Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness.

This is completely self-indulgent and narcissistic and I wish I had something I was so famous for I could only practice it as a hobby. Well done, Tom.


“All young chefs dream of cooking nightly at the small, signature place that defines them,” read the missive from Mr. Colicchio, who also mentioned the joy of touching “every plate that leaves the kitchen.”

“Through the years,” he went on, “I’ve never let go of this ideal.”

At Tom: Tuesday Dinner, the name that he has given this occasional restaurant-within-a-restaurant, he reconnects with his roots, reclaims his spatula and shows diners what he’s really all about, or wants to believe he’s all about.

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[adult swim] just launched its first iPhone game! Yippee!

It's like a mini-mall. Or Trauma Center. Whatever.

This is what I'll be keeping an eye on all day: Live Feed.

Note: You may need to open it in Internet Explorer on PCs.

I went to the awesomest wedding last night.

To start with, the bridesmaids marched down the aisle to "Take My Breath Away." The officiating reverend. Priest. Whatever. wore a monk-style robe with a dollar sign bling medallion and somehow managed to incorporate Jeff Goldblum's "Life Finds A Way" speech from Jurassic Park into his presiding comments, followed by a group sing-a-long of Xtreme's "More Than Words" and then the self-written vows of the couple, which somehow made Rick Astley sound touching. I guess you have to be nearly in tears when you recite the lyrics.

The point, dear friends, is that if you're going to make your friends and family dress up and pay money for expensive gifts, give 'em a show.

Idea yoinked from brandokay 

EVENTS
...good day to destroy some Hellenic architecture...
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts.
410 - The Visigoths begin to pillage Rome for three days.
1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House.
1944 - World War II: Allied troops start the attack on Paris.

...good day for some religious persecution....
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
1349 - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1456 - First printing of the Gutenberg Bible.
1572 - On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots begins.
1662 - Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1929 - Riots in Palestine of 1929: 18 Jews in Safed, 67 in Hebron, and 22 in Jerusalem killed by Arab Palestinians.

...good day for tragic comedy...
1858 - In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.

And so on...
1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the US
1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.
2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) says Pluto ain't a planet no more.

BIRTHS
1922 - Howard Zinn, American historian and activist
1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer
1955 - Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
1973 - Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor

DEATHS
1978 - Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)

HOLIDAYS
Ukrainian Independence Day

Tonight on Food Network! Me, Phil, Matt and a slew of my Cartoony coworkers will grace your television screens at 10PM EST. Tune in and find out what happens!

A fake ad that ran in Boston's Free Dig magazine.



This may be funnier than my previous favorite swear-filled Internet thing:

Secret Sex Life of Squids:

After an hour and a half of careful troubleshooting, my Wii is still as Internet-connectionless as ever. Goddamnit.

Also, I went to DC this weekend and got a Slurpee, some Ethiopian food, some wicked indigestion, and a faceful of wind, cold and rain. And the Colbert portrait? Dumber than advertised. Oh well.

LESSONS: Wait until inevitable Wii Genius business crops up and never go to DC in early March.

Ferocia Coutura. Comin' atcha.

Here are my predictions for Bryant Park:

- CHRIS: Will come in third for a over-the-top collection that lacked cohesion.
- JILLIAN: Will come in second for a solid collection that lacked original vision.
- CHRISTIAN: Will win because his well-constructed collection was the most "fashion forward."

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.

Rock Hot Dogs
They were found in a long lost island in a volcano by the FBI. The FBI took them to a place to get a little cooled down, and the hot dogs formed a band because they're all brothers.



Reposted from Fishslapsababy Blog, the 826NYC kids' blog.

...CNN comes at you with the heavy hitting story.

While I consider myself a fan of Star Trek, I'm no Trekkie. I can't imagine any Trekkie would get this excited over the casting for the upcoming pre-quel/pre-original series movie due out this Christmas without listing 300 other people they'd rather see play Kirk than the love interest from Princess Diaries 2.

LOOKY

Sylar as Spock? Shaun as Scotty? Eomer as McCoy? Yes, J.J. Abrams, you can please have more of my money, thanks you. But first, you will explain to me what Tyler Perry is doing in this movie. If he plays a Klingon, I'm all ins. If he plays Uhura's long-lost sister Madea, I'm outs.

Nifty poster, too.

They asked a Demolition Man question at trivia last night, and now it's SNOWING.

BEST. WEEK. EVER.

Til her Daddy takes the Wii far away.

The 10 Video Games that Should Be Movies (And the Directors Who Should Make Them)

This article was written by one of my favorite and by far most eloquent MP3 blogger, the gentleman at Fluxblog.  It's not anything to tack up on the fridge, but it reminds of good old days at the radio station when we'd debate over the virtues of something completely worthless (e.g. which fast food chain has the tastiest cheeseburger and why.) If you haven't got the nostalgia to back it up, it doubles as a good 5-minute distraction from the doldrums of life/work/reality tv. 

McDonald's shorted me a Bee Movie Happy Meal toy. Fuck you, Micky D's. 

I don't re-post these things often, but come on.

This is Chris Crocker.



This is Kitty Crocker.



HAHAHAHAHAH.

Both remind of me of some transvestite hooker screeching at a cop trying to pull her wig off.

...if you haven't seen this, you need to watch. This dude falls 45 feet from his skateboard, lands so hard his shoes fly off and WALKS AWAY. How in the hell?