Seeking to counter the the New Yorker‘s amazing, million-mile-long incrimination of the organization, the Church of Scientology has started running this two-minute commercial during The Today Show. Even when they’re trying really hard to not look crazy, they look crazy. Enjoy! Thanks for the heads-up, Jezebel.
David Schmader
Posted inOh, You Kids!
Yes, Yes, Ya’ll! It’s the Cutie-Patootie Rap!
If you’re anything like me, you’ll watch this at least six times a week for the rest of your life.
Posted inMedia
The Briny Kiss of Death
Recently I’ve been confronted by a wave of “health reports” decrying America’s dangerously excessive salt intake. (Long story short: Salt’s already in everything and then we add it to everything and our HEARTS EXPLODE.) These reports were often linked to other health reports supplying tips for how to reduce one’s salt intake. I enjoy not […]
Posted inFashion
For Your Valentine’s Day Consideration
Panty Roses, in which a pair of panties is rolled in a way that approximates a rose. Available at your finer gas station convenience stores.
Posted inMusic
Remembering Karen
A sad anniversary: On this day in 1983, a 32-year-old Karen Carpenter died of cardiac arrest due to “imbalances caused by anorexia nervosa.” Here she is in action in 1971.
Posted inGossip
“Lindsay Lohan Quizzed About Missing Necklace”
I’d grouse about the headline’s choice of verb* if the story weren’t so sad: The actress is at the center of a police investigation over a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry, which was allegedly stolen from Kamofie & Company in Venice, Calif. Store surveillance footage from January 22 reportedly shows Lohan trying on the chain, worth […]
Posted inBooks
Take That, Gertrude Stein!
Rejection hurts. Being rejected in a style mocking your own style of writing? Treasure! Thank you, WOW Report and Letters of Note.
Posted inBooks
Geri Jewell Continues to Rule
Fans of The Facts of Life will forever remember Geri Jewell as Cousin Gerri, Blaire’s standup comedienne cousin with cerebral palsy, and history will remember Jewell as the first person with a disability to be featured in a recurring role on prime-time television. Now Jewell’s distinguishing herself further with a memoir that addresses (among many […]
Posted inMedia
Arkansas Grocery Store Deploys “Family Shield”…
…to protect “young shoppers” from the US Weekly cover showing Elton John and David Furnish holding their new baby. Here is the unshielded cover, which attentive viewers will note looks like a slightly less gay version of this. Thanks for the heads-up, Towleroad, which reminds us that the Arkansas law banning gays from adopting or […]
Posted inEthics
Internet Superstar May Sue Those Who Made Her a Star
Last week, all humanity thrilled to the footage caught on a mall security camera of a walking-and-texting woman falling into a fountain. This week, the once-anonymous woman is doing an airing-of-grievances media blitz, complete with threats of legal action against those who made her hilarious klutziness an internet sensation. Here’s falling mall lady’s appearance on […]
Posted inMedia
Now Playing on a Billboard….in Tucson
Thank you, Reddit and Copyranter (the latter of which has personal knowledge of the Tucson billboard).
Posted inTech
Today in Things I Didn’t Even Know to Wish For: 3-D Animated Chick Tracts!
Wow. Hearing Chick-words as spoken dialogue is a treat. (And that Jesus-loving “sissy” is a Tom of Finland character.)