I return from my travels to Boston & New York with only more questions. This sign was found in the window of a beauty salon in the flip section of Woodside, Queens. Can someone please explain what is “armpit whitening”? I guess I can imagine what it is…and that people like to lighten their skin…and it’s not as horrific as getting surgically-enhanced eyelid creases but, well, ew. Like, won’t tweezing do the job? Hopefully my imagination is much worse than whatever this is 
:)
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The above is not a link to click on if you are at work and easily embarrassed by what comes up on your screen.
I love NPH. Not only because he managed to survive being Doogie without any major side effects. Not only because he came out of the closet yet still gets typecast as a lothario. I also love him because he looks awesome on a unicorn.
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I would like share the following very entertaining story. As background, I sent two gifts to my friend who just had a baby. One was for the baby and one was for the new big sister Maggie.
“Picture if you will…a child’s toy…a purple ball..about the size of a volleyball…of the variety that appears to be hairy, covered with elastic fibers for endless tugging…and squishable, so when a child stands on it, it pops a thinner ‘bubble’ off to the side, covered with those same purple hairs, now sparse…this ball has been named ‘Julie’ by one Maggie [rest of name], for reasons unknown. No other balls in the home have names. No other toys that do not imitate animate objects are named. This ball is special.
When I gave Maggie her gift from you folks, she opens it and then asks who gave it to her (because her ears were closed I first told her, due to the staring-at-a-wrapped-package phenomenon, perhaps gummed up with fantasies of the contents of said package). When she hears ‘Julie’, her eyes bugged out of her head and she had the biggest smile I’ve seen in a long time. “Julie the ball?! Julie gave me a gift? Hooray!” I had to disappoint her and tell her it wasn’t from the ball. But it will remain a priceless moment.”
Those of you who know me in real life will probably not be surprised that my namesake is something with weird squiggly hairs.
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So, I primarily dug up the following picture because Tim Roth is awesome. No blog can have enough pictures of him. But….does the Hulk CGI look weird to you? I can’t get over how lame it looks. I would like to hear the opinions of others, though.
As long as I have this blog to myself, while gnad recovers from her trip to Boston, I figure I can publish whatever sort of garbage I like. Hooray. Like, for instance, the fact that Lost is back on this Thursday. And Ben is up to some shotgun wielding awesomeness in the previews. Who wants to watch the clips? I do. Even though I’ve watched these approximately 40,000 times now.
Okay, okay. Back to work.
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If you are like me–stuck at work and wanting to track Helen’s race–follow number 22115! I think she should be starting here soon.
Go Helen!
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EDITED TO ADD: She’s halfway done, guys! Yay!
EDITED TO ADD: She finished! Yay again!
If you are rooting for Helen, or anyone else running in the Boston Marathon this Monday, I have two great links to share:
You can track your runner by bib number on the BAA site. This feature won’t go up on the homepage until Monday, though–so check back. You can also look up their bib number here too.
Also on Monday, there will be a webcam at wbztv.com.
There is still time to support Helen’s fund-raising goal for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, by the way.
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If you’re in the Boston metro area (like me this weekend), and specifically in Dedham, MA, check out the Museum of Bad Art, located in the basement of the Dedham Community Theatre. Since 1995 it has proudly displayed found and donated especially-craptastic paintings right next to the men’s bathroom (only a standing bulletin board separates the two). The “descriptive narrative” for each piece is a great bonus:
Sunday on the Pot With George
Acrylic on canvas by Unknown
22″ x 37″
Donated by Jim Schulman
Can the swirling steam melt away the huge weight of George’s corporate responsibilities? This pointillist piece is curious for meticulous attention to fine detail, such as the stitching around the edge of the towel, in contrast to the almost careless disregard for the subject’s feet.
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We went out to the new, shiny, and expensive Nationals Stadium in D.C. this weekend. Among the many fancy and pricey features, the stadium is full of these LCD TV screens. The picture below is of the screen located next to the Ben’s Chili Bowl–one of the most popular food vendors in the stadium.
Notice a little problem with the installation?
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In honor of the arrival of lovely warm weather here in D.C., I present you with this picture of a snooty-looking tomato from my gardening in years past:
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