Archive for July, 2009

Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

This. Is. Fantastic.

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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Les Lye, from You Can’t Do That On Television, has died at the age of 84. I loved this show growing up and actually wrote a fan letter to Les when I was a kid. Do you think there’s green slime in heaven?

Here’s a mention from New York magazine, followed by a clip of Les in all his Barthy glory.

The kid is not his son.

Monday, July 20th, 2009

He lives! As evidenced by yesterday’s performance in Rittenhouse Square. 

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From the makers of 6 Hour Power comes…

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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From your dedicated Starbucks baristas (and friends!).

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

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Brought to you by the letter P.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

My latest column is published (for your convenience) on two dandy websites.

First off, check out The Nervous Breakdown. While you’re there, enjoying my tale of Chloe’s (formerly the Wonder Shih Tzu; now Shih Tzu Badass) peeing woes, be sure to check out some of the other published writers. Lots of good stuff here.

Writer N.L. Belardes (you can also find him on TheNervousBreakdown.com) also posted this pee saga on facenews.org, an independent news source.

Thanks for reading.

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Awkward Interaction of the Week (so far).

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Setting: Check-out lane at Target.

CASHIER (to me): Hi!
ME: Hey.
CASHIER: Well…it’s not Friday yet! (laughs)

Toonces Schmoonces.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Driving cats are soooo last millennium. Check out Chloe the Wonder Shih Tzu behind the wheel.

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WARNING: Chloe is a trained Shih Tzu. Do not attempt to recreate these photos in your own car with your own Shih Tzu. Doing so might result in bodily harm, emotional scarring, and one helluva nasty letter from your local animal rights activist group.

The Malkoff Has Landed.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Mark Malkoff has been living on an AirTran plane for the past 30 days. Now he’s back on land and has a Guiness world record to his name (135 flights in 30 days).

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Check out markonairtran.com to read some of Mark’s recent Twitter posts about his experience.