Archive for the ‘Pop Culture’ Category

‘Biggest Loser’ needs a makeover

Monday, May 18th, 2009

This has been building for a week. It would be safe to say that I over-care about “The Biggest Loser” right now. I’m only slightly embarrassed about it at this point, rather than mega-embarrassed, so I will go ahead and talk about it publically. (If a blog read by 26 people qualifies as publically.)

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Ty Murray ‘Danced’ way past 8 seconds

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

I met Ty Murray a few years ago at a Professional Bull Riders event. He was as rigid in person as he was on “Dancing With the Stars,” and certainly smiled a lot less. He could say I wasn’t all that charasmatic either, but I’ve always lived by the rule that it’s the burdon of the most interesting person in the room to be the most interesting person in the room. It was actually an NBC TV booth inside an arena, so I guess we were in a couple different rooms, and it was obvious he wanted to be the most ignored person in both.

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Simon Cowell and more, for your smile

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

The three videos recommended in the latest Jon Carroll column. If you’ve never read Carroll in the San Francisco Chronicle, he is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced in a newspaper. As per usual, he’s right on. These will make your day. And maybe your tomorrow.

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