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A diary-style article about the famous Babara Walters pre-game show.
A top ten list of stuff that happened at the 79th Annual Academy Awards. Stuff, as in everything and anything. This is totally funny though. I would read it if I were you.
Remember the good old days of Friends and Seinfeld? Yeah, well those days are gone. They're gone forever. But we've got the next best thing… Earl and The Office.
The ESPN2 show has taken off ever since they changed the format about two years ago.
It's a good time to be a Jets fan. If they lose, you expect it. If they win, you're ecstatic.
Did you see the Bill Clinton fiasco on Fox News Channel recently? What the hell was that all about?
Seriously, though, have you heard this new Good Charlotte song? It's called "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl".
Liza Minnelli, is more famous for her awful choice of husbands then any song and dance routine. But she took the wedding cake when she got married to David Gest.
I can't believe we're already a quarter of the way through the NFL season. It seems like I just watched the Dolphins and the Steelers in the Thursday night kick off game.
Oh you know me, I can't get enough of these home makeover alerts! And this is a special edition, because in this edition we're going to talk about the bathroom. Ooh, scandalous!
Admittedly, I am about to write a controversial article, but let me ask you this: what's more controversial…
So, you're sitting at home, maybe in your underwear, and I think I know what you're thinking… You're thinking, "How am I going to decorate the house and yard this fall?"
Sometimes I just feel the need to offer some really cool, and affordable, home makeover advice.
People deal with troubling Michael Jackson news in two different ways. They either put on "Man in the Mirror" and forget about it or they prey that a wayward bus shakes hands with Michael Jackson's face.
My favorite drug list.
Mark Foley is a weirdo and a jerk. I'm sure you know who Mark Foley is, right? I actually wish that I didn't to tell you the truth. The latest in the Congressional Sex Scandal of the Year is this...
It's the definitive list. What more can I say?
I once described my body as a celery stalk covered in Silly Putty. I'm at once fat and skinny-I am that guy.
I've wanted to do a �5 Worst Jobs' list for a long time.
Do you remember �Back to the Future 2'? And when I ask that question, don't be stupid and think about it in the context of today. Think about it in the context of then.
Lou Diamond Phillips, the actor best known for his role in the movie �La Bamba', was recently arrested for domestic violence.
My prep work may have involved going out to New Jersey bars and getting drunk, and I probably would have done this anyway, but work is work, you know?
I'm not sure about the legality of these free "viewing" sites but I am sure about their awesomeness.
As I've made clear many times before (with an abundance of terrific articles) I love animals, especially cats.
An analysis of the best exotic pet purchases of all-time.
This move was so close to making Mel Kiper's head explode, it's not even funny.
I have recently begun to post my music on MySpace, and I've done so reluctantly and with plenty of fear.
When I say, "Beck reinvents the album" I don't mean that he has actually "reinvented" the album. I mean, he hasn't invented some new, cosmic recording studio or anything.
If you're like me, then you're totally hung up on your Halloween Party theme.
The Madden Curse is real. Believe it.
Lately, if you've been wondering, "Why is Bob Dylan doing everything in his power to make us forget that he's not Bob Dylan," well, you're not alone.
I have been a longtime smoker for a long time. And yes, I am trying to quit.
When news of Chris Simms injury and emergency splenectomy spread, I did what most Americans did: I googled "spleen".
I've only had long-lasting relationships with women; a series of seven back-to-back long lasting relationships. I'm 25. I know what I'm taking about.
There's a growing trend in popular music these days: the full album stream. And I must say that I'm down with it
Is there anything cuter than a baby in a Halloween costume? I didn't think so.
In a sport shrouded by steroid controversies and primadonna stars, it's nice to see someone like Nomar Garciaparra make a strong comeback.
Here's another Halloween article. This one is called The Top 7 Halloween Costumes for Dogs.
I'm not sure that he'll ever get the credit he deserves. Maybe after the comeback year he had this season, people will wake up and take notice because Frank Thomas deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
When people talk about the best Pink Floyd albums of all time, the first ones that come to mind are typically �Darkside of the Moon' and �The Wall' and, for the most part, I can't really argue with that...
I'm going to help you name your new pet; in this case, your new dog. Let's have some fun with this…
But I figured, while I'm at it and all, I might as well put my problem to good use and write another Halloween article. This one is based around the best television-themed Halloween costumes of all-time.
I am sort of surprised that the band Wilco hasn't become more popular
When I was a kid I used to play hooky from school just so I could make prank phone calls. True story.
The prognosticators and talking heads of the sports world were in full force after the second week of the NFL season, as quick to write off Steve Smith and the 0-2 Panthers as they were in making them their Super Bowl pick
God, I love pasta salad. Not more than God, but a whole lot. There are so many little things you can do to spice up a good pasta salad recipe.
There are several different ways to attack the art that is known as "making sock puppets". In fact, the way you look at sock puppet production probably says a lot about how you look at the world.
After a $30 million dollar opening weekend, the second Jackass movie is the number one box office smash in America. As a society of sophisticated bipedals, is there anyway to justify this?
The fourth installment in my "The Most Underrated Albums of All Time" series.
If you love my Home Makeover Alert! Than you will seriously dig this fashion special! It's the Fall Fashion Report! Ooh, I'm so excited (and I just can't hide it!). Let's do this thing, playgirl!
Nostalgia in the now.
I don't watch soap operas, though I may as well. NBC's "The Office" has basically become a soap opera.
Other than Pink's horrendous, Joan Jett Light opening song; I don't have too many problems with how NBC has covered these games.
The oldest debate in the books. Right up there with Coke and Pepsi, Coke and whores and Chocolate and cheese
The NFL is usually hit or miss when it comes to booking bands for pre-game and halftime shows, but they hit the nail on the head last weekend in New Orleans.
George Steinbrenner is a weird dude. Sure, as a Yankee fan, I appreciate all the money he spends on my team. I mean, how could you not? But those turtle necks? Clearly, the man has some issues.
I've only had sex with two chunky girls and I have to say that, honestly, both occurrences are in my top five.
By blowing up Tony Kornheiser's spot with his Monday Night Football promotion, they've (ESPN) jeopardized their neat little afternoon show.
I think this is the third or fourth time that I've featured Axel Rose in an article, but why not? The guy's as unpredictable as a caged tiger on acid. As long as he keeps reemerging and disappearing, he will always be a story- until he dies.
The first of many Halloween related articles.
When I was a kid I was raised up with briefs, underwear, tighty whiteys. It was a rough time in America in the early 80's; we all did what we could.
A list of the five worst.
I like coming up with wacky ideas for sushi recipes. I feel this is an arena that hasn't been adequately tapped yet.
So Oprah Winfrey has this fan that wants her to be president. And that's a little weird, there's no denying that. But perhaps the more crazy thing with this story is that Oprah is suing him.
Ah, week 3. It's getting to that point in the NFL season where you feel like you know the teams well enough to start the really heavy gambling...
'Nevermind' is 15 years old. More than anything, this fact makes me feel old. I wanted to do something to commemorate this Anniversary of sorts, so I decided to write a song-by-song tribute article.
Last week was quite the spectacle in the greatest city in the world (New York, sorry Boise). And I'm not talking about the drama that went down during the "Fashion Week" festivities. I'm talking about the Parade of Villains at the United Nations.
Like I've always said, "A world without �Weird' Al Yankovic is not a world I want to live in."
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., facing pressure from critics who call its employee health care coverage inadequate, plans to begin selling nearly 300 generic prescription drugs for a sharply reduced price of $4 for a month's supply.
At 12:45 in the morning I was still seriously depressed; just channel surfing, looking for any show that wasn't football related. I clicked on VH1, Flavor of Love 2 was on and I tuned in just in time for the clock ceremony.
So you're hung up on what kind of birthday party to throw for your child. Maybe you're working on a budget, maybe you're just indecisive. Whatever it may be, don't worry.
A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter, throwing her in their car and driving her out of state to get an abortion were upset because the baby's father is black, a Maine sheriff said Tuesday.
I was spraying toxic fumes under my arms and squeezing the bloody life out my testicles on a daily basis.
"Hmmm, what can I do with all those old lampshades, just sitting in the basement collecting dust like a bunch of cute dust bunnies and all?"
I woke up this morning (the first Monday of football season) with a painful, sinking feeling in my heart and a horrendous, ass-stinking taste in my mouth.
Tiger Woods turned a fairly soft news story into a full on media event when he addressed a Dublin report about pornography websites using images of his wife as links to their porn homepages.
Coming off one of the worst seasons in the history of Saturday Night Live, in my opinion anyway, Lorne Michaels and co. have just announced that the two funniest cast members won't be coming back.
I was scouring the web the other day, searching for this and that, and I realized that there is no definitive list featuring the best slow songs in high school dance history. This shocked me.
Tom Verducci's landmark Sports Illustrated cover story on New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has it the fan like shit.
I encourage anyone who loves film to check out the artists that I am about to mention further if any of this interests you.
Two of the biggest questions of this young NFL season has been, "What the hell is wrong with Edgerrin James?" and, perhaps more importantly, "Are the Cardinals a cursed franchise?" These are really good queries, let's get into them…
At some point over the years I have become obsessed with online gaming.
Everyone on TV and sports talk radio loves to pontificate about the possible Cy Young and MVP winners in the National and American Leagues and I, predictably, am no different.
Everyone on TV and sports talk radio loves to pontificate about the possible Cy Young and MVP winners in the National and American Leagues and I, predictably, am no different.
In the anxious weeks leading up to the 2006 Major League Baseball playoffs, I am here to offer Yankee fans across the nation a look at what the lineup, pitching rotation and roster should look like.
Don't forget the most commonly overlooked aspect of the football experience: The Snacks.
Talk about trying to capitalize on your one 25-year-old semi-hit. Terry Cashman is a lot of things, most of which I have no idea about. But what I do know about Terry Cashman is that he loves baseball.
Are you in search of some fast, informative news on movies, music and television, or maybe just celebrity and pop culture gossip in general, then look no further. I've got the only four links that you'll ever need (or until better ones come along).
I get about a million calls every day from people asking, "Jetlag Democracy, now that autumn is here, I really want to take my family on a fun day trip, but I can't figure out where to go? You know New Jersey like the back of your hand...
Believe it or not, I am actually quite the cook. I am an inventive cook is what I am. I like to come up with kooky recipes and then write articles about them.
I can't believe that I haven't written this article yet, because A) I love fast food and B) I'm running out of things to write about.
Who IS the better Manning, is it little brother Eli or the old master Peyton, maybe oldest brother Cooper will sweep in like a vulture and steal the title from both of them. You never know.
Well, what if I were to tell you that your attitude, that your personality is the most important factor when it comes down to landing a sweet job in the business world. Would that be something you might be interested in hearing more about?
Is there anything worse than hosting a dinner party without a good centerpiece on the dining room table? Come on, is there?
My addiction to reality television is not only horribly embarrassing; it's totally detrimental to my mental health. It's like heroin in that way. I know that it's bad for me yet I can't stop taking it.
So you're expecting a baby. Congratulations, reproduction is truly one of God's miracles. I hope your new bundle of joy is healthy and happy.
As cynical as I am, there aren't too many days when I really feel that American society is crumbling under my feet. Today was not one of those times
Bush and co. will say "9/11" and "terror" enough times that Middle America will assume we're not safe and they'll come out in droves to elect or re-elect the Republicans.
Doctors and authorities have already declared Daniel's death "suspicious" and charges could be filed very soon.
At first, I was terribly sad that Pluto was getting the nix in terms of planetdom. Nine was such a good number; I don't really know why they had to go changing things.
Elton John and George Michael ended their three-decade-old feud recently when it was announced that they had kissed and made up.
At this point, I actually think that ESPN's Sean Salisbury just picks Carolina every year without even thinking about it.
There is nothing greater in terms of "totally frustrating yet amazingly rewarding" fun than fantasy football. And now there's finally a show out there that can equal the real life hysteria that's consuming the entire world
What's the deal with this Dog the Bounty Hunter fellow?
Look, I'm not trying to say that Ann Richards was this, or Ann Richards was that.
I'm talking about was either September 14th or 15th. The day our spinach contracted the dreaded and deadly E-coli virus.
It's been too long since my last Justin Timberlake article. I'm practically ripping at the seams with queries, comments and lauding; my mind feels funny too.
Do you know how many World Series Titles the Yankees have won since acquiring coveted shortstop and converted third baseman Alex Rodriguez before the 2004 season?
Why has the war of terror superseded the war on drugs when the two are so clearly linked?
That's right, Madonna is heading to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket ship. Wait…what?
I have had the absolute privilege of being fat and skinny at various points of my young adult life.
I really wasn't too keen on the old Nino in the first place. But this return is like the announcement of Rocky VI, it's not that surprising but it's totally unwelcome.
Oh YouTube.com, where have you been all my life? You're like the girl of my dreams. You show me thinks I want to see, You tell me things I want to hear, You never talk when I don't want you to, You're perfect, You're YouTube, You really are the best!
The bionic arm is real people; what year is this? 2023? 3012?
Hello! I'm back again with another Home Makeover Alert! Fall is here and I am so ready to help you make over your home?
Today was a sad day in American history. Today was the day that Willie Nelson was busted on fairly serious drug charges.
Jetlag Democracy's Top 5 Reasons Why Americans SHOULDN'T Convert to Islam.
A type of fish so common that practically every American kid who ever dropped a fishing line and a bobber into a pond has probably caught one is being enlisted in the fight against terrorism.
A list of the top ten songs of all time. In this article: Nirvana.
Self-explanatory list article. Very funny. Very.
Something about the Genesis Conventions, I don't know, I think it has something to do with Genesis from The Real World: Boston
Well, they finally released the trailer for Mel Gibson's new snuff film, I mean movie.
Ever since the Great Gay Governor Scandal of 2004, you know, the one involving Democrat Jim "So I was sleeping with the unqualified male intern who I made homeland security adviser" McGreevy...
The best songs of all time. In this article: Led Zeppelin.
The best songs of all time. In this article: Weezer.
The best songs of all time. In this article: The Beatles.
Detroit Lions assistant coach Joe Cullen has encountered legal trouble for, among other things, allegedly driving without clothes.
How about those New York Yankees, my team, the team that's been compared to the Nazis in �Raiders of the Lost Arc', the most vilified sports franchise on earth; I said, how about those Yankees?
The main point of this Summit is to redefine the term �terrorist' so that it includes America's actions in Iraq and Israel's in Lebanon and etc., etc.
Is there anything better than a good celebrity mug shot?
Non-lethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
""Death of a President" uses the morally dubious tactic of mixing real news footage with staged events to create an imagined assassination of President Bush."
At this point, �Girls Gone Wild' is a household brand right?
A roundup of everything you need to know about the NFL from a fan's perspective.
Comments and odds on all 11 contestants of ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars.
A list of the greatest songs ever written. In this article: Ween.
More than 400 animal cruelty and disorderly persons charges were filed yesterday against the landlords of a Camden County strip mall where animal protection officers claim 106 creatures were left unattended in a pet shop closed for a week.
The great breastfeeding debate is not an isolated Hoboken thing. It is a quandary of international importance. Is it offensive? Is it natural? Who's to say?
Maybe Fred Goldman has a book coming out in a couple of months and he needed to warm up the media machine with a little OJ-slandering news.
Has there been a bigger joke in college football over the last two decades than the Rutgers Scarlet Knights? Please tell me if I'm wrong here.
I'm not trying to defend James Frey, far from it actually. Anybody who makes up a bunch of stories and throws them in a "memoir" is pretty much a low-life idiot whose fiction isn't good enough to sell itself in the first place.
I started to wonder what other members of, what I'll call The Psychotic Elite listened to, from a pop music standpoint.
I can sum up the totality of America's social problems with one sentence: Paris Hilton's DUI arrest constituted national news.
I can't really sit here and listen to all this analysis concerning Mack Brown and the "great" job he did by suspending his star cornerback Tarell Brown for one game.
The author finally responds to his harshest critics, part one of two.
My "State of the Union" address (whatever that means).
What is this world coming to? When even Oprah starts overestimating Angelina Jolie's love of Africa, you know we've got some serious problems.
Pop star John Mayer has been linked romantically to everybody's favorite divorcee, Jessica Simpson.
How obsessed is Osama bin Laden with Whitney Houston? How about "willing to kill Bobby Brown" obsessed. Not Bobby!
Umm, I watch golf. This isn't easy for me to admit.
Do you ever wake up and feel that all the random stuff in your life is smothering you? Do you feel like Steve McQueen in "The Blob"?
Rodapova is soon to be the next huge, one word Internet/publicity goldmine in the great tradition of such previous paparazzi wunderkinds like Tomkat, Brangelina and, who could forget the one that started it all, Bennifer.
I never thought I'd see the day when a new incarnation of the U.S.A. Basketball Team would take a collective dump on the Dream Team's legacy. It makes me sick.
Prince Akishino, the glorious, mustachioed King in waiting and his beautiful, hairless wife, the luscious Princess Kiko have indeed given birth to a nameless baby boy...
On the year MTV celebrates their 25th Anniversary, they put together a stinker of a show that draws half the viewership they had just two years ago
Part four of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.
So the match ends and then it happens. Agassi starts balling his eyes out.
Part one of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.
Part two of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.
Part three of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.
The rage on sports talk shows, radio and television alike, is the new post-steroid homerun record debate. Jetlag Democracy offers his opinion.
I was shocked by this story. And from a guy who gets most of his news from dailyrotten.com, that's saying a lot.
Madonna, Liz Hurley and Mischa Burton (just to name a few!) have been singing their praises for years.
Oh yes, America loves a good underage sex story. And this one is hella juicy.
By the time this article goes to digital print, Week One of the NFL season will have already been played. At which point, I can only hope that each of my three fantasy teams are all 1-0.
The death of Steve Irwin, AKA the Crocodile Hunter, was the most ironic passing of all time.
This is an article about the Today Show, The View and the CBS Evening News.
It is not my intention to glorify serial killers, much. I also don't advocate the killing of cops either. Unless of course they have guns and there pointed at you and you don't want to die (what else are you supposed to do?)
I can't really offer you any real facts concerning this very real rape and murder scandal involving our real Marines in the extremely real Iraqi War. I can't do this because it makes me sick to do research on said topic.
One Senator loses his party's nomination and the political masses on both sides try to use the story as a galvanizing weapon of partisan destruction? Sounds like a load of malarkey to me.
Hollywood Matt Leinart is a total jerk***
There's a giant pet store inside your computer and it's called Petfinder.com. Petfinder.com is an extraordinary resource; one that any person looking for a pet should use.
There is a major problem. And not just a "a major problem because a lot of people are dying right now" kind of problem.
Kiri Davis is a 17-year-old film student at Manhattan's Urban Academy and it was her 8-minute documentary that produced all the fervor around this long dismissed debate. Read on.
Postpartum depression might be very real, how would I know? Look, this isn't about the inequality of the sexes.
How far? How far godamnit? How far will former American sweetheart, Britney Spears, fall? I long for the days when it was okay to be sassy, wear a Catholic school girl skirt and trick the world into thinking you're a virgin.
Because If I counted all the people who broke up after meeting on Singled Out, well, we'd be here all day.
The National Collector's Mint is one of the most despicable organizations to emerge from a country that is, perhaps, best known for its disgusting corporations and the vile, soul-sucking-extortionist mentality of those conglomerate's brass.
I'd like to talk about the legal limit, as in the legal blood alcohol level for humans operating automobiles.
Well, they finally did it. Isaiah Thomas and company have finally killed my basketball spirit.
This article is actually an in-depth sociological study on the importance (or lack thereof) of Paris Hilton, her right to exist if you will. Does she have the right to exist?
Every once in a while there comes a time when a writer, a fine writer at that, is presented with information that he just can't sit on anymore, a time when he needs to stop reading about conspiracy theories and start creating his own.
Junk science is one of those neat little hyper-cultural references that refers to something super specific and totally meaningless at the same time.
I enjoy the music of the band Bush much more than I enjoy anything that comes out of the mouth of our President Bush. Doesn't everyone?
I can allude to hypothetical black polar bears all day, just watch me. It's not hard to do. They're big, they're black and they don't exist. They prove a point that I can't articulate.
Everybody's got an opinion about the devil, and 99% of them are not good.
If there's one thing I've learned after years of lovemaking it's this: snuggling is so underrated Welcome, to the second installment of My Scintillating Guide to Safe and Super Sex. In this episode I'd like to talk about snuggling.
You know what I want to do? I want to start an organization called "Life to Right," meaning: I am going to spend every second of my life trying to make things right.
A movie review and some other thoughs about Oliver Stone's World Trade Center.
A little while back I saw this Queen Noor lady on Larry King Live and I thought to myself, this girl looks American.
I have a vague love for conspiracy theories that doesn't really go beyond my typing of sentences like this, but what the hell, let's go with this.
Straight from the frontlines of slightly pedophilic, icon exploits, comes this gem about the one and only Daniel Radcliffe, more familiar to you and I of course as the young chap who has portrayed Harry Potter in all four Harry Potter movies.
Maria Sharapova is a good tennis player. Obviously, this is not breaking news.
What role does music play in teen sex?
Everyday there are about 500 or so news stories that flood the internet and the cable news network that signal the coming Apocalypse. They aren't marketed as such, but they're signals nonetheless.
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