Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Stuart Scott brought the phrase "as cool as the other side of the pillow" to my vocabulary, so he is fine.

As for Linda Cohen (or is it Cohn?), I love her. This may be a sad commentary on my sense of humor, but she cracks me up. She also apparently shares my visceral dislike for the Yankees, and (unlike some others) doesn't act hipper than thou.

And as for her looks, do you apply the same standard to Dan Patrick, you sexist misogynist bastard, you?

Dan Patrick is a hot piece of man meat. Don't be so homophobic.

Stuart Scott was great in the early years. A sprinkling of catch phrases and yez, "cooler than the other side of the pillow" had me cracking up back then. But he saw people liked it and got carried away. Now everything he says is from a hip hop or R&B song. They should do the highlights the way they talk in real life. If he actually talks this way, he's a fucking dork.

And Linda Cohn, Notbobby? I can only shake my head. You should hide your head in shame. Robin Roberts was great. She sold out to GMA, though.

TM

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Actually, no. They are in the same position. They're just waiting for you people to catch up.

TM

Insert eyeroll emoticon.

Speaking of things about race, there is a piece in Salon about the new black nose job. THere is a description of what it looks liek, which does a nice job describingh Guarini's nosejob, which will answer the question of how I could tell for those who asked. Here is the quote



Black like me -- but not too black | 1, 2





Plastic surgeon Julius Few understands the maddening complexity of what should be superficial and straightforward -- a nose job -- though he's optimistic, like Rohrich, that the "self-hatred" stigma of the procedure has abated to the point that most blacks reshaping their noses are, like the majority of rhinoplasty patients, merely correcting anatomical inconsistencies. Few, who is black and an assistant professor of surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, praises the study and says that, given that nose jobs among blacks are increasing, this is an opportune moment to promote the validity of whole black facial aesthetic. "We [blacks] grew up believing that seeking out plastic surgery was tantamount to wanting to be more white," says Few. "But with increasing information on this subject, blacks can achieve what other groups have long had" -- plastic surgery without the stigma of ethnic loathing -- "and understand they're not doing anything against their upbringing."


More than one of the photos revealed altered noses that were narrower and more pinched -- not quite faithful to the original and not Michael Jackson either, but something in between. It is that gray area that plastic surgery is really good at staking out and that black people, like all other people, probably want: a change that is better than nature, but not obviously so. Blacks, who according to the ASPS make up 6 percent of all plastic surgery patients, may be more inclined than most to want to triumph over that nature, given that their looks have historically been used against them and been such an integral part of their oppression

[evenodds]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And Linda Cohn, Notbobby? I can only shake my head. You should hide your head in shame. Robin Roberts was great. She sold out to GMA, though.

Robin Roberts is a sell-out because she shifted to ABC? Robin Roberts was groundbreaking in so many ways. I will always admire her for her coverage the day Arthur Ashe died. It was absolutely remarkable.

Of all the SC Anchors, Kenny Mayne has been the most poorly treated. He's incredibly funny, but they kept shifting him from timeslot to timeslot. Now, he's "covering" the open in yet another out of the studio piece. It's a shame.

I like Kevin Frazier who had been hosting the NBA show with Greg Anthony. He combines the cultural hipness of an early Stuart Scott, without becoming the current Stuart Scott caricature.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You're just easily squicked. TM

True. But I actually find them both completely repulsive in every conceivable way, so nothing could save them for me. Similarly, Sheryl Crow was ruined for me as a musician when she allegedly had sex with the truly gross Kid Rock (who had also skankily and unsurprisingly hooked up with the diseased and plastic-surgery-scarred Pamela.)

So the astonishingly high STD quotient is just a squick-inducing bonus.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by evenodds
Robin Roberts is a sell-out because she shifted to ABC? Robin Roberts was groundbreaking in so many ways. I will always admire her for her coverage the day Arthur Ashe died. It was absolutely remarkable.

No no no. Not "sell out" in that sense. She sold out her sports foundation for a sidekick spot on GMA. I think she's better than that and her talent shines through on sports, not mugging with tourists in Times Square after the "1,000 ways to cook turkey" segment.

TM

[notcasesensitive]

realityblurred --

The first group of guests, the staff, and the host (the UK's Amanda Byram) of FOX's upcoming Paradise Hotel have been revealed. The show is a twice-weekly series that starts Wednesday and will feature an audience member joining the cast each week. If it "does well, FOX may extend its eight-week run indefinitely," according to the June 13 issue of Entertainment Weekly. The magazine also reports that executive producer Tom Gutteridge "is asking FOX to speed up its standard clearing process from three months to three days," although he says, "Obviously, we don't want ax murders out there." Sounds like he's daring the The Smoking Gun guys, or maybe offering a hint.


I hadn't heard of this before. Apparently 11 singles will be staying at a hotel and each week one is voted out and an audiance member is sent there in that person's place. Seems that the goal is hooking up. The website doesn't say where the Hotel is.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by purse junkie
And embarrassing! Do you know how much crap I got when I had to ask my partner to conference me into some bigwig meeting from home because I was literally unable to move to get out of bed?

Lying there immobile having to stare up at the ceiling wearing holey boxer shorts talking contracts with a client and partner you know are wearing $3000 suits and fresh from their manly manicures is truly a squicky feeling.

See, here's where we differ. I didn't start to feel squicky until you got to the part about the manly manicures.

Tax(no such thing)wonk

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by taxwonk
See, here's where we differ. I didn't start to feel squicky until you got to the part about the manly manicures.

Tax(no such thing)wonk

Speaking of manly manicures, SO and I were watching The World Series of Poker on Travel Channel the other night (first time we saw it, great show) and all of the male poker players had manicures with shiny clear polish on their fingers. Thought it was odd, but it appears to be a job requirement. The other thing that was fuuny is that all the final players were caricatures of the various "types" of players -- there was the cowboy (literally he was called the Cowboy), the greasy-slimy gambler guy (with slicked back hair, sunglasses, earrings in one ear and fancy rings on his fingers) and the mathmatician/geek, who quietly sat there in his button down shirt and collected all the chips from the other players.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Are you being deliberately dense?

From Google - entry #1

"The Who's "Pictures of Lily" is probably the most famous song about masturbation ever, bar the Vapors' "Turning Japanese" or "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper. And then there's The Kinks' not-so-famous "National Health", and Fleetwood Mac's "Rattle Snake Shake" but anyway...

The song parallels a young boy's "problem", and how his dad helps him solve it by hanging pictures up on his wall of a beautiful woman. However, he "falls in love" with her, and, to his grief, discovers she's dead. Or so the British censors thought...

Pete Townshend: "Really it's just a look back to that period in every boy's life when he has pin ups.... Merely a ditty about masturbation and the importance of it to a young man. I was really diggin' at my folks who, when catching me at it, would talk in loud voices in the corridor outside my room. 'Why can't he go with girls like other boys?'"

John Entwistle: "It's all about wanking."

The beauty of this little ditty is that, despite its taboo nature, its sugary melody and vocals covered up that fact.

I have to disagree. The most famous song about wanking has to be "Every Sperm is Sacred."

Tax(God gets quite irate)wonk

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
Is someone going to let this pass without taking a crack at me? You guys are slipping.

Why should we take a crack when we know you can be counted on to do it for us. Patience is a virtue.

Actually, Patience is a stripper in Houston who does the little schoolgirl thing with the plaid miniskirt, white blouse, and Mary Janes. But I digress.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Was the pun intended?

Damn, I knew I wouldn't be the first to get my licks in.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Jenna and Heidi from Survivor:The Amazon will be in August's issue of Playboy.


Please note that this information is provided as a public service, and that I'd rather be in a kayak. Thank you. That is all.

Along with Carnie Wilson. I think I see collector's edition potential here.

[evenodds]

For those planning to attend the 2nd annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, the line-up is out: http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule.html

Am I the only person here who likes the Drive By Truckers?

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Along with Carnie Wilson. I think I see collector's edition potential here.

Are they going to have a soft-focus spread of her gastrointestinal surgery scars?

Ooooooooo. Sexxxxxxy.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by evenodds
For those planning to attend the 2nd annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, the line-up is out: http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule.html

Am I the only person here who likes the Drive By Truckers?

How long are the sets at ACL? That lineup makes a trip to Austin pretty damn tempting. As long as I don't have to see the String Cheese Incident.

I would definitely catch Drive By Truckers.