Archive for July 8th, 2008

I’m Not Here to Make Friends!

Contestants from reality shows saying “I’m not here to make friends!”. Surprisingly funny.

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‘Blindness’ Trailer

Battle of the Batmans

PastryScoop w/ Judiaann Woo

PastryScoop.com is a site sponsored by The French Culinary Institute and is dedicated to supporting, educating, and inspiring pastry artists around the country.

Judiaann Woo is a pastry chef, writer, and is executive director/editor-in-chief of PastryScoop.com.

She was recently featured in ‘Grill It! with Bobby Flay’ where she made Kalbi (Korean Barbequed Beef Short Ribs) and Blackberry Hand Pies.

This was a video of her idea of a new flavor of ice cream for Haagen-Dazs. She ended up being the 2006 Haagen-Dazs Flavor Search Winner:

The Cramp Heard Around The World

Tyson Gay Falls on track during 200 metre US Olympic trials:

Some funny comments on Youtube:

- “that was gay”

- “it’s because of his name. He should change it”

- “I have to say, that was Gay. Just not his day?
Perhaps it’s the way that he lay.
He needs to relax by the bay, he just may! ”

‘The Boys and the Subway’ by Christoph Niemann

This is a really cool story I read in the New York Times about two sons (Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3) who are obsessed with the New York City subway system.

“They can barely sit through an episode of “Sesame Street.” But when we go for aimless subway joy rides on the weekends, they sit like little angels, devoutly calling out the names of every station for hours.”

“Arthur (age 5) spends hours studying the subway map. He laughs at his mother when she suggests taking the B on a weekend. The only questions he has are about the pronunciation of some station names.”

Full Article Here