I was watching late night TV the other night, and happened to tune in to one of the funniest interviews I’ve seen recently. David Letterman was interviewing Will Smith - and their conversation diverted to hilarious tangents in a number of directions. Didn’t see it? Or want to see it again? Following [...]

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Moi (texting Nick): It’s 10pm. Do you know where your children are?
Nick (texting back): Yeah in Nevada gambling, spending my college fund for drugs and sex. How about you? How’s your night going?

(FYI, he’s spending the night over at his friend’s house.)

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Remember back in mid-May, I blogged about my herb garden? I had decided to pull out the green thumb I’d stashed in the closet and grow some herbs in planters on my patio: two different varieties of basil, parsley, rosemary, and even banana peppers.
Originally, my lush herb garden looked like this:

A couple of weeks [...]

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Earlier today, an idiot a professional building climber scaled the New York Times Building in NYC.
Alain Robert, a French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, scaled the north face of the New York Times building on Thursday, ascending 52 stories to the roof and clutching a bright green banner, before police officers arrested him [...]

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