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I don’t think açai berries even existed until six months ago.  That’s when I first heard about them, and if even ONE of the benefits that this superfruit supposedly has is true, there’s no way it would have been a secret for this long.  Basically the açai berry got a really good publicist, and now [...]

Just today I was driving down St. Charles Ave when I said to myself, “Dude, I could totally go for a burrito right now.” (Yes, I called myself “dude.”) Suddenly I realized that my shiny new GPS navigation system could easily tell me the nearest burrito place. With a few taps of the touch-screen, I [...]

I’m going to admit this up front: I LOVE HARRY POTTER. I am currently about 200 pages into rereading the 7th book (for the THIRD TIME). I’m also currently reading the 2nd book in French. I beat an 8-year-old at Harry Potter Scene It, on multiple occasions. I. Love. Motherfucking. Harry Potter.
So feel free to imagine [...]

Most successful actors fall into a niche: George Clooney playing the charmer; Clint Eastwood playing the tough guy; Clive Owen playing Clive Owen. In a world as competitive as Hollywood, you’ve gotta stick with what works.
And yet, take a look at what James McAvoy has portrayed so far in his relatively short career:

Apparently this surfaced back in March and I’m just now reading it: KFC is now serving grilled chicken?
Louisville-based KFC, a subsidiary of Yum Brands Inc., hopes grilled chicken will lure back health-conscious consumers who dropped fried chicken from their diets, or cut back on indulging.
When are fast-food chains going to realize that they have NO [...]

Once upon a time, Post Secret felt like a neat discovery that you’d made on your own. Sure, the secrets were out on the Internet – but they were still wrapped up in a sense of hush-hush. Post Secret wasn’t really fodder for discussion among friends; the site was, in itself, a little secret.
But then [...]

I wanted to like Cuil.
Seriously, I did. Have you ever seen the Googlezon video? I have been forced to watch this video in every communications class I’ve ever taken (and that’s a lot of times, since I’m a communications major), and it is the stuff of nightmares. Sure, Google seems all fun [...]

The thing I don’t get about evangelical Christianity is how damn creepy it is. If these people aren’t watching Jesus torture!porn or subscribing to “told you so!” e-mail services for after they’re Raptured, they’re celebrating the celibacy bond between…father and daughter?
The idea of a purity ring is silly in the first place – when two [...]

I’m willing to bet that I am the only writer here at BODB who would actually go see Mamma Mia, much less enjoy it.  Yeah: I’ve seen the stage show twice.  It never stops being dumb, but it also never stops being really, really fun.

Hence Mamma Mia is absolutely a love-it-or-hate-it kinda movie.  For fans of the [...]

In an age of rampant personalization, there’s something to be said for shared experiences. Movies are readily available for home-viewing on a television or computer, and television itself has become so segmented that there will never be another M*A*S*H (105 million people watched its series finale in 1983!)

In this quest for ultimate convenience, something [...]