Monthly Archives: July 2008
seacrest gets bit, takes advil, lives.
Ryan Seacrest was bit by a shark this weekend! Ha ha! The article is like three words long, so I think you won’t mind reading a good chunk of it: The “American Idol” host said he was “about eight feet out” … Continue reading
Filed under animals, celebrities, music, pop culture
even stevens? nah, shia’s fairly tipsy.
Shia LaBeouf made a teeny bit of an oopsie–as in, a DUI. Side note, but trying to spell his last name makes me feel as if I’m typing while drunk. It never looks right, and it rarely is. I always … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, crushes, news
thoughts on bourbon, blogging, and SAHMs.
Confession: I have a new girl crush/idol in the world of bloggy women. Her name is Heather B. Armstrong, and she is snarky and wonderful. On her blog, Dooce, she describes herself as a “Stay at Home Mom (SAHM) or … Continue reading
hippity hoppity happy birthday beatrix potter.
Birthday shout out to my girrrrrrl, Beatrix Potter! She would be a rocking 142 years old today. Besides having a really cool name, she wrote some of the best children’s literature out there. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, crushes, random
i love me some hemingways (plural).
A hearty SWTCTW congratulations to Floridian Tom Grizzard, who won this year’s prestigious Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West. It’s his eighth time competing. Eighth time’s the charm, buddy! He beat out 141 other Ernests for his prize, which … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, pop culture, random, the arts, Uncategorized
wonder if the olsens had trouble…
I’ve written before about how the college admissions process mystifies me. I also don’t often understand employment decisions, or acceptances into all sorts of programs (Teach For America, for instance). In each situation, someone has to make a decision based … Continue reading
when our work’s done for us.
Just as Mallory posted a headline due to its six word memoir quality, I am going to do the same. It is now officially a regular feature at SWTCTW. This one, brought to us by fellow masters of snark, Page … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, random, six word memoirs
here come the men in black.
So according to a former Apollo 14 (not 13) astronaut, aliens exist–they not only exist, they’ve visited us multiple times over the years, but our big, bad government has covered it up (a government conspiracy theory? Gasp! How revolutionary!). But … Continue reading
Filed under news, pop culture, random, Uncategorized, YouTube
youtube clip of today: last lecture.
Last year, Professor Randy Pausch gave his final lecture at Carnegie Mellon. Pausch, a computer science professor, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given just a month or so. He died on Friday. Here is the video of his … Continue reading
Filed under news, random, RIP, Uncategorized, YouTube
