I'm halfway through the America's Next Top Model finale and they just kicked Renee in favor of Natasha, who looks in person like an unmade bed and speaks like a dying bird. I think Renee's a bitch, but she's also gorgeous and talented. They kept the two girls who destroy the english language and have disproportionate bodies ( Read more... )

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I have two new tiny friends! I bought them out of a tank at a flea market in Alamo, so in honor of the mostly hispanic clientele at the flea market, their names are Alejandro and Miguel.

Miguel is the littler, darker-colored one, for no real reason.

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Is Apple's new one-iTunes-updated-version-per-week policy annoying anyone else a little?

Also: I swear to god, I would have gone with this lede, too. Or at least, written it, then erased it.

Okay, so I missed the "Project Runway" finale and until I can download the missed episodes, I'm looking at the 'looks' on the bravo site. What I see confirms that Jeffrey is the only one who wasn't smoking a whole lot of crack. His stuff is pretty, if not always totally inspired, while everyone else looks like they pulled their models out of the ( Read more... )

The Shout detergent commercial currently on the air reaches a new level of derangement. That is, it's surprisingly non-self-aware for a commercial ostensibly relying on kitsch and irony to sell its product. In it, a husband reminds his wife that the last time she used a competitor's product, she flew into a psychotic rage at the surviving greasy ( Read more... )

International Talk Like A Pirate Day is Tuesday.

Yar. Ye've been warned.

Huh, look, David Krumholtz playing a guy who's not Jewish. Is that allowed?

It's cold here! Weird! I feel like I've stepped back into my life, but my life a few years ago. When I was really really into layering.

I officially hate whoever made the horrible decision to blanket television with "United 93" ads that claim "the day we met fear, we also found courage" or some other pablum. You make me want to slap cute fuzzy animals.

Satisfyingly (I always have to pick a favorite when there are lookalikes in the entertainment world), there is almost nothing n the trailer for the new NBC show "30 Rock" that indicates that it will be in any way funny.

In other news, you can now netflix the "Studio 30" pilot. Cool.