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So, in the wake of Top Chef DC, DC Cupcakes and Real Housewives DC pulling in mediocre ratings, the blogosphere was ablaze with posts about how DC sucks at reality TV. The posts were written in the familiar self-deprecating tone, taken time and again by bloggers seemingly hell bent on portraying DC as the poor [...]

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I know. Let the Mad Men withdrawal begin. No more snazzy outfits, no more planning theme parties in my head that I know I will never execute nor attend, no more 7356978536 overwritten blog articles that analyze  ”who is Don Draper” via  advertising metaphors and the objects in his apartment. Don’t worry, I am not [...]

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So, as an equal opportunity employer, I figured I would follow up my attack on video games with an attack on Glee. I’ll just get to the point: Glee is unwatchable. The Britney episode was unwatchable. The lack of plot is unwatchable and many of the show tune-y pop songs are unwatchable. Especially those with [...]

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Oh yes. The  Social Network drops this weekend. Garnering a 98% on Metacritic and a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, to say the Social Network is “hyped” would be the understatement of the century. I obviously want to see it. You should want to see it. It’s a purported cinematic tour de force based on a [...]

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I know. Terrible pun. It was between that and “Space Foodity.” David Bowie? Anyone? But, given that no stakes in Top Chef are too high for terrible puns (they titled this episode “gastro-nauts”), I figured I had to go there. Now since this episode had tons of SPOILERS, which included a much-debated elimination, I will [...]

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Well, it wasn’t cornballs, it was corn fritters, but I instantly thought of THIS: ¡Soy loco por los Cornballs! Oh, and before I start the recap I just want to apologize for being a Top Chef slacker of late. While in Georgia I had very limited internet access and yesterday I was stuck in meetings [...]

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So Monday was the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. SPOILER ALERT Miss Mexico won. She was crowned queen of the universe. Technically she should be queen of the Earth, since she beat out all of Earth’s countries, but we lost our chance to join the Federation of Planets  long ago: Anyways, the race was tight for [...]

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So yesterday the Washington Post reported that the original Kermit the Frog toy, complete with ping pong ball eyes and coat-fabric arms, has been given to the Smithsonian museum. Apparently being green, although difficult, has its perks. After Wikipedia-ing for a socially unacceptable period of time, I discovered that Kermit was not the first of [...]

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Honestly, I am surprised Top Chef didn’t go there. The pun potential was code orange this week with the military theme. Yes, last night was Restaurant Wars, the Top Chef staple that transforms the most straightforward of tasks (serving dinner at a restaurant) into the most overly dramatic of situations. The episode did not disappoint. [...]

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Get it, like mako shark*?! Clever girl. Congrats to JenT23 for your winning submission to our contest. You will be getting your shirt in the mail shortly! Runners up include “going to work BITES” and “I’ll show you a case of the Mondays.” Oh and the highlight of Shark Week so far? This clip from [...]

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