when in frankenmuth...

Craig and I stopped off in Frankenmuth, Michigan on our trip home by way of Canada. Frankenmuth is Michigan's answer to good old fashioned Bavarian fun and is known for two things: Chicken Dinners and Bronner's, The World's Largest CHRISTmas store. Click on the holly jolly photo above for more, and check out the video below for a glimpse at the festivities...

why a huge scoop of Superman Ice Creamis so much better than being hit in the faceby a crack head...

Sorry for the lack of posts in the past week, but it's been quite a humdinger since last Monday evening when I was, yes, punched in the face by a crack-head in Hell's Kitchen. More on that another blog entry.

In the course of one week I've had seven stitches, signed a DA deposition, caught a nasty cold, grown a goatee out of a late-50s Beatnik movie, travelled through five states and two countries in a hybrid, celebrated my grandfather's 90th birthday, met my newborn nephew, faced the economic dismay of my hometown, had craniosacral therapy, and of course...

... had a huge scoop of SUPERMAN ice cream, which is apparently indigenous to Upper Midwest states only (explaining Craig's disgust every time I order it here).

Life comes down to the little pleasures.

superman ice cream
how i love your creamy taste
krypton must been cold

do you have ghoulies...

When I was a kid, Gremlins pretty much cemented my obsession with cinema. So it was no surprise that I went to every single rip-off of the movie known to man. Critters, Troll, Munchies, and my very favorite one of all Ghoulies.

My favorite story of all time involves me calling the Campus Inn in Ann Arbor, Michigan by mistake (the cinema was called the Campus Theatre), and not understanding for about 5 minutes why they wouldn't let me know if they had Ghoulies.

Now, the sequels to Ghoulies are in their own way cinematic masterpieces. I prefer Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies go to College personally, but the second installment is on Hulu now for free, so I share that with you...

why so serious?

Dark Knight costumes will be all the rage this Halloween, so it's good to know that your dog will be the cat's meow in this awesome little number.

haven, not heaven...

Indie Rockers Catfish Haven have a new CD coming out this October, but you can download Set in Stone now here.

This song just rocks my funky Monday. Don't say I never gave you nothin for free people.

ernie's secret...

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a huge Ernest Borgnine fan. I have been ever since he stabbed the entire crew of the Palimino in the back and tried to leave on the probe ship half-way through The Black Hole.

Speaking of probing ships, here's Ernie's secret to youth, which I know will be all over the web as of the end of today, but I just had to feature it too...

hate crimes...

I may be a prude, but I fucking hate gay stereotypes.

I really, really hate stereotypical gay characters on television.

And I really, really, really hate that most of the stereotypical gay characters on television are on reality shows.

Now, thanks to syndicated television, we have Judge David Young, the wacky gay judge who serves justice with a snap. According to his bio, he is known for his sharp sense of humor, occasional bursts into song from the bench, and (of course) his provocative sentencing.

He is a huge fan of Broadway musicals, and is an avid collector of penguin items. Young lives in Miami with his partner of 12 years, Judge Scott Bernstein, and their dog Maggie.

Folks, I couldn't make this shit up.

Thank god he has a sassy black bailiff named Tawya. You can check out her "Beauty Shop" here.

hot buttered death...

Isaac Hayes
8/20/42 - 8/10/08


May the good Lord Xenu find you and guide you.

the pants fit everybody...

A few years ago I went to a screening of a movie I had absolutely no connection to what so ever.

I walked out of the screening moved, touched, and confident that I could put on any pair of jeans in my closet with ease no matter how fat my ass has become.

That of course, is the magic of movies, and while I turn into a 14 year old girl for this weekend's eagerly awaited Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2: The Tomb of the Crystal Army, I will be donating all of my skinny-Todd jeans to the Change the World One Pair of Jeans at a Time Denim Drive.

For a list of places you too can ditch your acid-washed jeans from 1987 (you know you still have a pair) click here.

Your collected denim will be reclaimed into cotton and then made into insulation, which will be used for energy efficient home building in New Orleans through Habitat for Humanity.

How freakin' cool is that?!!!

If you live in New York City, you can donate your denim at the New York Warner Bros. office at 1325 Avenue of the Americas (between 53rd and 54th Street). Just look for the collection standee in the lobby.

totally looks like...

As you know, I loves me a good doppelgänger.

So you can imagine how thrilled I am that the makers of I CAN HAS CHEESEBURGER has launched TotallyLooksLike.com.

Sample laughs below...





And while you're still laughing, you have to check out the other Cheeseburger spin-off called failblog.org where you can treat yourself to this incredible video and more...

it's salty and it's sweet...

It's a little known fact that the three wise men actually bestowed four gifts upon the virgin Mary and her baby Jesus: gold, frankincense, myrrh, and Vosges' Mo's Bacon Bar.

Seriously, if you try one new chocolate bar this week, make it this insanely delicious concoction of applewood smoked bacon, Alder wood smoked salt and 41% cacao deep milk chocolate.

That'll do pig. That'll do.