Archive for May, 2009

Bad Dates In New York Are Better Than Bad Dates in Los Angeles

Dating in Los Angeles is miserable, not so much because of the rarity of a really good date, but because there’s nothing good about the bad dates. In New York an extremely bad date can be arguably just as good as a pretty good date. In New York, a great date is the best, but [...]

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Soccer Bars in Los Angeles

Seems like there isn’t a definitive guide on where to watch European soccer in L.A. There are plenty of pubs that will have the game on, but won’t have many fans or the sound on (Busby’s for example). But here is a starter guide for pubs that get some smart soccer fans and put the [...]

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Why Tommy Smyth is the Best Commentator On TV

I love whenever there’s a big soccer match on ESPN, because the network busts out my favorite commentator and lets him talk on a nonstop firing spree for ninety minutes before they lock him away until next year. I believe that ESPN keeps Tommy Smyth – “That’s Tommy Smyth with a ‘Y’” – in a [...]

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The "Which New Fall TV Show Will Be Canceled First" Betting Pool

All the networks have announced their new Fall schedules. You can find the respective previews for all the shows for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and the CW networks. The analysis on these pickups usually come in September, but why not start laying the morning lines on which ones will be canceled first. So if you’re [...]

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We Should Convert Closed Terrorist Detainee Camps Into Theme Parks

There’s a lot of controversy going on about whether Guantanamo should be closed. But it seems to me that with wide-open spaces in warm-weather locations completely fenced off and vacated we’re missing the perfect opportunity to convert them into amusement parks. Not only regular Six Flags amusement parks, but terrorist detainee-themed amusement parks. Let’s just [...]

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Bad Memory is Like When Google Maps Doesn't Have the Image If You Zoom In Too Far

I don’t want to say I’m getting old or even older because people in their twenties don’t really have any reason to gripe about anything. But does anyone else have those little moments where a name of a person or movie or album that you’re trying to recall just isn’t there? It is sort of [...]

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Why Can't Your Taste in Art Suck?

I wish that art, like fine arts, painting and sculpturing and other stuff that means you probably have a regular day job, could be just as subjective as all the other forms of art. I think it should no longer be accepted that art is whatever you want it to be. Instead, I want people [...]

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Where Does the Ankle-Length Denim Skirt Rank Amongst Bad Jewish Fashion?

I think the ankle-length denim skirt has to be the worst fashion-religious compromise in the rich tradition of bad Jewish religious fashion. It’s not like the girls are going all-out Jewish, with the shaved head, wig, black skirt and Orthodox husband by her side. But it’s not the reformed, slutty Jewish girl that we all [...]

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Evolutionary Theory as to Why Women Are Better Than Men at Identifying Beauty in Their Own Sex

Does anyone know if there’s a theory that explains an evolutionary reasoning as to why women can identify if other women are attractive, while men struggle at determining if other men are good looking? I remember someone telling me about a survey conducted where eight women and eight men were put in a room together [...]

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Rejected "This is SportsCenter" Advertisement

INT. HOSPITAL DELIVERY ROOM – DAY Doctors and nurses are in a frantic rush to try to successfully deliver a kind of baby they’ve never seen before. The heart-rate monitor BEEPS rapidly. People are running around in commotion. Bloodied medical equipment is being passed around with fervor. DOCTOR She needs a Cesarean. There’s no other [...]

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