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Rita Mae Brown, the incredibly prolific writer who used to date Martina Navratilova, has just written a book about a mystery solving cat called The Purrfect Mystery. In a Q&A with Time, she talks about why she has a cat hero in her book (she likes animals "more than people.") and she dishes the dirt about her breakup with Martina: "We fell out over her divorce with Judy Nelson, and it was an extremely foolish and ugly affair on both of their parts. I was the middleman, and whenever you're the middleman you lose both. But you know what? I think I solved the problem, which is I kept them out of court. I mean, I'm sure their lawyers deserve some credit. Judy sued her for support, and wanted some astronomical sum. And I believed that she was part of her success. She was the person who organized, scheduled, made sure she ate right, etc., etc. What wives do. And Martina — when she is done with you, is emphatically done. She couldn't care less about you." [Time]
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Men Are Awful At Picking Up Women The World Over
Valentine's Day: One week away! And in honor of the not-so-momentous holiday, the Times of London is offering up a valentine of sorts called "The Best Chat-Up Lines In The World". Thing is, the pickup lines listed are some of the worst we've ever heard. (From Germany: "Your eyes are the same color as my Porsche.") Actually, the story is really just about all the fumbling ways dudes try to approach women: A German writer says his countrymen suffer from Caligynephobia (also known as Venustraphobia) - the fear of chatting up hot chicks. As for Italian men, they're "pretty forthright," says an Alitalia flight attendant named Daniela. "They don't hesitate to compliment you in the street on your beauty, ciao bella and all that. They even whistle." Classy! More »
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Neil Strauss Joins Forces With '80s TV Dweebs To Teach More Men How To Build "Keno"
Neil Strauss, the The Game author who introduced the world to Mystery and who we can also probably blame for Paul Janka, will soon be dispensing dating tips on MySpace TV with the aid of Corin "Corky" Nemec of Parker Lewis Can't Lose and David Faustino of Married With Children. But since such two iconic figures as Faustino and Nemec obviously don't need the help of a 5'5" bald writer dude in elevator shoes to get chicks, Neil presents them with obstacles to illustrate the pickup power of his tricks. As he explains in his statement:After watching David Faustino get actual phone numbers with, for example, his identity concealed, his hands tied, and his mouth duct-taped, no guy should ever have to fear approaching a woman under normal circumstances again.Oh Jesus, they concealed identities here? More »
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Barack Obama was on SNL over the weekend, in a skit about Halloween with the Clintons that was literally written for us Slutty Anxious Females who Vote like us. It's great, though maybe he says the "Live from New York" with a little too much force given the "Born to be mild" rep? (Also, he declined to do a skit about how he's distant cousins with Dick Cheney.) There are requisite but funny references to hot monetary policy fetishist Elizabeth Kucinich, and Al Gore, but my favorite part of this was the fact that all weekend, when CNN was running the clip to add much-needed substance to what seemed to be an all-Pakistan news diet, anchors kept referring to the Clintons' costumes as those of a "bride and groom," when Bill's costume was OMG So Much Awesomer!
Obama On SNL: The Only Thing More Awesome Is Bill Clinton Dressed Up As "Mystery"
Barack Obama was on SNL over the weekend, in a skit about Halloween with the Clintons that was literally written for us Slutty Anxious Females who Vote like us. It's great, though maybe he says the "Live from New York" with a little too much force given the "Born to be mild" rep? (Also, he declined to do a skit about how he's distant cousins with Dick Cheney.) There are requisite but funny references to hot monetary policy fetishist Elizabeth Kucinich, and Al Gore, but my favorite part of this was the fact that all weekend, when CNN was running the clip to add much-needed substance to what seemed to be an all-Pakistan news diet, anchors kept referring to the Clintons' costumes as those of a "bride and groom," when Bill's costume was OMG So Much Awesomer!
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Last night's finale of The Pick Up Artist was a bit of a bummer. We were hoping that for the final challenge they would have to "fuck close." Yeah, yeah, we know it's not really about that, it's about having confidence and blah, blah, blah... but come on. What's a reality dating show without sex? So the guys had to teach some other chumps how to talk to create an "avatar," "open sets" and "stack" and all that. Brady was assigned a hipster-y nerd type, who certainly had his own "peacocking" going on. But then Brady tried to turn him into a cheesy Guido complete with bronzer and one of those stupid tooth charm necklaces. Needless to say, Kosmo's guy did way better, securing him the title of Master Pick Up Artist.
'The Pick Up Artist': The Students Become The Teachers
Last night's finale of The Pick Up Artist was a bit of a bummer. We were hoping that for the final challenge they would have to "fuck close." Yeah, yeah, we know it's not really about that, it's about having confidence and blah, blah, blah... but come on. What's a reality dating show without sex? So the guys had to teach some other chumps how to talk to create an "avatar," "open sets" and "stack" and all that. Brady was assigned a hipster-y nerd type, who certainly had his own "peacocking" going on. But then Brady tried to turn him into a cheesy Guido complete with bronzer and one of those stupid tooth charm necklaces. Needless to say, Kosmo's guy did way better, securing him the title of Master Pick Up Artist.
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You know the term "don't bullshit a bullshitter"? I couldn't stop thinking that when I watched last night's episode of The Pick Up Artist, in which the dudes were expected to hit on exotic dancers and get their phone numbers. (Side note: I've always wondered why they're called "exotic" dancers and not "erotic" dancers.) Anyway, I know that getting their digits is supposed to signify that the guys are getting really good at their game, but seriously, the girls will string anyone along for cash because it's their fucking job. Watch in the clip above as Brady makes a total ass of himself with one of the dancers. (Later on he actually gets a dancer to make out in the limo with him.)
'The Pick Up Artist': Now They're Insulting The Strippers
You know the term "don't bullshit a bullshitter"? I couldn't stop thinking that when I watched last night's episode of The Pick Up Artist, in which the dudes were expected to hit on exotic dancers and get their phone numbers. (Side note: I've always wondered why they're called "exotic" dancers and not "erotic" dancers.) Anyway, I know that getting their digits is supposed to signify that the guys are getting really good at their game, but seriously, the girls will string anyone along for cash because it's their fucking job. Watch in the clip above as Brady makes a total ass of himself with one of the dancers. (Later on he actually gets a dancer to make out in the limo with him.)
This just in from the newest addition to our BlackBerry contacts, in approximately nineteen out-of-order installments we had to piece together to add to the MYSTERY: "Lots of misquotes and the joke about my being dr dolittle little and incapable of reducing where people are from (remember 212 i was was Chicago tho I also told u was in NYC) was the joke of it all which seemed to go overlooked haa. Wow commentS show people take things so seriously like when Lovedrop made jokes like so are you hot as if he was socialized enough to know exactly what he was saying. Fun break from the norm. Cheers. Nap time with my playboy model before pitch two. First one was fun."
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