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Top Chef This: Paula Deen Tells Anthony Bourdain Which Way Is Up

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comAugust 19, 2011 //

“Anthony Bourdain needs to get a life. You don’t have to like my food, or Rachael [Ray]‘s, Sandra [Lee]‘s and Guy [Fieri]‘s. But it’s another thing to attack our character. I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life … You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.”

—Our dear Paula Deen fires back at Anthony Bourdain, who called her the “most dangerous person to America” and insulted several other chefs as well in TV Guide magazine. Anthony, lay off Paula. I mean, when have you ever given the world a gif like this one? Or invented something as incredible as the Lasagna Sandwich? I think not. Read the comment that got Paula so piping mad after the jump. Keep reading »

Digital Time Capsule With Superstar Sperm Is Being Sent To Space

SimchaSeptember 8, 2008 //

Space, the final frontier, is getting a new voyager and some sperm that’s outta this world! Richard Garriott, the video game visionary behind Tabula Rasa, is going to be the sixth private citizen to be sent to outer space. How’d he get so lucky? Well, he’s started a program to collect, create, and carry digital DNA and snippets of human history as a time capsule to be stored at the International Space Station. The paranoid gamer is worried androids, the apocalypse, and natural disasters could make us all extinct. His fear has inspired him to create the project, called “Operation Immortality,” to ensure a future for humanity. So who’s genetic code is he cracking? So far, brilliant comedian and well-known narcissist, Stephen Colbert, has agreed to donate, but even the average Jane can offer up her stuff too! All you have to do is play the free trial of Tabula Rasa and your name could get selected at random to become a sample. But if DNA seems a bit too personal, you can simply send a message to the Universe by typing a note about the 21st Century here. Mr. Garriott will be collecting information until October when his shuttle launches. So, with a month to go, we’d like to recommend a few good peeps we think the future could use…

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Sweet Release: What’s In And Out The Week Of August 5th 2008

SimchaAugust 5, 2008 //

Music

  • Carla Bruni

    • Comme Si de Rien N’Etait
    Former model and current outspoken first lady of France Carla Bruni has released a record so sweet and simply sexy that you know she’s exactly the kind of classy slut she says she is. While you might not be able to pronounce the album title, you should definitely play Comme Si de Rien N’Etait at your next dinner party. (NOTE: The title means “as if nothing happened.” Translation courtesy of Megs, who got straight A’s in French class.) Keep reading »