Thanks to Nate from Deep Into Sports for letting us know that Andy Hallett, the actor/singer, who played Lorne on Angel has died of a so far unknown cause at the way, way too young age of 33. I loved Angel — but I especially adored Lorne, and was especially impressed that Andy was able [...]

. a blogumn by Debra Goykhman Marriage is more than the merging of two people, but also the merging all the baggage that comes with them — including food baggage. My husband and I rarely like the same foods, which has been the biggest adjustment in our marriage.  One thing that we do like is [...]

. a blogumn by Monique King-Viehland A few weeks ago I was pondering why in the hell American International Group (AIG) was allowed to give $165 million in bonuses given that they received $173 billion in bailout funds.  I argued that the response to the AIG bonus situation and how President Obama will move to [...]

So reading this Jezebel piece about girls wearing make-up at younger and younger ages has me somewhat disturbed. Sample statistic: Four years ago, a survey by the NPD Group showed that, on average, women began using beauty products at 17. Today, the average is 13-and that’s got to be an overstatement. According to market-research firm [...]

In a rather annoying double-team, slpc guessed that yesterday’s lyric was from “Volare,” and Zacki from “Tall Glass of Shame” guessed that the artists, whose name had been mentioned on Desperate Housewives 2 eps ago, was Dean Martin. The reason I put the DH fact in italics is b/c slpc accused me of being too [...]

Okay, 2 things: 1) Definitely come back on Wednesday, b/c we have a new “Dork Lifestyle” from our resident comic artist, Missy Kulik going up then. And 2) How freaking adorable are these embroidery floss ponies that she made? She’s still on the fence about whether to mass produce them, so if I were you [...]

. a blogumn by Michael Kass Last week, the unimaginable happened:  The Single White Nerd left ElAy.  Not permanently.  Just for a weekend trip to Seattle.  Ok, so maybe it’s not that unimaginable. I spent two days wandering somewhat aimlessly along the city streets in the company of a friend whom I’ve known for a [...]

. a blogumn by Jeff Rogers One afternoon not long after Gracie had recovered from her distemper and the loss of her whole litter of puppies, Elise walked Gracie down the hill from Angelino Heights to Echo Park and around the lake. Near the entrance to the park Elise noticed a forlorn looking red-orange dog, [...]