Word: weirded
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...closeup conflict and emotional kick, the Frost/Nixon movie tops the play. But neither can match the tension and weird poignancy of the original interviews - reality TV of the highest, queasiest order...
...hell out of there,” he said.Singh and his friend darted into the club they had initially planned to visit, and didn’t comprehend what they had witnessed for nearly 45 minutes. “We walked right into the club, it was pretty weird,” he said. They had a drink and when they came out of the club for a breather, the owners closed the club, leaving Singh and his friend standing outside the entrance. “The club owners closed the shutters behind us and we were just standing there...
Like Zagat, Only Hipper. The pocket-size Black Book guides review bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels in 23 cities worldwide, with specific food, drink and seating recommendations, useful tips like "crazy buzzy, come at a weird time" or "warning, your plastic has no power here," plus Q&As with local luminaries. If you're looking for something less stodgy than Zagat and more personal than Michelin, the Black Book may be for you. You can also download the free Black Book app to your iPhone, if you don't want to spring for the paperback...
...their own. The first thing it does after you turn it on is ask your weight, which is a little confrontational. It then asks your weight every time you use it, as if to say, "Jeez, still?" Visitors--you get more office drop-bys when you have a weird walking desk than when you have doughnuts--sweetly avert their eyes as the weight question comes up. Apart from that, my week using it was not unlike a regular workweek. Here's the, ahem, rundown...
...golden age of obsessive acquisition. We watch Antiques Roadshow and mentally inventory the attic, troll the tag sales, join the National Toothpick Holder Collectors Society. Once treasures were prized for their scarcity, but now mass production creates mass disposal and the chance to find worth in the weird and worthless: bottle caps and matchbook covers, swizzle sticks and toilet seats. (There's a toilet-seat-art museum in San Antonio, Texas.) Since objects of desire tend to hold some special meaning, they let people connect with the instant intimacy of shared fixation. If you doubt this, stop by modernmoisttowelette.com...