Archive for October, 2008

KTW vs ETC: Angus & Julia Stone – Just A Boy EP

Oct 02, 2008 4 Comments

/ A versus by Ernessa T. Carter and Kyle T. Wilson Okay, they’ve popular enough abroad, but can Australian brother-sister act Angus and Julia Stone win over our American indie hearts? Time to find out. First, the EP: Then ETC’s Take: So Kyle claimed to be too tuckered out by his sister and nephew visiting [...]

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Guess The Random Lyric: Today is Thursday, Oct. 2

Oct 02, 2008 2 Comments

Okay guys, really? No one knew yesterday’s lyric. Are you not familiar with the oeuvre of an incredible band called The Darkness??? This is so upsetting. But watch the video after the jump. And consider this perfect world ideal put forth by today’s Guess the Random Lyric artist: Imagine smoking weed in the streets without [...]

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Dear Thursday: How Long Does It Take Valium To Wear Off?

Oct 02, 2008 15 Comments

By the time you read this, I will be at the fertility treatment center, getting fertilized with 2 or 3 eggs — shockingly we still haven’t decided yet. I feel like one of those swing state independents that still hasn’t made up their mind about voting for McCain or Obama. Do we know any of [...]

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One More Thing Before We Go: A Little Lunchtime Experiment

Oct 01, 2008 3 Comments

So yesterday, I heated up my Chicken Enchilada and Rice Lean Cuisine, only to have my boss call just as the microwave went off and ask if I wanted to go to lunch. Since getting out of the building always trumps eating a sad little frozen dinner at my desk, I agreed and threw my [...]

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Fierce Foodie: Porngraphically Good Mac N’ Cheese

Oct 01, 2008 11 Comments

. A blogumn by Roya Hamadani FOOD FETISH A few weeks ago I went to my favorite kind of estate sale, the kind of sale where the treasured hoard of a lifetime shut-in is boxed up and marked with masking tape only to be pawed over by the curious and covetous.  This time the former [...]

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Blackberry Bold vs. the I-Phone 3G

Oct 01, 2008 19 Comments

So, I’ve been planning to get a Blackberry Bold for awhile now, but it’s been hard road to stay in love with this particular gadget. First it was supposed to come out in July, then it got pushed back to September. Then it was supposed to come out on October 1st. Well, it’s October 1st [...]

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Venice FlyTrap: No, I REALLY Love Ice Cream

Oct 01, 2008 Comments Off

. A blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Beaches are fun, aren’t they? One day spent soaking up some sun by the ocean can wipe away a weeks worth of cubicle-induced stress. A visit to the beach is also a great way to fill those endless hours spent with out-of-town visitors. A few years back I had [...]

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Buy Your Geek This: Watch and Nerdy

Oct 01, 2008 3 Comments

. A blogumn by CH In my last post I talked about updating my internal hard drive. I did the job last weekend and went off without a hitch. It took about 7 hours with all the formatting and copying. Finally I can get all my music and video’s on to my laptop I feel [...]

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Guess the Random Lyric: Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1

Oct 01, 2008 Comments Off

Angela G. from Texas guessed correctly that yesterday’s song was “When You Were Young” by The Killers. Funny story, I actually heard this song on the radio while driving home from work yesterday. Nice, right? But I doubt this next one will come on today, because L.A. radio doesn’t love me that much. This is [...]

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Wow! It’s Wednesday: To Google or Not to Google – The Unexpected Sequel

Oct 01, 2008 6 Comments

So, Kelli Bielema, one our Fierce and Nerdy contributors, sent me the following urgent message yesterday: . Ugh. Who is the gal who did the To Google or not To Google article? This is upsetting!!! A site that can let you know who is Googling you. YIKES!!!!!!!! —— Well, Kelli, that gal was actually me. [...]

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