Articles by Laura

I know I should be boycotting these dumb Olympics, but I’m a sucker for stuff like gymnastics since I used to do it (not well, but I did it). I also did synchronized swimming, with even less stellar results. But that’s beside the point. I think it’s a terrible injustice that these [...]

As I’ve previously mentioned, I am a fan of CBS’ Swingtown, and now that I’m learning more about the actors in the show, I like it even more!  For one thing, the main husband is the British in-charge guy (Commodore Norrington I think) in Pirates of the Caribbean, and the girl who plays Trina was [...]

Celebrity couples come and go like the seasons, reminding us all that love is fleeting when you’re a self-obsessed narcissist with a Napoleonic complex. Some of them last a year, even two, giving us little people a brief glimpse of hope that love can be everlasting, until the inevitable extramarital affair scandal followed by [...]

If you like Liz and Laura, you will totally adore DListed.com.  It is a celebrity gossip journal, and as much as I love the Perez, Michael K (DListed’s writer/creator) is way funnier.  Read this shit immediately and often!  Laura commands it.

Have you watched this ad yet?  Calvin Klein was apparently forced not to air this “controversial” ad featuring sultry Eva Mendes.Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession adI really don’t see what the big deal is.  There’s a tiny flash of nipple, and it’s tasteful as hell.  Sure, this is a Puritanical jerk country where Janet Jackson’s [...]

I was rewatching this 60 Minutes interview with the super-rich Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid of Dubai (the guy who has like a thousand expensive horses and cars and seemingly limitless power to build weird fake islands), and after I watched it, I couldn’t get this song out of my head….Prince Ali (video link)What do you [...]

All these people willing to pour money into games like Second Life and The Sims for the joy of playing God should really think about throwing a few bucks at Heifer International.  For one thing, not enough people give any money at all to good causes, but more importantly, it’s really fun.I give to them [...]

It confounds me that these shows are not only still on the air, but popular.1. HeroesIt’s just a crappy ripoff of the X-Men! Doesn’t anyone else see that?2. 24Terrorism is boring. And so is this show.3. Grey’s AnatomyBlah blah, love, blah blah, medical jargon. I don’t know how this show is supposed [...]

Before you think ill of me, I don’t usually watch Jay Leno’s poopy Tonight Show. I’d rather occupy my time in ways that don’t make me want to off myself slowly with a pellet gun. But I happened to catch the opening credits the other day, and I was shocked — shocked! — [...]

When I was a kid, one of my favorite outdoor activities was digging for what we in the schoolyard called “sand rubies.” Now, this might just be specific to the Sonoran Desert, where I grew up, but maybe some of you have had similar experiences.Basically, when you dig down in the sand, past [...]