Monthly Archives: March 2010
Meet Kathleen: Guest Star
Kathleen helms the our up and coming “Cooking Poor” video segments. She is also a frequent Words to Bumble guest star who find treasures in the subway and has issues with apartment rehabbing.
Filed under Creatively Broke, Dear Life
Ups & Downs: Mirai Nagasu at the 2010 ISU World Championships
Clive Rose/Getty Images/ UniversalSports.com Mirai Nagasu skated a downright spectacular short program, earning her a 70.04 point personal best providing the breakout performance of the competition. The camera caught her exclaiming, “yeah!” in the kiss and cry area upon hearing … Continue reading
Filed under [Obscure] Winter Sports
Skeletor Returns to the Ice: Men’s Figure Skating World Championships
The most upsetting thing about watching the ISU Figure Skating World Championships is that the Olympics were about five minutes ago and most people are skating the same programs with the same costumes– and let’s face it: discussing sartorial choices … Continue reading
Filed under Commenting, [Obscure] Winter Sports
For Sheila: A Fixer-Upper with a Ghost & Two Lunatics
Frequent Words to Bumble guest stars Kathleen and David have procured a new apartamento, and it is a bit of a fixer-upper situation: a few faulty windows, pink tiles (even in the kitchen, ew) and need of a paint job. … Continue reading
So Evan Lysacek & Shaun White Walk into a Bar…
By now most of you are probably aware that Dancing with the Stars has poached yet another Olympian. It was all big news to me when the Olympics began and I learned that apparently there is a thing with Olympic … Continue reading
Filed under Commenting, Out & About, Television
Short Track World Championships: Relays, Super Finals & Social Media Mayhem
This weekend I discovered how to watch obscure winter sports that have been rudely neglected by Universal Sports (which had recently made me so happy regarding the Alpine ski season), purely thanks to the wonders of social media. Between Twitter … Continue reading
Filed under Commenting, [Obscure] Winter Sports
Cyborg, the Full Story: A Blind Date Gone Wrong
A tale by guest blogger Brigitte, of Shaun White look-a-like fame. There are certain things that one assumes to be common sense rules when it comes to dating: wearing something nice on a first date, being polite, attempting to get … Continue reading
Filed under Dear Life, Guest Blogger
Mancuso Gets Xtreme at Verbier’s Bec des Rosses: Freeride World Tour Closer
At the end of the Alpine World Cup tour earlier in the month, Julia Mancuso accepted the chance to be a wild card entry in the Nissan Xtreme close to the 2010 Freeride World Tour at Verbier, skiing down the … Continue reading
Filed under [Obscure] Winter Sports
Advice in the Subway
UPDATED: March 21, 2010 Yesterday I took a ride on the 1 train again. Maybe I was looking for paper towels, maybe I have become enamored of the Upper West Side or maybe I was on my way to an interview feeling … Continue reading
Filed under Out & About
Shocking Performances, A Displaced Queen & the Olympic Hangover: Ladies’ Figure Skating World Championships
If Johnny Weir has said it once, he has said it a hundred times: “the Olympic hangover” had a huge effect on the figure skating world championships this year. Several of the top male competitors– including Weir– dropped out of … Continue reading →
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