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[5 Dec 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

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Magazines and websites have to stop using that one skinny photo of Oprah Winfrey, taken back in 1994 when she ran that marathon. Who are you kidding? She’s pushing 250 these days, and the only place she’s running is to the fridge to get more marinara for her mozzarella sticks.


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Stop giving me news about the movie Twilight. I don’t know who Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are. I don’t know what they do in the movie. I just know I want them to eat garlic and die.

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The Food Network has to immediately stop running that annoying commercial for PARTINI. Every time I hear that jingle, a small portion of my soul blackens and dies. How long until this piece of shit game is in the dollar bin-tini?

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My hairdresser has to shut the hell up while cutting my hair. I don’t want to hear about “the hysterical time” you got drunk and trimmed your boyfriend’s hairy ballsack with a pair of your cuticle cutters. What is this, the “before” portion of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover? I’m here for a cut and color – not to film an episode of Jerry Springer. And while I’m at it, you can grab my chin and say “a little to the left” as much as you want. My head only turns so far. I’m not an owl. Thanks.

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[20 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

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Everyone has to boycott the new Karate Kid movie with Jaden Smith. First, you can’t have a Karate Kid without Pat Morita. Second, Jaden Smith is ten. Think about it. Is a crane kick to the nose really the best answer when someone steals your legos?


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Match.com has to stop trying to convince me “it’s okay to look.” You know what? I did look. I saw some fat chicks, some old people, and a guy who looked like Chunk from the Goonies. It’s not a dating site anymore… it’s an online gathering spot for people who never got asked to prom.

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A 4-oz bottle of vanilla extract isn’t allowed to cost $14. It is crushed vanilla bean mixed with alcohol and corn syrup! Why is it so expensive? The price is so high, last week I saw Snoop Dogg pourin’ out an ounce for his dead homies.

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Don’t even attempt to recreate that Alton Brown recipe you saw on Good Eats. Take my word for it – it’s an impossible task. Last week, I went into the kitchen to make his poundcake. I opened my oven an hour later and found something that looked like Betty White’s hair on season 2 of the Golden Girls.

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[13 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

Starting Now: New Rules


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No more Guitar Hero “Risky Business” parody commercials, with D-list celebrities playing air guitar to “Old Time Rock ‘N Roll” in their underwear. It’s not working. Seeing David Cook in a pair of tightie whitie’s isn’t making me want to play Guitar Hero… it’s making me want to buy him a penis pump.


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The talking E-Trade baby has to shut the hell up. Didn’t we learn anything from Look Who’s Talking Too? Talking babies aren’t cute… they’re creepy and annoying. And besides, if I wanted financial advice from someone who throws up 3 times a day and has a limited vocabulary, I’d call Lindsay Lohan.

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CNN reporters aren’t allowed to claim they’re talking to someone via hologram, when the whole interview is computer generated and is done on a green screen. We’ve been duped! It’s really just some guy standing alone in a room talking to himself! What is this, a news broadcast or Friday night at the Clay Aiken household?

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People shouldn’t feel pressured to give their mailmen gifts around the holidays. Come on, mailmen, why so needy? You’re already getting a great salary and federal benefits just for dropping off junk mail. But now you need a re-gifted $6 bottle of wine to know I care? I don’t think so. If you want additional perks as a reward for doing your job, try your luck at Chippendales.

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[5 Nov 2008 | One Comment | ]

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Restaurant servers, WASH YOUR HANDS and eat a mint after your cigarette breaks. Look, I’m all for you escaping out back to grab a smoke and gossip with your friends about how the Mexican dishwasher just tried to feel you up. But you smell like the Marlboro Man’s asshole, and that’s where I draw the line.


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Stop bringing back old TV shows from the 90s. First it was Beverly Hills 90210, and now the CW network is remaking Melrose Place. Why bother? All the cool people were killed off during the Clinton presidency. And besides, I already know what the rest of the characters are up to: BATTLING CATARACTS.

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Gum makers, stop adding those crunchy “flavor crystals” to your sticks of gum. If I wanted to eat a mouthful of sand, I’d get drunk and then go try to return a serve from Misty May.

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American Express has to stop being so fucking nosy about my credit. I don’t have your credit card. I don’t want your credit card. So kindly stop checking my credit every 5 minutes like I’m Ed McMahon. At the very least, think of the environment. My last credit report print-out was longer than Tommy Lee’s dick.

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[27 Oct 2008 | 5 Comments | ]

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NO MORE POPCORN BALLS! They’re stale, they’re hard, and I don’t want to eat something that looks like it was just hit into the bleachers by Jose Canseco.


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Candy makers, stop calling small pieces of candy “Fun Size”. There’s nothing fun about eating a Snickers that’s as big as my thumbnail.

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Lazy kids aren’t allowed to get any candy for Halloween. Sorry, but a white sheet with holes cut out of it isn’t a costume. It’s an operating room prop on Grey’s Anatomy.

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Don’t bother watching horror movies on network TV. They cut out all the good parts. There’s no blood, no gore, and no one dies. If I wanted to watch crazed psychopaths just walking around swinging Santoku knives, I’d tune into the Food Network.


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Stop putting the same Halloween decorations up, in the exact same locations, year after year! I stopped being stared of the fake coffin sitting on your front porch in 1992.


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Fat trick or treaters are only allowed one piece of candy. Look, kid, I’m doing you a favor. Your stomach is hanging out over your Spider Man costume, and you’re 4 Kit-Kats away from needing a boomerang to put on your Spidey-Senses belt. That web shit you spit out of your wrists has a limit to the weight it can support, and you’re just about there.

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[23 Oct 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

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Minute Rice needs to change its name to something more honest… like “THIS SHIT NEVER COOKS” rice. I tried to cook some last night, but after 60 minutes, it was still harder than Ron Jeremy. Something’s gotta give. If I wanted to stand around for 3 hours waiting to eat dinner, I’d go to Olive Garden.


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Men are no longer allowed to make their cars sound so damn loud. I was startled awake the other day by a modded car that was louder than the baggage claim at LAX. Besides, you’re not saying “look at me!” You’re saying “my penis is too small to satisfy a Cheerio.”

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Lazy kids aren’t allowed to get any candy for Halloween. Sorry, but a white sheet with holes cut out of it isn’t a costume. It’s an operating room prop on Grey’s Anatomy.

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Get Paris Hilton off my television. I don’t want to see her on MTV, pretending to search for a new best friend. Can’t somebody just slip her Kurt Loder’s number so we can all be done with it?

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[17 Oct 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

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Attention, old bald guys: close your convertible tops when it’s cold outside! If you have to get more bundled up than an Islamic woman on Ramadan just to go get milk, perhaps you should just close the roof. And besides, you’re not impressing that hottie in the car next to you… you’re contracting pneumonia.

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Enough with Sarah Palin’s folksy bullshit. Last week during her debate with Joe Biden, she flirted with the camera more than a Chinese call girl in a Jay-Z video. From now on, I don’t want to see her winking at anyone unless she’s battling a corneal abrasion.

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If you’re on Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, you have to actually BE a celebrity. The cast of the upcoming season was recently announced, and it includes Annie Duke, Natalie Gulbis, and Brande Roderick.

If you just said “WHO?” more times than the Tootsie Roll Pop owl, you just proved my point.


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If I go out on a run with you, and I stop to tie my shoe, don’t stand there jogging in place giving me dirty looks like I just ruined your workout. We’re doing a leisurely 10 minute mile, and as soon as we finish, we’re going to Wendy’s. So get the hell off my case.

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Actors need to stop making sequels to movies that were made 20 years ago. Kevin Costner is in talks to make a sequel to Bull Durham, which was released in 1988. Please. Costner’s pushing 60. He should be greeting people at the door at Wal-Mart… not trying to convince me he can still field a ball on a nasty hop.

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Stop using actors with accents in commercials. Just because that lady sounds like she just crawled out of Queen Elizabeth’s ass, doesn’t automatically make her a good candidate to sell me a douche.

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Solicitors who come to my door need to use the 30 second rule. If I don’t come to the door after 30 seconds, they must immediately leave. Go harass my neighbor. Go lie down in the street. I don’t care. Just don’t stand there ringing my bell more times than Anita Ward.

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People have to stop using the word “BITTER” when describing a divorce. Obviously it’s bitter. The bitch just walked away with your house, your dog, and your entire collection of vintage, handcrafted bongs. So stop stating the obvious. And let’s leave the word “bitter” to describe something far more relevant… Simon Cowell’s semen.