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Oprah Makes Oz A Star; Girl Gangs In Central America; Why Men Are Idiots

tscheese — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:05:56 EDT

I like this feature! Looks like it's interesting stuff. Plus this will give hope to your readers who are cluelessly sending stuff to the tips line and have no idea if it'll ever see the light of day (not, that, um, I'd, know.)

@I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?: I was just thinking that - I could see it getting a little bit lengthy if they post all their leftovers for the day.

Maybe if they threw it behind a "jump" if it was too much? I mean, even if it was a lot of links to dig through, I'd still like the idea.

tscheese

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Kali Mama — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:14:43 EDT

Dr. Oz is a weird one. On one hand he talks about real science, on the other hand he's espousing woo woo energy healing and promoting charlatans and quacks.

Kind of like Oprah herself. Thanks Oprah, for setting scientific knowledge back a few decades!

Kali Mama

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Rooo sez BISH PLZ — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:55:02 EDT

U.K. is just getting Allen and Barbara Pease?

It's just a rehash of "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps", everybody. Plus, no solution in sight -- and some of us have been able to read a map since we were four.

No one get excited. These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Rooo sez BISH PLZ

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AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:15:54 EDT

@I.Can. Haz.Black.Editors?: P.S. While I appreciate it, you ladies work too hard!

AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover

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AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:14:30 EDT

I like this new feature in theory, but maybe just have a limit to how many links are posted if bullet points take up too much space.

AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover

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gecko — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:14:13 EDT

@ElizaGray: Exactly. While a well-fitting bra may help some, in my case it just wasn't going to happen. My breast reduction is one of the best decisions I've ever made-no more back pain, numbness in my arms from the nerve damage, etc.

I still get really startled when I try on a shirt and there's actually space in the boobs...I can't help but think "hey! Where'd I go?"

gecko

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Political Party Girl — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:04:51 EDT

@Trashtastic Is Disillusioned: Same horse?

Political Party Girl

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mockingbird — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:37:11 EDT

@cde: That was awesome. They look cool in person, even if the guys wearing them have an "I am so supercool" air about them. Actually, that attitude is endearing rather than douchey when a guy is wearing a skirt with pockets for his tape measure.

Still silly when a non-Scot wears tartan.

mockingbird

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bunnypants — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:33 EDT

Baby Couture Magazine - We put the "coo" in couture.

Sweet Jesus.. why did I follow that link? My life made more sense not knowing that mag existed.

bunnypants

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Muffyn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:15:11 EDT

my two cents: I like this feature. But I like ineffable me's suggestion to make it bulleted.

Muffyn

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Trashtastic is proud to be an American!!!! — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:01:52 EDT

The Louisiana man? Yeah, thats my current neck of the woods. Hence my Jez handle. True story. in related news, that horse in my backyard came by for a second visit this afternoon. Yeah, seriously.

Trashtastic is proud to be an American!!!!

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ceejeemcbeegee — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:57:37 EDT

@cde: And now I do the Dance of Joy!

ceejeemcbeegee

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ceejeemcbeegee — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:57:23 EDT

@anniehall: It's adds to his credibility. The thought is, people won't take his advice seriously if he's in street clothes.

ceejeemcbeegee

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cde — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:25 EDT

@mockingbird: I had to look it up. The UTILIKILT.... They have these mock-u-mercials... They are absolutly fucking spectacular.

[www.utilikilts.com]

Round 2, 1st place video is to die for.

cde

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cde — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:23:10 EDT

@ceejeemcbeegee: You already got your star :P

cde

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ceejeemcbeegee — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:15:36 EDT

feel free to click through on the stories and flesh them out for everybody.

And what does this gig pay?

ceejeemcbeegee

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mockingbird — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:13:53 EDT

@cde: Maybe he is wearing a kilt? I've seen crew guys out here in LA wearing utility kilts (cargo kilts??), with pockets and loops and the like for tools. Bending over to weed or the like, even in a kilt, he might still be showing his underwear, which is what the "no sagging" rules apply to usually.

When I was in HS in Baton Rouge in the late '80's, they changed the dress code right before school started, lengthening the minimum for skirts from mid-thigh to knee-length. And outlawing all shorts for boys middle school and above. I organized a petition, and we got local news coverage and lots of signatures. What got us national coverage was the guy who wore his mom's culottes to school one day, to protest that we could wear them and guys couldn't wear shorts. He got sent home, BTW. We didn't manage to get the rule changed, and I spent lots of time in the principal's office waiting for a parent to bring me "suitable" attire because my skirt was deemed too short, at an inch above the knee. I think the skirt length rule is still in effect, thought they did start allowing shorts when I was a senior.

mockingbird

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notmandy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:02:17 EDT

I'm not sure I ever managed to submit the LA Times article about the Vegas photographer as a tip (computer glitches ahoy), but this is what I wrote:

The Little Chapel of Esoteric Cosmetology [www.latimes.com] Article on a Las Vegas photographer/bartender who went from working at Glamour Shots to taking glamour shot-esque photos of Vegas streetwalkers. You can see more pictures at her myspace page: [www.myspace.com] She self-published a book of the photos.

notmandy

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cde — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:01:33 EDT

@Meg: Because some towns or places have laws against sagging your pants past the belt/exposing underwear. Because black people do it.

The guy should buy a kilt and just wear that. Then if they do fine him again, call them racists and notify the Irish embassy.

cde

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BadHairLife — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:52:56 EDT

"Large-breasted gals told ill-fitting bras may be the root of their back pain."

May I say: DUH.

Also,@ElizaGray: exactly. The story says most women "overestimate" their cup size - but this is not true of the big-chested sisterhood, boys. We are the ones whose cups overfloweth because it's f'in difficult and expensive trying to find real J cups anywhere. It's the quadri-boob look and it's not very sexy.

BadHairLife

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jennfoo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:43:11 EDT

England's Man Who Gains No Weight, Dies of Heart Failure From Constant Consuming of Junk Food.

Look what is important here is that he stayed skinny through out his life.

jennfoo

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Anna — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:31 EDT

@ineffable.me: I hear you. Problem is those vertically-bulleted lists take up so much vertical space and I want this to be small and not jump to another page. But we'll tinker and find a solution at some point.

Anna

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jemandtheholograms — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:27 EDT

can someone explain to me about the woman who's lover and ex-brother-in-law made her molest teenagers? i'm so hung up on the ex-brother-in law part (why ex? the common spouse to make them family? why an in-law has such power?), i can't even get upset about the child abuse part.

jemandtheholograms

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okay12345 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:36:06 EDT

The article about the Las Vegas photographer was pretty good. I especially liked this: "Jonnie was so nervous that she decided to adopt a persona -- in her mind, she was playing Dolly Parton. "'I thought: Everyone likes Dolly Parton.'"

I think that could work for me sometimes!

okay12345

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greensprout — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:34:53 EDT

I like it! It gives me lots to read at once. Can you tell I'm stuck killing time at home for a few days?

greensprout

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KittenFluff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:31:04 EDT

"Cat poop coffee goes for £50 a cup at Sloane Square, London."

Come to my apartment and I'll give it to you for free. (And my cat only eats organic food -- I wish I were joking.)

KittenFluff

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TeenageGangDeb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:21:46 EDT

@wednesdayam: If you read the article, it says it's against a town law, not state law. Truss, there are way too many drag queens and trans people in places like Baton Rouge and NOLA for this to be a state law.

TeenageGangDeb

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rantersparadise — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:15:04 EDT

@DorothyZbornak:
So DID I!!?

rantersparadise

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TeenageGangDeb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:11:56 EDT

@briardahl: Tomorrow in the Daily Mail: A team of medical experts uncovers why men won't do the dishes. AM I RIGHT, LADIES?

TeenageGangDeb

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Meg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:11:23 EDT

@CorporalCabana: I like how they try and make it sound like a wonderful gift.

Meg

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Werven — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:06:39 EDT

Poor civets...

Werven

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wawaroo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:04:20 EDT

Banana Republic pants are like $20 on sale.

wawaroo

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briardahl — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:03:46 EDT

Is there any bad stand-up comedy cliche articles about evolutionary biology can't pretend to explain? In tomorrow's Telegraph: scientists uncover the biological secrets of why a white guy drives a car like this, but a black guy, a black guy drives a car like this.

briardahl

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CorporalCabana — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:02:05 EDT

Cat poop coffee? They really can make anything a delicacy. This, Baby Couture magazine, that lady fused to her toilet, there is no god.

CorporalCabana

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GTCosita — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:01:10 EDT

@GTCosita: But if he's not wearing any underwear, I can see why it may be a problem for some peeps.

GTCosita

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Meg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:59 EDT

Does he not wear anything underneath? If he has on undies, then why would it be against the law? He isn't exposing himself.

Meg

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ElizaGray — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:32 EDT

Re: Buy a new bra. It depends on your actual size. I had a reduction and am now a 32DD. No bra no matter how perfectly sized was going to help my back/neck pain before that surgery.

ElizaGray

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not.a.clever.name — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:42 EDT

@JessicaLovejoy: Boosh and/or Kakow!: I've seen him in street clothes. Scrubs are an improvement.

not.a.clever.name

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GTCosita — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:40 EDT

So what happens to women who wear short skirts in this town in Louisiana and bend over to pick something up? Do they get fined as well?

GTCosita

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hello.kitty — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:34 EDT

Cat poop coffee story as a 'Leftover'? LOL!

hello.kitty

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not.a.clever.name — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:16 EDT

I'm going to be honest here: I kind of don't care as much about the stories as the editor thoughts and comments below. So I probably won't pay attention to this.

See! I love you more than the links! SMOOCHES!

not.a.clever.name

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Ms Pointy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:51 EDT

Short skirt man: try a cotton muumuu. Best of all possible worlds. You'll be relieved of painful sweat-build up, and you will remain the target of many jokes and catcalls, and the community will not have to look at your balls.

Ms Pointy

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Nextdayair — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:37 EDT

Hey great idea! you girls are so smart!

Nextdayair

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Werven — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:23 EDT

I like the idea. That way we don't just get what y'all have time to look at, we can link through and look for ourselves. Nice.

Werven

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JessaFields — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:57:56 EDT

Ooh, I'd like to work for "Baby Couture." I wrote a few articles for "Patrician Toddler," so I think I might have an in!

JessaFields

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Jessica Hussein Lovejoy: BRB, getting Rahm'ed — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:57:55 EDT

Will Oz be allowed to wear clothes on his show, or has Oprah written it into his contract that it's SCRUBS OR ELSE?

Jessica Hussein Lovejoy: BRB, getting Rahm'ed

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TwiceShy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:57:29 EDT

Toomuchlinkinginonespace.

TwiceShy

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AllanaSmithee — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:56:52 EDT

I heard an interview this morning about the landscaper in Louisiana. One of his elderly clients said, "If you don't like it, don't look at it." It made me happy. Especially since no one in the (I would suspect conservative) community has filed a complaint and the police acted o their own volition.

AllanaSmithee

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wednesdayam — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:56:36 EDT

It's against the law for men to wear short skirts in public in Louisiana? Well, the dude just needs to move to Austin then. We have no issues with guys like that. Heck, we'll even vote for one for mayor.

wednesdayam

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ineffable.me — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:56:29 EDT

a breakdown like the news roundup might also be easier to read than a giant paragraph separated by dots.

ineffable.me

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anniehall — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:55:59 EDT

I know it doesn't speak to him as a doctor, but does anyone else find it a little weird that Dr. Oz is always in his damn scrubs??? Like, everytime he's on Oprah or another show?
My dad's a doc and I haven't seen him in scrubs outside the hospital since he was in his residency. I could see a surgeon rushing to or from work in their scrubs, or someone in med school, but I would think that'd be about it. If Dr. Oz is trying to make a point or project an image by always wearing them... ok we get it, you're a doctor.

anniehall