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Great Animated Short Film (6 min): More by Mark Osborne

More by Mark Osborne. Total run time 6 minutes.



The Academy-Award nominated animated short-film tells the story of a lonely inventor, whose colorless existence is brightened only by dreams of the carefree bliss of his youth. By day, he is trapped in a dehumanizing job in a joyless world. But by night, he tinkers away on a visionary invention, desperate to… Continue

Added by alice on August 6, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Funny T-Shirts Rule: Busted Tees

From the guys who run CollegeHumor...hilarious t-shirts from Busted Tees.…

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Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

PHOTOGRAPHER SPOTLIGHT: CHARLES KANG

I met Charles back in 6th grade when we first started attending Orange Korean Church in Fullerton. He's currently at 20th Century Fox where he works in Feature Production Finance. He's also an amazing photographer as you can tell by his pictures.…

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Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

NY Underground by National Geographic

National Geographic

Scale… Continue

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The Maine Lobster Experience: 3 Places, 6 Lobsters (Each), 2 People Who Loved Every Minute of it!

While visiting Mom Judy and Daddy Bob a few days ago, Sam and I were taken on a whirlwind tour of Maine lobster hot spots. Knowing how crazy we are for food, they took us to Musgongus Bay Lobster Company our first night and maui wowie it was the best damn lobster we have ever… Continue

Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 1:30pm — 9 Comments

Do We Have Too Many Starbucks?

Comedian Lewis Black on Starbucks.… Continue

Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Starbucks Offers $2 Iced Grande Beverages After 2pm (With Receipt)

In your latest ploy you are trying to get me to come back in the afternoon to spend more money at SBUX!

I'll give it you, Schultz, this one might make sense. From today Aug 5th to Sept 2nd, customers can bring in their morning receipt to a store after 2p to buy an iced grande beverage for $2.… Continue

Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

How Close is the Presidential Race Going to Be? FiveThirtyEight.com May Know.

FiveThirtyEight.com is a political website that has a wealth of information on what the 2008 electoral map will look like in November. 538 represents the total number of presidential electors that make up the United States Electoral College and meet every four years to cast the official… Continue

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Modern Day Relationships: He's Just Not That Into You - Movie Debuts 10/24/08

Cool Girls, Cure on the Soundtrack, Could it be Good?



The film is based on the bestselling book of the same name, which was written by former Sex and the City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo, and is about modern day relationships and how men and women often misconstrue the intentions of the opposite sex. Movie is produced by Drew Barrymore who stars along a great cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Aniston.… Continue

Added by alice on August 5, 2008 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

It's Hollywood Bowl Time! Sound of Music Sing-A-Long 9/19 Friday 6pm

Big shout out to Misa for letting us know about the Sound of Music Sing-A-Long coming to the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, 9/19 at 6pm! I am so excited...mostly bc Misa told me just how great of an experience this is!



From the… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2008 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Slap me silly, maybe I can be a vegetarian! Portobello redhead at Veggie Planet, Cambridge MA.

Now let's get one thing straight. I am a hardcore carnivore. I have never tried to be a vegetarian bc it just never seemed appealing. I know there are great reasons to become one but really how can you deny yourself a big ol juicy steak?



However. If you can make a delicious meal that makes me forget about that big fat juicy steak, you have… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2008 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

strut your stuff with these beautiful headbands from ban.do

ban.do - Beautiful headbands from Jen Gotch and her friend… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2008 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

Set your TIVOs or Clear Your Schedule: The Olympics Begin 8/8 Friday 7:30p

Just wanted to make everyone aware that the Olympics will begin at 7:30p (1/2 hr earlier than expected) - Reuters.

The opening ceremonies will be 3 1/2 hours long.



NBC will present an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Beijing Olympic Games… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2008 at 11:00am — 7 Comments

Goodbye Police! The Last Police Concert - NYC - Madison Squre Garden, 8/7 (Thurs) 8pm

A NY Event!

It's a fundraiser with proceeds benefiting the production of arts programming for public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York. Ticketmaster



Sting and the Police will also contribute $1 million to Mayor Bloomberg's MillionTreesNYC initiative -- a gift the city will match -- to plant trees all over New York… Continue

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Coffee Bean - Let's try the new yogurt iced blendeds - FREE!

Coffee Bean was nice enough to give the Met 20 free coupons to try out the Yogurt Iced Blendeds! No catch!

They know that you are a discerning bunch and that you'll spread the word if you truly enjoy it.



They have 3 flavors: strawberry (pictured above)...



mango..

and original!



Here's a little info:

The original, not… Continue

Added by alice on August 4, 2008 at 8:00am — 12 Comments

The Evolution of the Olympic Torch

Interesting to see and hear about the different interpretations of the Olympic torch.

NY Times

Added by alice on August 3, 2008 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

What Does the Future of the Internet Hold? Just Ask the Folks at Berkman Center, Harvard.

Each line is drawn between two nodes, representing two IP addresses.



So after all that food..it's finally time to get into the reason why we came to Cambridge...the Berkman Center for Internet & Society! Seth Young manages the Communications efforts. He was kind enough to sit down with me and Sam for a very interesting talk about Berkman's work in… Continue

Added by alice on August 1, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

The Dining Room of Nobel Laureates, Celebrities, and New England Farmers? Where? Henrietta's Table.

Yesterday morning's breakfast. Sam and I had slept really late, around 1:30a and we had to get up the next day to grab breakfast before heading off to the Berkman Center. Now Sam is not a morning person...I have learned (after 13 hard years) that it is better to let a tired man have his coffee before you begin talking to him.



So we wake up around 7:30a and head out to breakfast at… Continue

Added by alice on August 1, 2008 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Italian Cuisine with a New England Twist? Yes! Rialto Rocks Our World

This is easily one of the best hotel restaurants we've ever eaten at - Rialto, in the Charles Hotel. You must be saying to yourself...damn, that girl has a lot of "bests." Best this, best that. No joke, this whole dining experience was almost pure perfection from start to finish.



We take the elevator to Rialto on the 2nd floor and immediately when we walk out I… Continue

Added by alice on July 31, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

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