I love her with all my heart, but my mom puts the "nary" in "culinary," as in, "Nary a good pie shall she make."

It's almost a knack. She can follow a recipe to the letter and something will still go wrong. A delicate touch of mint will, in her hands, somehow produce frosting with the taste and consistency of toothpaste.

So, in the grand tradition of such dishes as The Tasty Abomination (a very special Jell-o salad) and Rustic Peasant Bread (which started off as quiche), I give you the Tale of the Great Blueberry Pie Debacle.

 

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Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, please do not misunderstand my actions. I switched off the TV five minutes into the premier episode of your new reality TV show "The Two Coreys" not because I don't love you but because I love you too much to see you this way. 

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Ahh, too late! Paolo Nutini and Amy Winehouse are performing a series of concerts together in Central Park in September and they are all sold out. NOOO!

 

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"Dropkick The Punks" by The Faint is currently one of my favorite songs to blast in the car. Some clever Internet person has made it so that the punks can get their revenge by dropkicking The Faint  - right off the stage, over the audience, and through the plate glass window.

I love this band and yet I love this game. Quite possibly because they bounce when they hit the pavement.

In the event that you have a job like mine and are able to try this at work without too many weird looks, put on your headphones - "Dropkick The Punks" is the first song that plays (followed by two more tracks from The Faint) and it's LOUD.

Hit the spacebar once to run, then once to dropkick. Do not dropkick until you've run out of the parking lot and on to the stage and you can see the band member right in front of you. Otherwise, you will dropkick too early and be overwhelmed with shame at the ineffectivity of your punkness.

Don't forget to listen for The Punk's snarky punk comments before he whips off his jacket and starts running. "Oi, oi, oi!"

The Harry Potter mania has got me all nostalgic about my own childhood book obsessions. 

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Little brothers are good for something, like introducing you to hilarious videos on YouTube (or their college roommates). 

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In fact, I prefer my hosts of "The Price is Right" to be cute and funny. 

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What?! 

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OK, I heard about this group back at book 3, I think, and I didn't take it seriously then. But, my brother knew a good thing when he heard it. 

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I am very much bummed out by the results of last night's finale of "The Next Food Network Star." 

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Now it's time for America to respond to the recent cultural offering from our friends across the pond.

 

 

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A moment of silence, please, for the demise of the Weekly World News. 

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Fellow intern, Emily Berl, showed me this little gem yesterday and TMZ.com posted a blogspot about it today, so you know its good.

 

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In honor of The Simpsons movie, Ben & Jerry's is releasing Duff & D'oh-Nuts, chocolate and cream stout ice cream with glazed chocolate doughnuts, at the movie's premiere, which faithful Pop Diner readers know is happening in Vermont. 

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OK so...I love TV. Some co-workers don't feel the same and I call them...crazy. TV, when used in a heathly and moderate fashion, is the ultimate experience. 

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