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Buy: Food Party

Part Wondershowzen, part Pee Wee’s Playhouse, 100% food related.  There’s this cute web based TV ‘cooking’ program called Food Party that I really need to tell you about.  It’s kind of hard to explain so I just went ahead and linked some videos for you below.
Before we get started, here are the essential ingredients:
-1 cute [...]

Don’t Buy: Taking a break from blogging

Um, guys, I have something to admit. I sort of took a break from Buy Or Don’t Buy. I know I have my (work related) excuses, but they’re totally bullshit. The truth is, it’s quite possible that blogging is THE easiest job in the world. Especially blogging for this blog. [...]

Buy: This is My Milwaukee

WARNING: THIS IS A POST ABOUT A VIRAL CAMPAIGN

Welcome to My Milwaukee. The internet is abuzz about this bizarre informational video promoting Wisconsin’s metropolis on the lake. It showcases all the city has to offer: Nightlife, Jobs, Smooth Jazz down at the docks! But a dark twist lurks only a few [...]

Buy: Valerie Jarrett

Smart, amiable, well put together, seemingly conscious? Wait, this woman works for the government? OUR government? Valerie Jarrett is one of the co-chairs of Barack Obama’s transition team. In this video she talks a bit about lobby reform as it pertains to the ethics of the new transition team and cabinet.
As [...]

Buy: Party at Moby’s

So last night I got invited to tag along with Brooklyn based rock band The Knees to a party at Moby’s house. At first I thought it was kind of rando, but then I found out it was actually a party held in Barack Obama’s honor, which totally explains everything. Barack is, after [...]

Don’t Buy: The Anti-Gay Campaign

Etymology is the study of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
(Wiki)
Someone should inform the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and their ‘partners’ over at the National Ad Council that worrying over the usage of [...]

Buy: Coming up with original Halloween costumes then not following through with them

Every year, as the leaves on the trees start to turn a pleasant shade of orange, and the humidity of summer gives way to the crisp, fragile air of Autumn, ‘relevant’ and ‘connected’ youngsters everywhere begin to contemplate their Halloween costumes.
The goal for coming up with THE BEST Halloween costume of all times is simple:  [...]

Buy: This meme

Fill in ur own txt meme! Moar examples after the jump

Buy: Untagging Unflattering Facebook Photos

What a painful situation. You log into facebook one bright morning to find one of your friends has uploaded and tagged some photos of you. If you’re like me (painfully self aware) you instantly get pangs of paranoia. My immediate reaction goes something like this:
“OH MY GOD THAT IS A HORRIBLE PICTURE [...]

Don’t Buy: Sara Knee is not blogging until after the BODB Launch Pary

I’d like to get vulnerable for a minute and talk about a good friend of mine. He’s about 6 feet tall and has almost black hair, and is a really cool dude. He writes for this one blog that is like, mad popular. But it’s not just his blog. No. [...]