Here’s a cute clip that’s been going around the Interwebs lately. What I love about it is how Sesame Street defines marriage as two people who hug and kiss, live together, love each other and are best friends. [Insert Bert and Ernie joke here. Ha!] Does that scare you, NOM? The Sesame Street definition is simple, and probably the best one I’ve ever heard. We are never too old to learn lessons from Sesame Street. Thank you, Jesse and Grover! (PS- How adorable is Jesse?!)
[Posted by Kathleen]
America’s obsession with the Gosselins is getting ridiculous. Today, one of the top Googled searches is for Kate Gosselin in a bikini and these pictures are flying around the Interwebs like craaaaaaaaazy. Normally, I’d be a little weirded out by that kind of Google search (because it’s usually done by pervy dudes who live in their parents’ basement). But this one, I kind of get. I mean, the lady has had eight kids. Sick curiousity makes you want to look. By the way, TMZ calls her haircut the reverse mullet. Agreed. I HATE IT.
Here is what she looked like preggo and before she became a teevee MOMster:
So here is what she looks like, five years later, in a bikini:
Ah the wonders of a tummy tuck and a personal trainer. I’ll admit it, she is a pretty sassy mama of eight. Minus the HIDEOUS hair and attitude. Kate Gosselin, I give you the obligatory RAWR.
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under babies, blogging, celebrities, family, news, pop culture, random, thoughts, TV, weird
Here are two psych-ish articles you can think about today, both from the NYT:
Share your thoughts in the comments!
[Posted by Mallory]
The informercial madness continues.
WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT USING A REGULAR TOWEL?!
Honestly, people. How come everything needs to have arm holes now? Our blankets, our towels. What’s next? Are we honestly that lazy?
And what would you say to someone if you saw them wearing a towel as a dress/toga in public?
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, definitely not politics, fashion, humor, pop culture, random, thoughts, TV, Uncategorized, weird, YouTube
Alright, I know. It’s “old news” (old being about two days), but I still wanted to weigh in.
In case you haven’t heard, my boy Barack named Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. First things first, how do you say her name? Mallory tackled that one! Click here. And now, my thoughts.
I’ve had a few days to digest this now, and I must admit, I’m a little let down. I see the pragmatism, but I don’t see the promise of change. I was really hoping for a strong logical and liberal voice on the court, and it seems that we are getting a left-leaner. So the court remains 5-4, but barely leaning left.
Her record on choice is thin, and while I’m sure she will uphold Roe v. Wade, I’d like to see someone on the court who has demonstrated more conviction in her career. Sure, she saved baseball, but what about our reproductive rights? Hopefully she bats lefty. (GET IT?! HA!)
GOP hip hop gangsta Michael Steele had this to say about her (from CNN’s Political Ticker):
Indeed, Steele was mild in his initial jabs, calling Sotomayor an “interesting pick” with “overwhelming political overtones to it.”
Funny, Michael Steele. That’s what most people would say about you! SNAP! But quite bluntly, B played it safe with this one. The GOP is searching for something to hold on to that justifies them not voting for confirmation, and the fact that nobody really knows anything about her is making their task more difficult.
From what I’ve read, Sonia Sotomayor is one heck of smart lady. She has an inspirational story of success (the projects in the Bronx to a SCOTUS nomination) and has an excellent reputation as a judge. She was first appointed to Federal District Court in New York by George H.W. Bush and the Court of Appeals by Bill Clinton, so she’s had bipartisan support in the past. Not too shabby. And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention she’d be the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice! And just the third woman to ever sit on the bench.
I have no doubt in my mind that she will be a great judge, I was just hoping for a little more, I suppose. I wanted him to make a statement. Perhaps that’s for next time. I trust you, B!
[Posted by Kathleen]
Hello, SWTCTW readers! Here is Chris’ weekly SYTYCD update!
Mallory brought up an interesting point – which is that some people may not be familiar with the summertime awesomeness that is SYTYCD. I’m not really sure how this could be the case and I’m too frightened to explore the deep dark world in which this scenario could be possible. So, taking her hypothetical point to heart, I’ve prepared a quick tutorial based on the dancing kid video she posted last week.
During the first weeks of the show, we are entertained with audition footage from various locations around the country. (Please resist any obvious comparisons here to American Idol.) If they were to audition for the show, Mallory’s dancing kids – we will call them Suzy and Steve because Mallory once told me how much she likes those names – would have stood in line at one of the audition spots, awaiting their big break. I think it is clear to all of us that Steve is really the shining star of the pair. Suzy is cut, her SYTYCD career is over. Now for Steve. He has got good musicality, but does he have what it takes to compete? Steve gets put in the choreography group to see if he can learn and perfect a routine with other dancers. He’s good, but I doubt we will be seeing him in Vegas. There’s not much for a 5-year old to do there anyway. That’s basically how the selection process works.
The four hours of SYTYCD we got this week marked the end of this audition process. Tyce Diorio is one of the judges for one of these auditions. Tyce is normally a choreographer for the show, and we saw this week that he is apparently a bitchy queen. You may think this is harsh, so to back myself up, cue bitchy queen montage (at exactly 30 seconds):
But enough about Tyce. One kid in the Los Angeles auditions named Nathan was probably one of the most impressive male auditions of the season. The problem: he is 17 and you have to be 18 to participate. The judges were so taken by his performance they gave him a ticket to Vegas for next season when he is eligible. Nathan was followed by a Stacy who literally danced like she had stuck her finger in an electrical socket. No ticket for Stacy. She should call Suzy to commiserate.
I will leave you all for this week with Sex. No, this isn’t a joke. And he was back this season as well… in a dance-off.
I realize there are no clips of good dancing in tonight’s post. Fret not, readers. We have an entire summer of SYTYCD watching together.
[Posted by Chris, via Kathleen]
If everything goes according to plan, we’re going to have a weekly guest blogger give us a delightfully snarky recap of the night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Meet Chris. He’s alright, I guess. Chris’ interests include interpretive dance, paleontology, a nice boxed wine (red, of course), lounging by his soon-to-be-open pool in his surfer dude shorts and Six Words to Change the World. What an introduction. Anyway, Chris we’ll be keeping us posted on So You Think You Can Dance season 5. And now, his inaugural post:
We’ve all been waiting for summer. Not for the warm weather. Not for the scantily-clad folks we see around town. Not because our apartment complex pool has opened. But because it marks the return of So You Think You Can Dance.
Hello SWTCTW! It’s Chris, your SYTYCD GB (guest blogger). That’s right. For the next however many weeks, I will be joining you on Thursday nights as your SYTYCD watch-party-guest-blogger-buddy, or SYTYCD WPBGB, as we say in the blogging biz.
I’m here for one reason – SYTYCD brings people together. Young and old, and even old and young. Minus Mary’s crazy screaming (there’s really no excuse for that nonsense), SYTYCD puts on TV the talent that we all think we possess at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday nights at the clubs (and P.S. I’ve seen the facebook pictures; we don’t really possess the talent).
I personally can’t wait for the episodes with the real dancing to start. Though I was a little offended by last night’s episode. Some of the moves they made fun of last night, I have spent weeks perfecting at the local bar…
And now, some clips from last season:
[Posted by Chris, via Kathleen]
Let me preface this by saying this was passed on to me by one of the manliest men I know. RAWR! Okay, now we can begin.
Meat lovers, rejoice! Now you can integrate your carnivorous ways into the business world. How, you ask? BUSINESS CARDS MADE OUT OF BEEF JERKY.
I’m not making that up.
Here is a picture from their Web site, www.meatcards.com:
Hilarious and brilliant! Here’s more from the Web site:
Screw die-cutting. Forget about foil, popups, or UV spot lamination. THESE business cards have two ingredients:
MEAT AND LASERS.Unlike other business cards, MEAT CARDS will retain value after the econopocalypse. Hoard and barter your calorie-rich, life-sustaining cards.
MEAT CARDS do not fit in a Rolodex, because their deliciousness CANNOT BE CONTAINED in a Rolodex.
Now if only they could make business cards out of bacon…
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, definitely not politics, food, humor, news, pop culture, random, thoughts, weird
Just stumbled across this quote on the blog of a pretty freaking hilarious and wacky 13-year-old (no, really, check her out), and I liked it, so now you get to read it:
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.” [Neil Gaiman]
Apparently it’s in a comic book series called The Sandman, and though it seems like a pretty unusual quote to come from a comic book, and though the cover of said comic book is a leetle terrifying, I’m intrigued.
[Posted by Mallory]
The geniuses at T-Mobile must be staring into my soul. They must know me, because I am obsessed with their viral video campaign and have dreamed each one of these scenarios. First, I posted the “Hey Jude” video, where thousands of people were singing together. Now, this one, with people dancing in a train station. Why doesn’t this happen where I live?!
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under adventures, crushes, dance, pop culture, random, thoughts, weird, YouTube
six words to change the world. 