Any post about a trip to Orange County, California has to start with this video by law. -During a quick stop in Pasadena before my journey to O.C., I had my second celebrity sighting: Noted addiction specialist and unabashed silver fox, Dr. Drew Pinsky. And, if I do say so […]
Tales and thoughts from my second day in the bastion of conservative American values that is Los Angeles: -My gracious hostess Briana, aka “Furby” due to her massive eyes (I didn’t come up with the nickname so I can’t get into trouble if I overuse it to the point of […]
Here are my impressions of Los Angeles after my first day in her smoggy womb. Actually, before I talk L.A., let me say a few words about my flight over: I’ve never had pain in my head during a plane’s descent like that in my life. It honestly felt like […]
I’m not a happy man, but there’s one thing I look forward to each and every year to cheer me up because it combines my love of eating bad food with my love of overeating: The massive annual barbecue hosted by my friend John Calahan. It was supposed to be […]
There are few guiltier pleasures on Twitter than getting a celebrity to respond to your constant harassment or retweet your material. I talk about the few who have taken the time to speak to me, thus validating my existence (David Alan Grier being the most recent, hence the picture). We […]
The gang talks about the disgusting lunches we ate at school as kids, which leads to me sharing one of the more embarrassing stories from my youth: My yearly hustle to obtain as many of the school’s annual Thanksgiving lunches as possible. On top of that, we get two excellent […]
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(Note: If you missed the season premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, check out my review of it here so that you’re aware of the episode’s plot, which is continued in this episode.) Forget flowery, verbose introductions: As ambivalent as I was about the season premiere of It’s Always […]
Anyone who knows anything about me can testify to the fact that, for the past month, my favorite story has been the Ines Sainz saga. Well, more accurately, it’s been the Ines Sainz’s ass saga. Sure, you could Google pictures of her ass, but where’s the fun in that when […]