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December 31, 2009

Happy New Year

I think this sums up 2009 in oh-so-many ways. Enjoy!

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December 26, 2009

Interlaken Recommendations

Anyone traveled to Interlaken, Switzerland before and can recommend some decent accommodations and/or cool stuff to do there for a brief (2-3 day) stay? Anyone at all? Please? Hello? We're heading there in the spring with the family. Thought I would ask JUST IN CASE someone reading this is a distinguished Swiss traveler. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please send to tj@durbanbud.com or leave me a comment if you would be so kind. Gracias!

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December 22, 2009

I Challenge You To A Game Of Horseshoes

We set out on our holiday road trip to visit my folks in Tennessee Wednesday morning. My sister's family have arrived from overseas and are en route there as well. Why am I telling you this? I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I THINK YOU GIVE A SHIT. I believe we are all going to see Avatar this weekend. Yay! Did I mention that Chuck is coming with us? Don't ask.

Speaking of Chuck, here's a bittersweet video to get you in the holiday spirit, especially if you are a pet owner:

But I am still thirsty.

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December 19, 2009

Snowballs

The beauty of Facebook is that someone starts a group called Snowpocalypse, about the impending snowstorm hitting our area, and then organizes and invites the 1000+ members it acquired in less than a day to a massive snowball fight down the street.

Facebook is our friend. NERDS!

And then an undercover cop in a Hummer ruins the fun when he takes out his gun.

Recent rumors of me deliberately avoiding the outdoors have been greatly exaggerated. But I did start to melt from interrupting my hibernation too early.

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December 15, 2009

It's Official: Meg Ryan's Current Face Makes Me Uncomfortable

Oh dear. I caught a glimpse of Meg Ryan being interviewed the other day on one of the morning shows and was stunned by the visual. Did Meg Ryan get labiaplasty on her face? I could barely watch the interview because the alterations to her once adorable face were so glaring. Her (facial) lips have been enhanced, while the rest of her face has had something done that elicit a curious head-tilt and a case of the heebie-jeebies. And that pains me to say about America's Sweetheart circa 1994. But when Harry met Sally I'm pretty sure she didn't look like Janice from The Muppets.

Here are a couple photos of the Meg Ryan from ten years ago looking at a photo of the future Meg Ryan.

Exactly.

A botched plastic surgery can only compound an already fragile ego, which makes it even more painful to watch her on live TV, as she nervously giggles and awkwardly makes animated facial expressions to deflect sustained eye contact on any one of her perceived abnormalities. Poor thing. The pressure to remain desirable in an ageist industry must be exhausting (unless you're Steve Buscemi). Add a low dose of self-esteem, along with a disposable income and a few doctor referrals from shady friends, and you can have a less than 10% chance of successfully surgically enhancing your looks!

Exhibits A & B:

Heebie. Jeebies.

The good news for the 90% of folks who have destroyed their face is that, in very small instances, the work can be redone to salvage some sense of normalcy back to their face.

Congratulations, Daryl Hannah! I hope Meg considers a do-over, too.

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December 3, 2009

This Will Be My Wedding Song

So beautiful!

Sounds a lot like those Autotune the News music videos.

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