I don't really get (or care about) the video gamer connection here, but blackberry lime Slurpees sound pretty darn good. I wonder if Sonic has blackberry limeade?
The Impulsive Buy also reviews another weird beverage: Butterscotch Krimpet Cupo'ccino. I used to work with a woman from Philly, and she brought Tastykakes in to work from time to time. It was the first time I'd even heard of them.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
Still not so Smart
Pamela Smart has been in jail almost half her life, 20 years.
But her husband, Gregg, has been dead that whole time, and whatever she says, I've read so much about the case it seems pretty clear he'd be alive if not for her.
This version of the story has a recent photo of Smart. Whoa. A long way away from this bikini shot that she reportedly gave her husband's murderer, Billy Flynn, who must serve at least another six years. That last story has a photo of Flynn at 33, looking like an insurance agent. A long way from the 15-year-old kid who was hot for the school aide.
But her husband, Gregg, has been dead that whole time, and whatever she says, I've read so much about the case it seems pretty clear he'd be alive if not for her.
This version of the story has a recent photo of Smart. Whoa. A long way away from this bikini shot that she reportedly gave her husband's murderer, Billy Flynn, who must serve at least another six years. That last story has a photo of Flynn at 33, looking like an insurance agent. A long way from the 15-year-old kid who was hot for the school aide.
Good job, Costner
The Comics Curmudgeon always makes me laugh, but this day was especially firing on all cylinders.
Cookie monster!
I love Dorie Greenspan's cookbooks and her baking blog, and now she and her 30-year-old son are opening a cookie store, Cookie Bar. Sounds like for now it moves around from various spots in NYC, but will eventually have a brick-and-mortar store.
30 minutes or less
A new to me blog: Diary of a Pizza Girl. It details the life of a pizza delivery person who happens to be female -- rare in that industry. Fun read!
Catching up
Stop the presses! Heinz is revamping their ketchup packets. Actually, this is kind of interesting. The current packets are teeny and hard to open, and it just doesn't seem worth it when you have to use four of them.
The new ones hold four times as much ketchup and allow for dipping. So they're kind of like McDonald's sweet-and-sour and BBQ cups, then? Does not seem like it should have taken that long to copy those, but then I do not work in ketchup innovation.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Skeeter central
It's hard to overestimate what a part of growing up Minnesotan mosquitos are.
I was pleasantly shocked to find Seattle doesn't have this problem, and here is why.
Not sure I really care why, as long as it stays that way.
I was pleasantly shocked to find Seattle doesn't have this problem, and here is why.
Not sure I really care why, as long as it stays that way.
I never forgot that pegboard of disembodied Nazi arms
We're discussing our favorite horror movies of childhood over at GenXtinct.
Or I am, so far, I'm the only one to leave a comment, but it's a doozy. I'm remembering my creeptastic childhood trauma movie, "The Frozen Dead," where a Nazi scientist keeps frozen SS guys around decades after the war hoping he can thaw them out. When his niece or daughter or something brings a pal to visit, she gets her head cut off and kept alive. But nothing beats the pegboard of disembodied arms, which all get their satisfying revenge in the end.
Summary and pics here. Trailer below.
Or I am, so far, I'm the only one to leave a comment, but it's a doozy. I'm remembering my creeptastic childhood trauma movie, "The Frozen Dead," where a Nazi scientist keeps frozen SS guys around decades after the war hoping he can thaw them out. When his niece or daughter or something brings a pal to visit, she gets her head cut off and kept alive. But nothing beats the pegboard of disembodied arms, which all get their satisfying revenge in the end.
Summary and pics here. Trailer below.
Java jive
A Weblog devoted entirely to putting weird stuff in coffee. Peanut butter and jelly? Salmon cream cheese? BLUE CHEESE??
(Via Metafilter.)
(Via Metafilter.)
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Total effin' letdown
I kind of love this column about how disappointed, disillusioned and flat-out crabby Americans are these days.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Creepy!
The Island of the Dolls sounds like a horror movie, but I guess it's real: After a little girl drowned there, people put dolls everywhere on this Mexican island to honor her spirit, but it just makes it look uber-haunted.
(Via the inimitable Roger Ebert, king of Twitter.)
(Via the inimitable Roger Ebert, king of Twitter.)
Dude, he's RIGHT THERE
"After a referee made a call that went against Georgetown, an obscene chant was cut short after one student admonished another, “Dude, the president of the United States is right there.”
Ketchup, catsup, or catchup?
A bit about the spelling of our favorite condiment. Plus, it should really contain the word "tomato," as in "tomato ketchup," to separate it from other variations that I have never, ever in my life seen ... such as "mushroom ketchup."
(Via News From Me.)
Friday, January 29, 2010
X-rated Atari games
X-rated Atari games.
Wow, and I thought the creepy "Custer's Revenge" was the only one. Was I wrong. The art is so primitive it's really hard to even see what's going on in half of these. No, in ALL of these.
Wow, and I thought the creepy "Custer's Revenge" was the only one. Was I wrong. The art is so primitive it's really hard to even see what's going on in half of these. No, in ALL of these.
Family affair
Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat has a heartbreaking piece in the New Yorker about losing a family member in the earthquake. Don't miss it.
Tough times for journalists
More layoffs at my former employer, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Damn. Some familiar names in there, too.
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