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Thursday, June 09, 2011

Duckie

Duckie rocked that Otis Redding Song in Pretty in Pink. Come on, admit it. He was kind of hot. 

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It's so pretty outside.  The sun is shining.  The breeze is blowing.  Somewhere, someone is eating a delicious popsicle and really, really enjoying it.  But not you.  No.  You're in your office.  officefortSource: hahastop.comStaring at your computer.  Feeling hot and gross and wishing you didn't have to stop reading Comediva soon and get to those reports on widget sauce profit margins that you just know your boss will be too busy to read because he/she is probably leaving early.
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Are you afraid of the dark?  If you weren't before, you would be after you saw these episodes of the show on Nickelodeon. Scaaaaaaaryyyyy.
 

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Remember books?  Oh yeah, those paper things you flip through that have words!  The Grin Bin is Comediva's comedy-centric book club.  We've got all kinds of funny reads that we think will give you a giggle or two, or three, or a million.

Last Time in The Grin Bin: Excerpt from "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling

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lizzymcguireThe Female Heroine of American Television (*Heroine not to be confused with Heroin)

Being a woman in today’s world can be difficult because we’re required to make life-transforming choices on a daily basis without the societal guidance that has been so generously available to men.  When I was a little girl, I had many questions that couldn’t be answered by reading encyclopedias or articles from Encarta.  Sugaring hair removal or hard wax?  Japanese straightening iron or Brazilian Blowout?  Are you sure it won’t get stuck up there? 

As much as I hate using Reese Witherspoon as any kind of role model, I have to ask the appropriate question: How Do You Know?  That’s when I turned to American television.  There are five female TV characters of my childhood that have helped me become the responsible, independent, and intelligent woman that I am today.

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When people think about their childhood summers, they remember slip-n-slides, sleepovers, and unadulterated freedom. koreanmom Clearly, these people didn’t have Korean moms.  Particularly, a Korean mom who was bent on raising the first three female presidents of the USA.

Nothing else would cut it.

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It was easy to be a bookworm growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, because it was the unparalleled heyday of the best collections of children’s and young adult book series.  Or at least it felt that way.  It was an era where these light, fun stories were a welcome escape from the required reading lists at school -- these were books we actually wanted to read.  Curling up with a flashlight way past bedtime, we’d devour these books and scrimp, save, and blackmail our parents into buying us more.  Ahh, those were the days.


We can’t remember the last time we enjoyed reading so much, so we’ve compiled a list of our favorite Children's and Young Adult book series that are a snapshot of our wasted youth.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Your Favorite Childhood Toys

furbiesMaybe it’s because I'm graduating soon or maybe because I’ve been watching too many Dawson’s Creek reruns or maybe it’s because I spend too much time around my younger cousins, but lately I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic. And not in the “oh remember freshman year-that was so much fun” sort of way. But in the “oh, remember back before cell phones and DVRs and the second rise of skinny jeans” sort of way. And speaking of way back when, remember when we wore scrunchies in our hair and waited for Friday night because that’s when TGIF was on? Remember when all we wanted to do was stay home from school to play with our favorite toys? ... read more.

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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Top 10 Kids Shows of the '90s

Anyone who grew up in the 90s can tell you that the decade's kid shows were nothing short of fantastic.  We had a veritable array of awesome to choose from, with no station leading the pack in greatdoubledare programming more than Nickelodeon.

(A caveat about this list: these are shows that were meant for kids, not family shows or teen shows.)

Onward!

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There are a lot of objects out there that resemble penises.  Things like pencils, hot dogs, the Washington Monument and David Spade.  Some objects even get associated with penises just because of their inverse relationship to the size of the owner's package.  Things like pickup trucks, guns, and Costco-size packages of cheddar.  Why do boys get all the cool stuff associated with their genitals, and we’re stuck with flowers, oysters, and certain designer hand bags?  Well, don’t despair!  Below is a diagram of how the coolest weapon of, like, all time closely resembles the ENTIRE female reproductive system.  

Take that, cucumbers!
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