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Forbes’ List Of The Top-Earning DEAD Celebs Freaks Us Out

Nikki DowlingOctober 29, 2009 //

So much for resting in peace. Forbes magazine even wants dead celebs to work hard for their money. They just released a list titled “Top Earning Dead Celebrities.” Of course, the primo place is not filled by anyone predictable. Apparently, the most valuable “deleb” is designer Yves Saint Laurent. Earlier this year, an auction of this dude’s belongings raked in about $443 million in three days. The duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein hold down spot number two for creating musicals like “South Pacific,” “Oklahoma,” and “The Sound of Music.” Michael Jackson is number three and Elvis Presley, who usually secures the top spot, is at #4. But the list gets weirder … Keep reading »

I’m Afraid My Girlfriend Is Going To Eat Me

Amelia McDonell-ParryOctober 28, 2009 //

Yahoo! Answers gets such an amazing array of totally ridonkulous questions that an entire blog has been set up to collect the best ones. The question above is my new personal favorite. This guy’s girlfriend loves him so, so, so much she literally wants to eat him. Well, drink him, as a milkshake. What should he do?! [Tumblr: Yahoo Answers via BuzzFeed] Keep reading »

Hot Outta The Oven: Hot Mormon Muffins

Amelia McDonell-ParryOctober 28, 2009 //

If you thought all Mormon women wore floor-length muslin gowns and did their hair in poofy buns, you would be wrong. If you thought Mormons ate normal, run-of-the-mill muffins, you would be wrong too. The “Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste Of Motherhood” calendar blows those two stereotypes straight to hell. From the same folks who brought you the “Men On A Mission” calendar (which featured sexy male missionaries!), “these sexy moms have dared to step into the spotlight to breakdown stereotypes and extend a hand of friendship beyond religious and social boundaries. Shot in a centerfold format with oversized imagery, the calendar features the ladies’ favorite muffin recipes with a portion of the proceeds going to Breast Cancer research.” Well that’s nice, I guess. More importantly, what makes the muffins so damn special? According to Examiner.com, they have a “buttered sugar coating.” Consider my mind blown. [Examiner.com] Keep reading »

Don’t Get It Twisted At The Yoga Competition

Susannah BreslinOctober 28, 2009 //


NYMag.com sent a fearless reporter into the heart of yoga cutthroatism at the seventh annual Yoga Asana Competition in New York City. More than a few of The Frisky ladies are yoga devotees. Speaking for myself, I can’t do anything like what these people are doing here — or, like, I can do it, but not as good as they do it. Either way, I sure can’t put my feet behind my head — that is, not yet. Probably, if I could, I’d get more dates. Anyway, I dig yoga, but Amelia and I agree this looks an awful lot like a bodybuilding competition or a beauty pageant — only more pretzel-ific. [NYMag.com] Keep reading »

Woman Acts Like Dog, Burglar Runs Away

Jessica GoldbergOctober 27, 2009 //

Listen to this ingenious, cost-effective, do-it-yourself security idea. A Georgia woman was home alone recently when an apparently homeless man began trying to break in. When he opened the door, girlfriend got on the floor and began scratching like a dog, which scared the man off and sent him running. She imitated some other dog behavior, too, but the police report isn’t saying what. Could she have peed on his leg? [AP]

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Nightclubs Just For The Plus-Sized?

Jessica GoldbergOctober 27, 2009 //

Plus-size nightclub Club Bounce is kind of like “More To Love” come to life. Lisa Marie Garbo, a big, beautiful blonde, opened the club five years ago, hoping it would be a place where she wouldn’t be “the only fat girl at the local nightclub.” Since then, her creation has become one in a string of nightclubs catering to plus-size partiers in cities along the California coastline. Plus-size patrons make up about three quarters of the women who dance at Club Bounce. Interestingly, only about one quarter of the men who frequent the club are of the overweight variety. Instead, most of them just appreciate the full-figured women on the dance floor. Keep reading »

Sigh, All We’ve Been There, Sweetie

Jessica WakemanOctober 23, 2009 //

At least this British party girl wasn’t in her Spanx that night, right? Still, this is when your girlfriends are supposed to give you a damn coat! [The Awl] Keep reading »

Jeepers Creepers, Where’d You Get Those LED Peepers?

Susannah BreslinOctober 23, 2009 //


In Asia, where some women prize the “big eye” look which is more natural to Western women, some ladies opt for plastic surgery, some wear dramatic makeup, and others put on LED eyelashes. “LED Eyelash is a clever product that speaks to many Asian women’s desire for bigger eyes,” according to the gizmo’s creator. The apparatus includes headphones and a sensor that responds to head and eye movement. If the wearer moves her head or blinks her eyes, the lights flash. The contraption looks a little awkward to wear, but one imagines it would work wonders when flirting in a dark bar. [BuzzFeed] Keep reading »

Bride Spends Her Wedding Night In Jail!

Nikki DowlingOctober 22, 2009 //

Weddings can get kind of crazy. Sometimes daddy drinks too much and makes an awkward toast, or your great grandmother shows up and misplaces her false teeth while you’re cutting the cake. Other times the bride slaps a cop and spends her wedding night in jail. Wait, what!? I know it sounds crazy, but that is just what happened to a bride in Barcelona. The reception got a little wild and the bride and groom’s families started fighting. When the cops arrived to break it up, the newly wedded woman grabbed a po-po by the neck and smacked him. So much for sex on her wedding night. A jail cell is hardly a honeymoon suite. [NY Daily News] Keep reading »

New York State Rape Kits Get DNA Upgrade

Annika HarrisOctober 22, 2009 //

We’re definitely in the DNA age, people. You only need to tune into the paternity-testing “The Maury Show” or a crime show marathon to know that. So it’s about time New York state gives its rape testing kits, which were first introduced in emergency rooms 20 years ago, a DNA upgrade. Today, state officials are slated to reveal the new kits, which also include instructions on collecting evidence from male victims and a training video narrated by Mariska Hargitay (because her role as a detective on “Law & Order: SVU” has made her an expert). Developers from St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals in NYC say they have learned what works and what doesn’t over the years and the new kit is more comprehensive. Now, the kits provide special envelopes and swabs to collect an attacker’s bodily fluids or other evidence left behind that might contain DNA. The kits also provide information for health professionals to deal with male victims, which is a good thing since the ratio of male sexual assault victims in New York is much higher than the national ratio of one in eight. [NY Post]

I have to say I’m slightly shocked the old rape kits weren’t this comprehensive. I thought the whole point of a rape kit was to collect DNA. Keep reading »

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