$70 Buys You A Snake Massage In Israel

Ada Barak’s health and beauty spa in Northern Israel is way more progressive than those fancy spas that boast hot stone massage as if its the next best thing since Gywneth Paltrow’s excuse for a boob job. So what does Ada have in common with those hippies out in Arizona that opted for some sort of random, sado-masochistic object to inflict pain is pleasure as a method of “therapy”?

Barak employs corn, king, and milk snakes in her massages. In other words, she lets loose snakes on her clients’ backs. Barak claims that once people get over their initial fear of snakes, physical contact with the creatures is soothing. Yeah because they’re paralyzed (and not from the initial fear).

Funny, Bill Clinton applied the same logic when he married Hilary and I don’t think “soothing” would be the appropriate modifier of close…Oh wait, I stole that joke from Jay Leno. My bad.

I’M OBSESSED WITH THE KILLERS

Rarely do I engage in idol worship. It’s against my religion, first off, and secondly I’ve never been that kinda gal. I might as well have been born kvetching about my mother’s breastmilk being too sour. Ok, not really. I was actually a really sweet and obiding tot, but I’m not the type who blindly follows whatever pop trend is en vogue. And I never owned a New Kids On The Block trapper keeper. NEVER.

So how is that I find myself 29 and totally in love with wannabe British Alternative Rock circa early ’90s band The Killers? Much to my husband’s dismay and disapproval, I shamelessly listen at all hours to their new hit single “Read My Mind” and hum their tune. I’ve even got him humming along at times.

For me the song’s become a bit of an anthem for this site. I’m a lyrics girl. I’ve never understood the appeal of listening to 10-minute long guitar solos. Besides, every time The Killers sing the refrain, She said I don’t mind if you don’t mind. Cause I don’t shine if you don’t shine doesn’t my husband know that they are singing those very words for him from me. Who could have known such a cheesy pop song could carry such mileage?

Maybe if I buy the t-shirt shown here in XS my husband will be more forgiving of the band?

Billy Corgan Must Be Broke, But Reunited Never Felt So Good

The Smashing Pumpkins have decided to reunite. It must be the season. First The Police back in February, now Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin. No word yet on whether original band members James Iha and D’Arcy will join Corgan and Chamberlin on stage when they start their tour in Paris in May.

Smashing Pumpkins album, Zeitgeist will be released in July. This will be the Smashing Pumpkins’ first concert since 2000. And boy, does it ever take me back…

This Is Not A Political Post!

Steven Spielberg is under attack by actress Mia Farrow who called the director “The Leni Riefensthal of the Beijing Olympics” for his participation in the production of the opening ceremony of the Olympics next year. In an article in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Farrow also said, “That so many corporate sponsors want the world to look away from that atrocity during the Games is bad enough, but equally disappointing is the decision of artists like director Steven Spielberg to sanitize Beijing’s image.” The British Guardian also reports that China supplies arms to Sudan and also has huge oil investments in the country. Rights groups say its engagement is frustrating attempts to stop the civil war and atrocities.

Tribeca Or Bust

Details here.

Donald Trump’s Comb Over Not Slated For Spring Line-Up

I got to hand it to the guy. Donald Trump may not be the reliable, yet quirky businessman he’d like everyone to believe, but the man sure knows how to pimp himself for a piece of billboard. First he fights with Rosie O’Donnell, then being the busybody she is, Barbara Walters gets involved, and before you can say, “Joy Behar isn’t the only one who loathes Elizabeth Hasselbeck,” Trump is betting his luscious locks off to the fate of a wrestling match.

Trump’s hijinks i.e. the last-ditch pathetic attempts to gain some sort of attention/notoriety is playing itself out. Donald needs to know by now that no actually cares about business anymore. The economy sucks so we’d rather forget about money. And focus on food, dancing, and pretty shallow girls. Although we do find it very curious that billionaires like to shave each other’s heads (and who knows what else). The fact is maybe Trump isn’t quite ready to face the music yet. And maybe we’re not either because when it comes down to it, we really do want Umaga to win.

Attending The Ivy League’s White Castle

Actor Kal Penn, most recently seen in “Van Wilder 2: The Rise Of Taj” (we’re serious) and soon to be seen in “Harold & Kumar 2″ (again, no joke) is taking his experience as an Asian American and his film expertise to bank, teaching two classes at University of Pennsylvania for the Spring 2008 semester. Penn is in the process of getting a graduate degree in International Security from Stanford (who knew?). So when does the guy have time to act in 24?

UPenn is not the first Ivy League school to employ the funny man actor method to lure students. As CC Insider mentions, actor John Cleese (”Month Python”) is an adjunct Professor at Cornell.

Movies Of Week, And A Sneak Peak

 

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As we are getting closer (some may say not fast enough) to the weekend, here is a list of movies if you decide to do some passive activity, such as going to the cinema. So here are the movies and what Yahoo movies had to say about them.

1. Blades Of Glory- Will Ferrell and Jon Heder star as rival figure skaters, banned and disgraced from the sport, who team together as pairs’ skaters.

2. Peaceful Warrior- A mysterious stranger leads an arrogant, talented college gymnast on a spiritual journey that will change his life forever.

3. Meet The Robinsons- A boy genius creates a machine to recover the lost memory of the past and embarks on an amazing adventure with his future family.

And also, here’s a sneak peak from the new Adam Sandler and Kevin James movie, ‘I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY

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3 Things I’d Rather Do Instead Of Watching “Lost”

By ariel in Uncategorized, Entertainment, comedy, Amaldo' Home, ABC, South Park, CBS, TV on March 28 2007

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1. Watch a new episode of South Park.

2. Do the dishes.

3. Visit the dentist.

However, as much as I dislike Lost (and before my wife kills me), I’d much rather watch it over that horrible David Spade show “Rules of Engagement“.

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Men Are From Mars, Women The Jungle

By Beth in Uncategorized, Female Empowerment, stereotype, film history on March 28 2007

I was introduced to the term “cougar” by a PR guy a few years back. He had spent some time in Toronto and explained to me that there were a ton of cougars there. “What’s a cougar,” I innocently asked. His devilishly brazen smile emerged and he replied, “Well a horny woman in her 30s who is single and on the prowl.” So from that, I understood the feline connotation of the word.
Previous to this categorization, I had thought men classify women into MILFs and Jailbait. Now I was starting to figure out that men were a more complicated gender than I could have attested to. They are 3-Dimensional in their conceptualizations after all. So after reading a compiled list of the Best Cougars & Jailbait in Film History by Double Viking’s Grant Guimont, I’d have to strongly disagree with Guimont’s classifications and the narrow-mindedness with with he approaches his female subjects. The world is not simply divided into cougars and jailbait and cougars and MILFs don’t always overlap. So we need to create a new category. In the meantime, here are some corrections to this dude’s post:

• Anne Bancroft in “The Graduate” is not a cougar, she’s a MILF (married bored housewife). In fact, she’s the quintessential prototype for MILFs everywhere. And if I’m not entirely certain, her role spawned the creation of the word.