9000

I came across this artist, 9000, on Brain Pickings and this dude is crazy. The illustrations are gorg., as you can see, but 9000 has created this like, entity that comes with the art. His site is in all Latin, he posted this teaser with a bizarre soundtrack.. I don't know. But anyway, the art is great so here is where you can browse through their Flickr.

Poutine? Oui, s'il vous plait!

Does everyone know about poutine? It's Quebec French for "fries with cheese and gravy and sometimes other stuff on it", and it's Canada's greatest contribution to the world after Rush. It's the most delicious thing you will ever taste in your life [and possibly the last thing you'll ever taste, as it will immediately clog your arteries and cause a heart attack. WORTH IT.]

If you ever find yourself at a loss for conversation with someone from Quebec, just mention this and you're golden. Like, if I were in another country and someone came up to me and said something like "You're American? I'm a big fan of McDonald's!" I'd be apoplectic, but Quebecers are always up for talking about poutine. And why shouldn't they be? A] it's delicious, and b] it's their province's only accomplishment. [i'm kidding, i'm kidding. I know about Celine Dion.]

I've always wanted to be a Romney.

Dear Mitt Romney,

I promise to vote for you in 2012 if you set me up with one of your sons.

Not the blond one though.

Let's face it, it will probably be the only black vote you'll get. Take it any way you can.

So...do we have a deal?

This is turning into a food blog FAST: My Mom's Heavenly Hamburg

This is my favorite-favorite thing my mom makes. I mean of all time. Okay, before I get ahead of myself,  this is called Heavenly Hamburg and it's basically a noodle, meat sauce, and cheese casserole. And I mean basically. It's really easy and after it's done, amazing. The best part is how much better it is reheated the next day. omggg, here we go:

Man Candy: Robert Redford

Robert Redford is like, timelessly gorgeous. While I'm not a big fan of blonde men, I'd hardly hold that against him. To say he's a classic Brad Pitt is a compliment to Brad Pitt. I just want to watch The Way We Were! There really need to be more beautiful yuppie men in the world.

Maybe if he wasn't slowly going bald.

Can everyone stop trying to force me to care about boring Prince William marrying his boring fiance? I'm AMERICAN; I reserve the right to not care about irrelevant, average-looking English people. Do they have a sex tape that I don't know about or something? Because I just don't get why everyone is in a tizzy.

God, this is worse than the World Cup and the Olympics combined.

Taxi Driver

Ugh, I LOVE this movie. It's definitely one of those dark movies you can't help wanting to watch all the time. Sometimes, I'll go out to the bar and all I want to do when I get home is watch Taxi Driver. Creepy? Who knows.

Anyway, there's this book out with photos from Steve Schapiro-- the special photographer on the set. It's $700 because it's signed and all, but you can leaf through on Taschen's site.

Things nobody should ever wear. Ever.

I'm going to go ahead and omit the obvious, like Ed Hardy t-shirts, ugg boots if you live anywhere other than Siberia, crocs, and trailer-trash tuxedos.


1.



Cat eye glasses.
Yes, these look as dumb on you as they do on this model. I'm sure you think you have a sexy 60's thing going, but it's actually more of a kooky spinster librarian thing. Not a good look.
Cat eye sunglasses will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

2.
Anything from Victoria's Secret's PINK line.
I think the only women who wear these (besides sad suburban housewives) are the girls you went to high school with who, when your english teacher asks who the main character of The Catcher in the Rye is, say, "um, Catcher?"

3.
Barack Obama shirts.
I know, you're standing in front of your closet, trying to decide on an ensemble that really represents who you are as a person. How do you illustrate that a) you're informed about politics, and b) you're 'down' with minorities? You COULD layer your che guevara shirt over your bob marley shirt, but that's just too much trouble. Voila! The Barack Obama t-shirt. An added benefit of wearing this in public is that you get to give all the black people you see a smile of solidarity.

4.
White tights.
These are so unsightly. They're actually kind of visually alarming. I'm puzzled as to why anyone would be motivated to purchase these. I'm almost certain they only exist for ballet dancers and children dressing for their first communions.

5.

Flared jeans.
Wow, is it 1999 already? I wonder what's going to happen on the final season of Beverly Hills, 90210. I bet Luke Perry goes on to be a HUGE star. I'm going to download AOL 3.0 while I wait for Total Request Live to start!

I'm from the future.

I defy you, dear readers: does a more perfect movie exist than this? I think this movie is especially notable because it's one of the rare examples of a sequel that's better than an original.
Despite the fact that Arnold Schwarzenneger is as about as good an actor as he is a governor, T2 kicks ass, thanks in no small part to Linda Hamilton and her jacked-up body. I dare you to watch her in this movie and not instantly want to drop and do 100 push ups.

Now if only James Cameron would go back to making masterpieces* like this instead of steaming piles of shit like Avatar.

*i'm only half-kidding.

Coq Au Vin-guine, courtesy Brian Boitano

Last night I made this recipe for Coq Au Vin-guine, which I learned from the coolest figure skater ever, Brian Boitano.

It took me a while, but I was fueled by wine and everything went well. It was so, so good.

Here we are!

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