Gossip! – Betty White is the new black

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Come fall, I’m wearing Betty. Yep, Betty White is branching out into fashion. Women’s Wear Daily is saying the uber-star is launching a line of T-shirts and hoodies in August featuring her smiling face. Targeting the digital generation, the $48 hoodies (what a bargain!) feature washable earbuds and a jack to plug into iPods. Portions of sales will go to the Morris Animal Foundation, an animal health organization dear to Betty’s sweet heart. Betty, you are the face of twenty-ten.

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Talented kids – Kids as the Real Housewives

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Kids as "Real Housewives." What a CRACK-up.The brilliant minds at Babelgum bring us the pint-sized reenactment of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. And let me say you don’t know Jersey, until you’ve heard a ginger-headed six-year-old utter Caroline’s legendary line: “If you’re going to mess with my family, you’re messin’ with me!” Stop what you’re doing right this minute and watch. You’ll thank me.

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Life 101 – We all bark for…

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Make mine a Neo-paw-litan, please.Westminster recently asked me if he could go to England. I thought it might be to sniff out the Abbey, but then I heard about this: a doggone smart entrepreneur in England is serving up doggie ice cream in flavors to make you bark. Chicken flavored ice cream served in a wafer cone with a crunchy canine biscuit bone topper. Mmmm, chicken ice cream. I think I’ll go with the K-9 Cookie Crunch.

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Pet Fun – Lip synching turtle

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Koopa the turtle is going places. Do your day a favor and listen as Koopa belts out some Etta James. He’s got lip synching down, even though turtles don’t have any lips. According to finger-on-the-pulse site Buzzfeed, amateur herpetologists know Koopa the Box Turtle as the turtle who paints. (Some are for sale on ebay and I’d proudly have any of them on my wall!) I visited Koopa’s site Turtlekiss and have decided I’m in love.

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Pet Fun – Quizno’s Commercial

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Not sure why the Mad Men at Quizno’s decided that cute disembodied kitten faces will make you want to eat more foot-long subs, but this new commercial most definitely does not do it for me. I’d much rather watch this surprised kitten or these vacuum-riding kittens. Add a little cute to your day, but hold the salami and cheddar.

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Life 101 – Drink up

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

The gift for the real wino in your life.

I’m not sure what to say about this latest wine drinking aid. I almost decided to just present it without comment and tell you to go to Amazon and order yourself two. But what I NEED to know is why not just grab the bottle and a straw and call it a day? I will also point out that customers who bought this item on Amazon, also bought the beer glass that holds 5 beers and the Obama Chia Pet Planter.
You can’t make this stuff up. Or rather you can… and then sell it to America! You know you need a Bill Clinton corkscrew.

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Dinner Party Talk – Paris Live

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

If you love Paris, and you love spying on people, then Paris Live is for you. The borderline creepy/awesome site features six webcams strategically placed around the Eiffel Tower, so you can view the tower (which looks exactly the same from the front and back) at all hours of the day. What’s really fun are the webcams located inside restaurants and shops. I can only imagine the tantrums people would throw if they placed a webcam in Bergdorf Goodman so we could watch Beyonce shop via the Internet. The last time I was at Bergdorf, I stalked Oprah.

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Garage Sale – Find of the Week!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

LeBron James pendant - Paid $5, worth $10,000


Yard saler Vaneisha Robinson thought she was buying costume jewelry when she paid $5 for this diamond studded pendant. When she had it appraised, she discovered it is worth almost $10,000. According to the AP, 20 year old Vaneisha said she used to wear the jersey-shaped pendant to high school until gemologist Jerry Ehrenwald appraised the 14-karat white gold pendant sports more than 2 carats of diamonds for a small fortune. The # 23 jersey says ‘King’ on the front and ‘James’ on the back. Maybe Lebron wants to buy it off Vaneisha as a good luck charm as he heads to Miami. Or… go to ebay and buy a tinfoil one.

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Pop Culture Pop-Up – ESPY Awards

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Anyone who likes their sports stars coupled with the SNL cast (sports with a side of comedy!) was watching the ESPY’s, ESPN’s annual award show the other night. It’s the one time of the year where pop culture meets sports- “like being in a Kardashian sister’s bedroom,” host Seth Meyers said. The only bit I managed to catch was Tracy Morgan’s “audition” for Invincible, and I must say, it was not hilarious. EW.com reports that there was a lot of bumbling comedy during the night: good intentions that just fell flat. Like January Jones hosting SNL last season. Good in theory; bad, bad, bad in practice.

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American Icons – Marilyn’s Chest X-ray

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

A healthy priced x-ray!

Proving that there’s a buyer for everything… a 1954 x-ray taken of Marilyn Monroe’s chest sold for a whopping $45,000 in a heated auction at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas! The 1954 X-ray was estimated to have a maximum selling price of $1,200! According to the President/CEO of Julien’s Auction, then 28-year-old Monroe was supposedly pregnant at the time. Now, that’s a collector’s item! The unforeseen high price goes along with my theory that a unique story adds exponential value and all you need for a BIG $ale is two people who buy that story! In addition to the X-ray, the chair from Monroe’s last photo shoot went for $35,000! Hey, big spenders, somewhere I have the x-ray of my broken pinky…and boy, can I tell you a story!

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