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The 10 Best and Worst Cereals

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Breakfast cereal is so many things: a childhood staple, a convenient snack, an economical meal, a favorite of Jerry Seinfeld, and much more. Athletes yearn for placement on cereal boxes, and kids buy them just for the prizes inside. Collectors covet rare and out of print boxes (the only one I ever kept was the [...]
 
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The 10 Most Popular L&L Articles in June 2009

Please allow us to present the top ten articles on our website from the past month…
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Billy Mays found dead…is anyone questioning the ShamWow guy??

Legendary TV pitchman and infomercial star Billy Mays has been found dead in his home. This is very sad news. I liked that guy, and he was just on a late night talk show the other night! In fact, during his TV appearance, he delivered a major diss to the ShamWow guy, Vince Shlomi. When [...]

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Does graveyard water give you magic powers?

Dear Liz and Laura,Is it true that if you drink still water from a graveyard puddle reflecting a full moon you will gain powers of some sort? If so, what might they be and how long will they last?Signed,I Ain’t Afraid of No GhostsDear Ghosts,Liz and Laura know a thing or two [...]

Booze

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Bartenders know how to handle a pandemic

…with drinking humor. Seriously, this swine flu stuff is a bunch of garbage, and I can’t believe the news is devoting so much time to it. I suppose I’ll be eating my words (in antiviral form) if it comes back with a vengeance come winter like some experts warn, but I’ll take my chances.Courtesy of [...]

Celebrity Douchebaggery

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I think I was a little hard on Rachael Ray

Now, I’ve had my share of fun at Rachael Ray’s expense in the past, but I think the era of making fun of her is over. Now I just feel sad for her.First of all, it sounds like she’s suffering from a serious throat problem, which must be pretty humiliating when your job is public [...]

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Dear Talk Shows: Withholding sex will not make a man marry you

I get really peeved whenever I see a TV talk show discussing the reasons men sometimes don’t want to get married, because they always say the same things and never offer any solutions. I believe it was Dr. Phil the other day who was saying that the number one reason men don’t get married is [...]

The Finer Things

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Recipe: Grilled Basa Fish with Herb Butter and Roasted Asparagus

Basa is a variety of catfish from Southeast Asia that was renamed due to pressure from the U.S. catfish board when it became too much of a competitor for the catfish market. However, according to Wikipedia, blind taste tests have proved that Americans prefer basa’s flavor to that of American catfish three to one. Here’s a recipe I came up with that I feel does this noble fish justice…

The Liz and Laura Chronicles

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Liz and Laura get some bling

…courtesy of that weird site Blingee. I just discovered this today and was messing around with it, but I like this look for us.

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A reality TV show idea…Mark Burnett, I await your calls

As a former film student, I see a lot of potential in competitive filmmaking as a reality TV subject. I know Project Greenlight made some waves at the beginning of this whole reality era, but my idea is much better.Here’s what I envision: ten or twelve aspiring filmmakers are put into teams, a la The [...]
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