And boom goes the — uh, well — akwardness
Brian Collins will never live this one down.
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Silence is golden. It also has the potential to be awkward. Luckily for all of us, not all golden things are awkward, nor are all awkward things silent — certain weeks of this column excluded, unless you make a habit of reading aloud, because, you know, I can, be prone, to commas. The truth is, people are prone to awkwardness, whereas animals are obviously not. EDIT: I Googled “awkward silence animals” and found a site that is dedicated to pictures and videos of awkward animals. Among others, the star nose mole, the proboscis monkey and the shoebill are all definitely awkward. I stand corrected. I definitely shouldn’t have made such a bold assumption. What was I thinking? Ah, it was probably those mimosas talking. Hey, whoa! Speaking of animals, are you pregnant? OMG. Wow. This is awkward. Let’s get back to brass tacks. It’s tough to capture the awkwardness of silence in a YouTube video — not so much in a newspaper column, as we know all too well. So, when you see just such
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Now, call me a Sith Lord, but I tend to think in absolutes. Either something is worth watching, or it isn’t. There’s really no go-between. In binary terms, it’s either a 1 or a 0.
So if I’m going to watch a fight scene, I’m not just goin
Walken the talk
Christopher Walken is the Chuck Norris of awesomeness. Like James Lipton — the host of “Inside the Actor’s Studio” — and a drunken David Hasselhhoff, Walken doesn’t have to try to be funny. He just is.
Christopher Walken is the reason w
A groove no mere mortal can resist
It’s that time of year again. You’ve finally got that new, unoriginal Halloween costume all ready, and you’re just itching to get to the party.
People are always saying that you look mildly like Johnny Depp (maybe it’s the dreadlocks?),
Snakes, like, everywhere
While shopping for a Halloween costume this weekend, I had to ask myself: What really scares me?
“Huge crocodiles living in Lake Placid,” I said, checking the price on a Sarah Palin mask.
“Obviously,” I replied.
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What a croc!
I remember the first time I saw him. It’s still so fresh in my mind — like it happened yesterday. What could I do? I’d had my share of drinks that night. But just the same, there it was, coming out of the water toward me.
Of course, I’m
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