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Entries from March 2008

Seen at The Counter in Santa Monica: “The Oh Face Guy from Office Space”

March 22nd, 2008 · 9 Comments

Headed out to The Counter in Santa Monica last night because they have the best veggie burgers eva.. while waiting in line I see this guy and his friend harassing people sitting at the (actual) counter asking if they’re getting up to leave. That guy of course, was THE OH FACE GUY FROM […]

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Tags: Vegetarian · Santa Monica · Restaurants

Do you Remember Hushpuppies?? Get’em at Mr. Cecil’s!

March 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

I have lived in LA for 13 years and have never been to Mr. Cecil’s until now. I actually worked in an office building just blocks away from the West LA location on Pico for 5 years and never gave it a second thought.

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Tags: Sherman Oaks · Restaurants

Hey Dad, thanks for the Fwd:

March 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

These emails filter through half the country’s administrative assistant’s inboxes before being sent to me from my Dad. If I have to look at these you do too.
Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. It also made me Laugh Out Loud.
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Tags: Uncategorized

GOD DAMN Armaan’s shoes are white!

March 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

What kind of toothpaste do you use to clean those K-Swiss sneakers?

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Tags: Uncategorized

A Rocky IV-ish Celebrity Apprentice finale?

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

“The arrogant Brit vs. the American Cowboy” - Really NBC? Your New York City based reality show is really going to reach that hard to catch middle America’s eyes in the Celebrity apprentice finale?

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Tags: TV · entertainment · Uncategorized

Holy sHIIT!

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

So our friend over at DrunkDrummer.com just dropped 22 pounds by doing crazy interval training and resistance training.  He found his workout here.  Now technically what the workout calls for as far as cardio is, not interval training as it doesn’t allow your body time to cool down to a much lower heart rate before […]

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Tags: health

Crazy cheap deal on a ThinkPad

March 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So I’m switching from Mac back to PC, why? Well because Macs aren’t this cheap:
Be aware: This promotion ends Friday, so act quick if you want one. I just picked up a Lenovo Thinkpad for $590 (with tax).

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Tags: Tech

Rainbow Bar and Grill, Sunset Strip, Hollywood

March 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So first on my list when coming to visit LA for the first time five years ago was The Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip. If you’ve seen the video for Guns N’ Roses’ November Rain you’ve seen the Rainbow Room. This place is my teenage dream come true. Let […]

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Tags: Hollywood · Restaurants · Italian

Dreamgirls - not just for homosexuals

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Recovering for Saturday’s gin-fueled St. Patrick’s day party, I watched Dreamgirls on HBO.  This movie was surprisingly pretty good, and my white guilt and heterosexuality didn’t ruin it for me at all.   Cheers to Dreamgirls!

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Tags: movies

X at SXSW

March 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Well that was awful.
How many hipsters showed up to that show expecting to gain some cred by being able to leave that club saying “Man X was mindblowing.”

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Tags: Austin · SXSW

New Beverly Hills 90210???!!!????!!??????

March 14th, 2008 · 29 Comments

WHAT! Are you fucking with me Hollywood? Don’t even try to tease me because I will drive down Sunset and bitch slap every one of you if this is an Ashton Kutcher-related hoax.
As some of you may know, I spent the second half of last year, DVR’ing and watching every single episode of Beverly Hills […]

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Tags: TV · entertainment

Cost Plus World Market on Santa Monica Boulevard

March 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

So I had to stop in Cost Plus World Market.  I grew up with a store called Cost Plus just down the road, and that’s where we’d go to get the cheap candy that we’d hide in our pockets or mom’s purse when going to the movie theater next door.   They also had other random […]

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Tags: Wine · West LA · Shopping

Vegans, Feel Like a Man Again!

March 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The Girl found this treasure at Santa Monica’s Co-Op on Broadway today. Right at the check-out, where Ralph’s lays the Milky-Ways out for Tyra fans, there was Stonewall’s Jerquee, the Tasty Vegetarian Snack!
This shiz is animal free, gluten free, AND trans fat free.

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Tags: vegan · Vegetarian · Santa Monica

Back in the saddle

March 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Business was done, and it was done in New York and then a train to Boston. I met up with my old friend Dunkin’ and thinks rolled okay.

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Tags: boston · New York

NY Snark

March 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Snark will return later this week, I’m in NY going to meetings and this place:

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Tags: New York