A bear sliding down a hill on his backside?
Picture: Duncan Usher (Solent News, Bavaria Germany)
Nothing I can say tops that!
HAPPY LEAP DAY!
Thanks to last week’s episode of 30 Rock, February 29th has a whole new meaning to me.
It’s no longer just an extra day on the calendar every four years…or that day when, according to Irish folklore, women supposedly have ‘permission’ to ask men to marry them.
Lame.
No, Leap Day is right up there with Halloween, Easter and Valentine’s Day now, because it’s a holiday….
…all about CANDY!
Thank you, Leap Day Williams.
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TAKE COVER
Truly bizarre holidays are colliding!!
It’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent on the Christian calendar, so you’ll be hearing — and seeing — a lot about that today.
It’s also National Margarita Day. So those of you who are thinking about giving up liquor might want to pause and reconsider.
Actually, it’s International World Thinking Day, Be Humble Day, and Walk the Dog Day, too…
Might I suggest the following order of events?
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
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What’s your fantasy band name?
I confess, I’ve never given it much thought.
Until now.
In a current TV ad campaign, a teenage boy asks Siri to remember the band name “Migraine Headache.”
And the terminally-quick Craig Ferguson will label any funny-sounding phrase he utters as the name of his band or the movie he’s writing.
And now I find myself doing the same.
Funny headline on nytimes.com? Could be a band name. Someone posts a photo on Twitter or Facebook with an odd title? Band name. Someone misspeaks in everyday conversation? Band name!
My favorite from last night’s Twitter feed?
Mid-Winter Popsicle
Don’t steal that one. It’s mine.
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On this Presidents’ Day holiday, I find myself pondering a question of suitable gravity:
Why have I never played paintball?
It seems to be the activity of choice for couples in many romantic comedies.
I went to see This Means War, starring Reese Witherspoon, last night. One of the two CIA agents vying for her affections took her to play paintball. Of course she misfired a round and got him in his manly parts.
Oh, the sting of high comedy.
Matthew McConaughey also took Sarah Jessica Parker to play paintball in Failure to Launch. Lucky for Matthew, she hit one of his friends in the foot. And Heath Ledger took Julia Stiles paintballin’ way back in the day in the teen flick Ten Things I Hate About You.
No misfires there…except my admitting I saw it.
I can kind of see the appeal; target practice is fun. But those paintballs look like they really hurt on contact. And most people seem to be incredibly bad shots.
Hey — I just figured out why I don’t play paintball.
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I’m looking at world through frog’s eyes
Looking at the world through frog’s eyes
Looking at the world through frog’s eyes
And you can just hop off!
My apologies to Heywood Banks. And you can buy the frog hats, too.
(You know you want ‘em.)
There’s Team Edward and Team Jacob. But in the doll making game…
It’s Team William all the way.
Mattel has released a Barbie and Ken version of William and Kate to commemorate their upcoming one-year wedding anniversary.
As you can see, they have given William a full head of hair — something he doesn’t possess in real life — and strengthened his jawline. And although Kate looks a bit like every Barbie I’ve seen, she’s pretty and her gown is spot-on.
No doll marker would risk offending the royal family.
That clearly wasn’t a concern for the Mattel designer selected to create the dolls that recreate the wedding of Bella and Edward in Twilight Breaking Dawn.
I’m guessing he isn’t a fan of the saga. And Edward in particular.
His doll’s face is flat and fat, and his hair looks like an old lady’s wig. I know the white makeup isn’t flatteringly on anyone in the movies, but it eliminates all detail here.
In the words of my friend Tina…
Barf.
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Cheetos are my favorite salty snack. But a method of attack?
I hadn’t realized their potential.
A student at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana threw a bag of Cheetos at the assistant principal outside the library on Monday just before classes began.
When the administrator summoned the student to his office, the teenager refused, attacking him instead. “Cheetos went flying everywhere,” Superintendent Ed Eiler said.
The student was arrested by police and is suspended from school pending internal review.
Now, you can shake your head at several aspects of this story. The student’s lack of respect for authority. The fact that police had to get involved in school discipline. But all I can think is…
What a horrifying waste of Cheetos.
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you rock
Happy Valentine’s Day from The Sticky Egg!
Editor’s Note — If you’re not feeling it today, substitute heart of stone.
(It works both ways.)
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An eye for talent
I cast a major network sitcom.
Let me explain.
Earlier this year, Christina Applegate took to Twitter and asked her followers to suggest comedic actors for a project. Knowing most people would go with the obvious choices, I put forth a recent find:
Steven Pasquale
He took your typical made-for-TV romantic lead and turned it into something uniquely appealing. His timing was unique. I stuck with the mini-series — we’re talking four hours, people — because he made the expected and predictable extremely entertaining.
Christina later tweeted a thank you for our suggestions, saying she had received a couple of names that she didn’t recognize and planned to research.
And look who pops up on Up All Night??
It’s pretty gratifying, I admit. (Would be even more so with a finder’s fee.)
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