Daily Loaf

When Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew aired, I wondered why Dr. Drew was venturing into the realm of substance abuse instead of sticking with what made him famous: dispensing sex and love advice on his call-in show, Love Lines. This month, Dr. Drew reclaims his throne as the Oprah of American sex with the new reality show, Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. And by reality, I mean the show features celebrities — though I use the term “celebrity” very loosely. Read the rest of this entry »

The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s incredible tale of ongoing survival horror, is THE most consistently great comic book series on shelves today. It’s so good, that it’s being developed into a television series for AMC (the same folks airing the critically acclaimed drama Mad Men). Image Comics has been publishing The Walking Dead for almost six years now and there hasn’t been a bad issue yet. Trust me, I have them all. This wealth of a back-story should give AMC plenty of fantastic material to work with when the show finally gets started next year.

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I write this blog with much regret: My favorite addiction and guiltiest pleasure, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, takes its final curtain call next month. I am honestly in shock. I thought I would follow the Gossellin children through the rough teen years and off into college. I don’t know what I’m going to do without Aaden, Collin, Joel, Hannah, Leah, and Alexis (pictured) in my life. I do have a sneaking suspicion that their camera whore of a mother, Kate will somehow find a way to bring them back in my life — until then I’m not really sure what to do. I have tried other shows with multiples — the Jon and Kate “knock offs” — but they never live up. Just because you have a million kids does not mean they are Jon and Kate’s plus eight.

I am completely distraught over this and cant believe I will never see Joel get his first girlfriend (or boyfriend, I think we’re a little on the fence with him) or Hannah have her first pregnancy scare. Come on, this is the point of reality shows! I am most disappointed in Jon.  I mean, Jon was a real Read the rest of this entry »

Goodbye Holly, Bridget and Kendra…hello Crystal, Karissa, and Kristina. The Girls Next Door revamp premiered last night and showcased the new and unimproved lifestyle of Mr. Hugh Hefner and his new girlfriends. Crystal (the new Holly) is 23 — which is a just a small, 60-year age difference with Hef, but of course everyone acts like it’s completely normal that an 83-year-old man sleeps with three barely-legal blondes. Crystal, although seemingly very sweet, really takes a back seat in this new show. The real stars are rowdy and wild twins from Clearwater, Karissa and Kristina.

These 20-year-old twins are a little insane. They consider themselves one person, and apparently, so does everyone else. They eat the same things, dress in the same clothes, and sleep in the same Read the rest of this entry »

You see it on Top Chef all the time. The hobbled, baby wildebeest limping around the kitchen. A chef barely hanging on in the competition. Scared and bleeding. On their last legs. With a few hyena snapping at their ankles. A lions pride, calmly in the brush, watching.Figuratively, Robin is that wildebeest.Literally, though, she’s a true survivor.Eli’s unfortunate comments cast judgment on Robin’s inspiration and victory this week. It was the type of comment that probably had more than one person, including myself, saying “Oh no, he didn’t”.
He did.I can’t defend his choice of words. Even though I can vouch for his character (he happens to be an extremely loyal and family-focused person).But I can help you imagine his mindset.When you’re a young chef, overly ambitious and obsessed with your craft, cancer doesn’t mean much.  When you work in a great restaurant and push hard every day, nothing else means as much.  A tight brunoise or turned vegetable are all that matters.  Life is barely a blip on the radar.
It reminds me of this quote from White Heat by Marco Pierre White.“When boys don’t last the pace that makes me feel good because I can and I will”. – chef de partie at Harvey’s.
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“Anyone want to start the bidding on what happens next? Going once, going twice.” — xoxo Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl never has a lack of scandal and lies, but tonight seemed to be a little more about spilling the truth….or at least half of the truth. I’ve been waiting for Scott to spill his secret about being Rufus and Lily’s illegitimate bastard sine he popped up in the end of last season, but just as in real life with most men, when the big moment came, he did not deliver. Instead of telling the truth about who he is, he copped out and said he was the brother of Rufus and Lily’s fake dead son, so of course he ran away before he got into anymore trouble in his web of lies.

He is not the only one running away, though. Dan was spotted doing the wall of shame by none other than Serena (gotta love it when you’re having sex with your ex-girlfriend’s/faux half sister’s arch enemy…and then get caught). Georgina and Dan are new-found fuck buddies, so things are not necessarily how they seem. Dan should really know Georgina better by now. Read the rest of this entry »

Our favorite Upper East Siders started college this week. Dan, Vanessa and Blair all are at NYU, Nate’s starting at Columbia soon, and Serena is off to Brown, right? Maybe not. In her apparent quest to be the center of attention, Serena decided Brown was not the right decision for her. Ivy League just isn’t good enough for this van der Woodsen, so Serena is taking the path less traveled for now, socializing with martinis and Manolo Blahniks and living her fabulous life. Who needs college when you have limos, crazy woods sex with Carter Basin, and the world at your fingertips? At least for now…we’ll see what happens when Lily comes home.

While Serena is “finding herself,” guess who found Blair Waldorf? None other than Georgina Sparks (our favorite villain!) who is now also her new roommate. Welcome to your freshman year from hell, Blair! Let the battle for Queen B begin. While Blair tries and fails with headbands and sake (see above for proof), Georgina throws a boho chic rooftop rager. But Blair never admits defeat that early. Instead, she calls in new recruits in the form of missionaries from Georgina’s past at bible camp, all sporting shirts that say OMJC and tambourines… cause everyone loves a good Jesus party. Read the rest of this entry »

“Welcome back Upper East Siders. After a long hot summer away, I see it didn’t take you long to dirty up the clean slates I gave you. My inbox is overflowing, so let’s get to the good stuff, shall we?” – Gossip Girl

OMFGG, Gossip Girl season three give us plenty of scandal, sex, and gossip  to go around.

The end of last season left us all with burning questions: How will Dan and Serena’s half brother fit into the story? Will Serena find her dad? Will Lily and Rufus be for real this time? But most importantly, now that Chuck and Blair said those three little words, where the fuck do they go from there? Read the rest of this entry »

Jen and I had our weekly meeting (READ: daily IM-ing during work hours) regarding our posts for CL and decided that since I am suffering through an injury I could provide you all some insights on how to make it through an injury of your own. Physically making it through is one thing, mentally making it through is another.

The week before last I headed out with the running group to get in a nice 22 mile training run. At about mile 9ish the ankle starting hurting. By mile 13 it really hurt. Did I stop? Hell no. At 18 miles I had to throw in the towel and have been babying it ever since. Read the rest of this entry »

Since MTV’s The Hills began in the summer of 2006, Heidi Montag has gone from Lauren Conrad’s sweet best friend to Spencer Pratt’s feisty vixen. Montag has seemingly tried everything to stay in the celebrity spotlight, starting with her awful music video (directed by her new husband, Spencer) of Montag running and rolling on the beach in a bikini.

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Nerds rejoice!  Finally geekdom is not only cool, it’s kind of hot.  I present to you, courtesy of our good friends at Playboy, G4TV’s resident temptress Olivia Munn from Attack of the Show.  The geeky goddess is the magazine’s latest cover girl and here is proof that playing video games all day can be sexy (ok, that’s a stretch).  Also included are some of the Rabid One’s favorite selections from Playboy’s “Sweetest Tweets,” the geekiest hot girls to follow on Twitter.  If these gals don’t make you want to press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START than there is something wrong with your joystick.

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As you may recall from my story a few weeks ago, I have delved deeply in the world of vampires and the love and sex lives of the walking undead.  In doing so, I discoverd some hot business going down on in HBO’s series True Blood.  You know for a show about icy bloodsuckers, there is a whole lot of heat between the sheets.  So, since I’m now hooked on the show and my readers love some HVA (hot vampire action) I will be reviewing all the molten hot scenes this season of True Blood.  Obviously plot spoilers may be littered about, so view at your own risk.  And commentary and images are very NSFW.

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What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed this past week:

Reconstructing a historic bat tower in Temple Terrace and how to build your own bat roost- Grant Rimbey investigates efforts in Temple Terrace to reconstruct an historic tower for bats, discusses a large community bat roost he designed for the Florida Bat Conservancy, and tells how you can purchase (or build) your own bat roost for your yard.

Summer Solstice: A brief history- Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, occurs this Sunday- June 21st. Here are a few facts you might not have known about it, from Linda Taylor.

Organics: How to eat well without breaking your budget- With the increase of demand over organic food in the last ten years you would think that a wide range of these products would be easily accessible. Here’s some some advice from Kelly Rothwell on purchasing healthy, organic food in this region without breaking your budget.
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Recently, I received an email from a local filmmaker, Arlen Slobodow of Public Media Productions, asking me to take a look at a 17-minute video he just completed on public health and the environmental consequences of air pollution in the Tampa Bay area.  Because I am such a supporter of local independent media production, things that inspire action for the public good, and combating big polluters, I thought I’d share it.  Also, be sure to check out my interview with the film’s writer/director/producer, Arlen Slobodow, in my next post.

Video after the jump
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We’ve all had it happen. Nothing sucks worse than killing the mood in the heat of passion.  Today’s top 10 has a twist though!  I’m still lacking a #1.  So, here’s my top 9 mood killers, and please comment with suggestions for the last one! Read the rest of this entry »

What is it about immortal blood sucking broodaholics that makes women swoon?  Is it the danger?  Is it the biting?  Because trust me girls, I can nibble your neck and I’ve been known to walk fast with a pair of scissors in my hand.  Or perhaps it’s something unattainable to us, the meek mortal man.

Vampire stories such as Twilight and True Blood are currently the hottest things on the market from books, to film/TV and even sex toys.  What gives?  The thought of having my blood removed from the warmth of my veins does not get me wild in the pants.  But the ladies, the ladies do love their undead bad boys.  They want to be taken to the edge and peer over the side.  It drives their juices and makes their heart feel a new sense of life.  The thought that you could be laying with your lover and in the throes of passion and he could take your life must be a mighty intoxicant.  But give me a shot of tequila over a chalice of blood any day.

Edward Cullen does have quite a few more desirable qualities than say Count Dracula.  For one he doesn’t consistently look like he’s heading to the opera.  He’s a moody, anti-social, and more Abercrombie than Hot Topic.  And you’d being lying if you couldn’t admit those eyes are DREAMY. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are anything like the master of sexual disaster, Rabid Nick, your boob tube was on 24 watching Jack Bauer kick ass last night.  However, undoubtedly many of you were watching terror threats of a different variety: the premiere of the latest season of The Bachelorette. Having been jilted on a previous season of The Bachelor, Jillian Harris has not given up on finding her knight in prime time television armor.  Her claim to fame is that she can figure out a man simply by analyzing the toppings he puts on his hot dogs.  Wow.  Don’t worry, if you watched, none of us will judge you for being vapid.

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Unsurprisingly, Mario Batali was talking to fellow debauched food guy Anthony Bourdain when he uttered the following:

“There’s a couple of ways that you make someone happy by putting something inside of them, and that’s food and that’s sex.”

From Serious Eats’ Chewing the Fat series.

Why is everyone on this show so damn beautiful? Would it kill Shonda Rhimes to hire an average-looking person for us not-so-beautiful, common folk? Perfect complexion gets old after a while, doesn’t it? Bring on the flaws! At least give us one person with acne and thinning hair. Let us know that we are not the only ones who use dandruff shampoo and high intensity, prescribed deodorant. Those “doctors” (more like unstoppable sex machines) run around that hospital all day and don’t even break a sweat. All I have to do is run up a flight of stairs and immediately I look like I’ve been frying up Pad Thai noodles in the back of a van for eight hours. Give us some oily skin or at least some sweat beads on the upper lip. Shonda please, if I wanted a low self-esteem I’d be watching America’s Next Top Model. I come to you for hardcore flesh wounds and facial deformities and, I’ll admit, to watch everyone bump uglies in the supply closet… Read the rest of this entry »

Each Fall an army of eighteen-year-old “adults” floods USF, expecting to finally set foot in the long prophesized ”real world.” They soon discover that college, and the real world, are whatever these freshmen make of them.  In constructing their identities, most are required to take a basic writing course.

Creative Loafing has chosen four of those students to blog for the Daily Loaf.

These are their rants, insights, fears and hopes…

Years ago, I had hope. The Emmy Academy gave me something to hold on to, something to keep me coming back year after year. With hosts like Garry Shandling and Conan O’Brien, how could I not? (That lanky, redheaded geek could make me watch anything. Fox News. The Wiggles. Anything.) Although the Emmy’s were like watching paint dry, you could rely on the host to take some of that paint and get you high with it. He’d give you just enough to hold you over until his next little quip. There was a connection between the host and viewer: he was our crying shoulder. “I know this is rough,” he’d say, “but we’re going to make it through this together.”

That’s what kept me going; I knew that after the commercial break he would say something just funny enough to get me through the Outstanding Made For Television Movie category. But times have changed, my friends. We can’t just get high with the hosts anymore. No longer are they our crying shoulder. They are the tough loving, beer guzzling dads that slap you around and tell you to be a man… Read the rest of this entry »