Year: 2012

The Surf Dogs Of San Diego Hang Ten

There’s crazy, and then there’s “I sold my business and moved to California so that my dog could surf” crazy. And that’s exactly what one of the participants in the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition did. Apparently, dog surfing is a great sport, and great fun, as Michael Uy, winner of the small dog sector notes. […]

Stephen Colbert Has A Great Plan For Sweden’s Twitter Account

So maybe you’ve heard about Sweden’s weird Twitter experiment, wherein they’re allowing perfectly average Swedish citizens to take over the country’s Twitter account for a week at a time. The nation’s current national Twitterer is a woman named Sonja, who seems mildly obsessed with Hitler and Jews and “The Little Mermaid.” Don’t believe us? Check […]

Rafael Nadal Wins The French Open, Plus 13 Other Hot Tennis Dudes

Congratulations are due to Rafael Nadal, who won the French Open this weekend! Here he is looking all soulful and sexy with his trophy/cup thingy. Mmm, so many hotties in the sport of tennis, huh? Because Rafael can’t do it alone, here are some other pro tennis hotties who know how to wield their rackets. Don’t […]

Friskyscopes: Jupiter Entering Gemini Means Lucky Days Are Ahead For Everyone!

Gemini is a stupendous sign! It’s fun, crafty, curious, spontaneous, hilarious, youthful and a whirlwind of never-ending surprises. So, now that Jupiter, the big ball of luck and catharsis, is going into Gemini mode starting today and ending June 25, 2013, life is about to get a jump start of energy as it goes into […]

Love The Smell Of Books? This Perfume Is For You

Are you a serious bookworm? Do you find the scent of the printed page borderline orgasmic? Are regular perfumes not quite paper-y enough for you? Sounds like you might want to check out Paper Passion, a new fragrance that smells like–you guessed it–books. Created by a master perfumer in collaboration with Wallpaper magazine, with packaging designed by Karl […]

The Soapbox: Why Lolo Jones’ Reason For Staying A Virgin Infuriates Me

In a recent interview on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” 29-year-old American hurdler Lolo Jones told Mary Carillo that Olympic qualifying is nowhere near as difficult as her struggle to remain a virgin until marriage. Jones said she publicized her vow of chastity because she wants other girls who have made the same decision […]

10 Reality TV Shows We Miss

“The Amazing Race”, which we’re totally sick of if we’re being honest, is still airing after 11 years, yet we will never have the pleasure of seeing another episode of “Blind Date” again. It doesn’t seem right. Why was that show cancelled? It was 27 minutes of pure entertainment. It captured the awkwardness of dating […]