmetics, most beautiful woman in Britain contest, perfect face, research, science, Symmeter, symmetry, The Golden Ratio
I finished reading a great book today on the plane — a non-fiction, history book even.
I know, right?
“To Marry an English Lord” is the book that inspired Julian Fellowes to create the award-winning series Downton Abbey on PBS.
It tells the true story of the more than 100 American heiresses who traded money for marriage – and a nifty title in Britain — around the turn of the century.
Sound just like Lady Grantham, doesn’t it?
The real life stories, as told by Gail MacColl and Carol Wallace, are no less entertaining and compelling. Perhaps that’s why it doesn’t feel one bit like a high school history class.
I was even inspired to order The Glitter and the Gold, a first-hand account of American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the ninth Duke of Marlborough in 1895. It’s considered to be one of the best accounts of the ‘aristocratic life.’
Sign me up.
Posted in Books, Commentary, Entertainment, History, Humor, Life, Television, TV
Tagged American heiresses, books, Britain, Carol Wallace, commentary, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Downton Abbey, Duke of Marlborough, entertainment, Gail MacColl, history, Humor, Julian Fellowes, Lady Grantham, life, marry for money, noble title, non-fiction, PBS, Television, The Glitter and the Gold, To Marry an English Lord, turn-of-the-century, TV
Over the weekend, students at MIT hacked the Green Building on campus and made it play Tetris.
It’s not the first time a college building’s lights have been hijacked. Students at Brown University and Delft University in the Netherlands pulled off similar stunts years earlier.
But it’s still pretty darn fun.
And I think New York City should consider itself challenged — not the colleges per se, but all the wonderfully tall buildings that occupy downtown and bring in millions of tourists each year.
Sure, we have dancing snowflakes on the side of the Sax Fifth Avenue Building each Christmas, but I’m talking bigger. Taller. Faster.
I’m looking at you, Empire State Building.
We know you can vary the lights at the very tip-top to reflect the seasons. How about using the lights on the side of the building to create the biggest video game in the world?
If you don’t do it, I’ll bet there’s a hacker out there who will.
Game on.
Posted in College, Commentary, Design, Education, Entertainment, Games, Humor, Internet, Life, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged biggest video game in the world, Brown University, building lights hijacked, college, commentary, computer hacker, dancing snowflakes on side of building, Delft University, design, education, Empire State Building, entertainment, game on, games, Humor, Internet, life, Manhattan, MIT, MIT campus, Netherlands, New York City, Sax Fifth Avenue, technology, tetris, Travel
Dear Time Warner Cable: Two is not enough.
(As in the number of HD shows I can record concurrently per DVR.)
I have always been aware of this restriction. But there will come a night — like tonight, Sunday night — when I have three shows in one given time slot that I want to watch and/or record.
And I’m forced to make Sophie’s Choice.
Yes, I know some or all of these programs may be available online. But call me old-fashioned — I like watching my favorite shows on my big ol’ LCD TV.
Not on my laptop or iPad. Unless forced.
And this ‘two program limit per DVR’ is forcing me to not watch television in the comfort of my own living room.
Harumph.
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Tagged Business, commentary, DVR, DVR box, entertainment, HD TV, Humor, Internet, iPad, laptop, LCD TV, life, philosophy, technology, Television, television online, Time Warner Cable, two program recording limit on DVR
Hidden gems
Fast food restaurants have been keeping secrets. Not posting their full menus. Holding out.
But they can’t hide from CNN.
CNN busted them. Shone a light. Spread the word. And now we can order some truly spectacular food items that still aren’t on the menu.
Won’t stop me.
McDonald’s, Burger King and In-N-Out have ‘em…if you just ask. And why wouldn’t you?
It’s sweet genius.
Or how about a big ol’ order of frings? That’s half onion rings, half french fries, served in the same order. Why choose if you don’t have to? And isn’t frings way more fun to say?
Don’t answer. We know it’s true.
Add a side of Sticky Eggs and you’ve got yourself a meal!
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