September 2009

Funniest Bench in the History of the World

 

The #1 FUNNIEST BENCH in the WORLD. Came across this in Bucktown, Chicago. The best, best, best part is that the slogan is, Because when you do one thing, you do it right.





The poorly-conceived ad is

The poorly-conceived ad is just further proof that when you only do one thing, you do it right.



Matt Goss at Palms: A Cool, Sexy Lounge Show...That I'd Still Feel Comfortable Bringing My Parents To

 

On Saturday night I saw my roommate Ally’s friend Tala perform in Matt Goss’s new lounge show at the Palms. (She's one of the "Dirty Virgin" dancers.) Coolest lounge show I’ve ever seen—easily. But not so cool that I’d feel uncomfortable bringing my parents; this is a show for everyone.

Special kudos to whoever did Goss’s musical arraignments. The two guitarists, bassist, keyboardist, 3 horns (sax, trumpet/flugelhorn, trombone) and two female backup singers filled up the sound at virtually every moment of Goss’s hour-long set (but not obtrusively. In the Dave Matthewsian way that makes you feel like you got your money’s worth.( Oh, except for the one break during which Goss sang a slow song at the piano. (I saw the show with four of my roommate’s female friends and oh how they loved this part….)





Glad you enjoyed the

Glad you enjoyed the evening. It's fun to be one of "the girls."

Matt Goss

Awesome - Awesome show ** !! Just saw it this past weekend..at the premier at Ceasar's Palace... 8/7/10 - thanks Robin,tickets/show was Great...



I Got EVICTED From Town Square, Las Vegas. It's a Wonderful Place to Shop, but Rough Place to Live...

 

Okay, I wasn't REALLY evicted from Town Square...but I did get my first cover story in Las Vegas Weekly. I'm really proud of this, 1) cause I think the piece came out well (thanks to all who helped, by the way! lots and lots of you on this one...), and 2) cause Las Vegas Weekly is such an awesome publication. Its the only magazine that I read nearly front to back/look forward to reading every week. (And I was reading it several months before I started writing for it.) So, yeah, it feels cool to be part of something bigger than yourself that you're really proud of. (Hmmm....I think the last time I got this feeling was in Negotiations class, when we had this team assignment, and my team really, really kicked ass....the Prof was almost embarrassed for the other team... Okay, you can read the story by clicking HERE!





"I wanted to move into the

"I wanted to move into the handicapped bathroom by the north parking garage because it’s twice as big, but some guy had apparently moved in before me, and after 15 minutes, I realized he wasn’t planning on moving out any time soon. Damn squatter."

Now that was funny!
Good article.

Squatter...ah....so

Squatter...ah....so easy....shootin' fish in a barrel... :)  Thanks, MIchelle. Glad you enjoyed.  



Visit to Chicago in 3 pics: Shrimp Frittata, Butterfly Wall, Silly Bar Pic

 

 

Just got back from Chicago. Was there for my dear friend Lindsay's wedding. Here are some random pics from the week. More to come.





That's shrimp? sure looks

That's shrimp? sure looks like a half eaten pizza to me.. couldn't you have taken the picture "before" rather than "after"?

 it was a shrimp frittata,

 it was a shrimp frittata, so there were pieces of shrimp in it...and i think we ate them all before the photo was taken.  so agreed, a before photo would have been better.  oops.



Pictures from the Trainer for a Day Program at Siegfried & Roy Secret Garden at Mirage

Yesterday I got to experience Mirage's "Trainer for a Day" program. The verdict: dolphins are awesome. I know this isn't news, but it's worth restating. Oddly, the experience made me miss my dog Fruvous. Anyway, I'm going to write about it for Las Vegas Weekly (in a week or two)....in 200-300 words, somehow. :)

Oh, BTW, that third shot of the three dolphins jumping...the one that should go on a TrapperKeeper...that's what the dolphins did after I extended my right arm and brushed it to the right. In other words, I'm taking credit for their beauty. :)







Highbrow Journalism: Fake Fake Boobs (along with Before & After photos)

 

 

I wrote this story about Fake Fake boobs for Las Vegas Weekly. Those are them in the top two pics. The bottom two show my roommate before and after putting them on.  You can read the whole story BY CLICKING HERE, and you can read the first few paragraphs here:

My (B-cup) roommate works as a promotional model and as a go-go dancer. She regularly competes for gigs against women with augmented breasts, and she often loses out. So she wears push-up bras and “chicken cutlets” (bra inserts that resemble pieces of raw chicken in appearance and feel). But she’s never taken the plunge, driven to the plastic surgeon’s office, and had her breasts sliced open and stuffed. In other words, she’s never known what it’s like to have large breasts. Until last week. Her breasts didn’t come from the plastic surgeon’s office; they came from BreastFormShop.com, a website that sells anatomically correct external silicon breasts. They range in size from 2-inch protrusion/2 pounds all the way up to 10-inch protrusion/22 pounds. (BreastFormShop calls the 22-pounders “Juggs,” and says that if you order them, “You will have to custom order a super large bra to hold these girls.”)

My roommate’s 3.5-inch protrusion/3.5-pound breasts arrived in a plain white box, which we loaded into the back seat of my mom’s SUV. Then we drove to Wal-Mart in search of a bra that would accommodate the new breasts and the old ones.

Walking into the store, the elderly Wal-Mart greeter noticed the white box in our basket.

“Are you two returning something?” she asked.

“This is ours,” I said. “We’re just keeping it in the cart here, if that’s okay.”

We continued walking, but the greeter wasn’t through with us: “Hold on. It depends. What’s in there?”

“Medical stuff,” I improvised, which sent my roommate into a giggling fit, which definitely undercut the legitimacy of my claim.

“What kind of medical stuff?” the greeter asked—less a question, more a challenge.

“It’s really embarrassing,” I pleaded. “And if you saw, you’d understand. Is there any way we can just shop today?”

The honest approach did the trick; “Go ahead,” the greeter said.

We found the women’s undergarments section and searched the racks for the largest bras in stock. My roommate walked into the dressing room holding a trio of 38DDs in her left hand and the boob box in her right. A 10-year-old girl in the waiting area saw her do this … and then, two minutes later, the same girl saw my same roommate emerge from the dressing room looking as if a horny wizard had gone to town on her chest. I assume this traumatized the girl for life—that she went home and cried, “Mommy, I don’t want to get boobs!”

I had a feeling men would react differently.







 

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