Ego
Our So-called lives
We, like, totally love Angela Chase. At the ripe age of 15, she taught us that life, love and plaid/flannel combinations -- while difficult -- are all A-OK.
Reach for the sky
You know that summer in St. Trop is only fun if you avoid the army of wrinkled German men in thongs and retreat to Les Caves du Roy nightly.
Eurobash
It's 1:20 a.m. on a Thursday night, and I've lost my dignity. I become painfully aware of this as the heel of my shoe cleaves itself between two bricks and interrupts the flow of my hopping up and down.
How to be: Eurotrash
You don't need to know where St. Tropez is to be hip. I mean, let's face it: it's going to take a lot more than that.
I see london, I see france
OK, so the Owls are a bunch of douchebags. Sure, they come from Paris and Athens -- but we're talking Texas and Georgia, not France and Greece.
Mississippi Mastectomies
Facing the Music, a collection of short stories by Mississippi native Larry Brown, is a cutting-edge interpretation of modern day relationships . Brown, who died in late 2004, infuses every character and thought with a melodic time-elapsing droll -- a tradition of Southern authors since the days of Faulkner.
How to: Be geek chic
Tina Fey. Seth Cohen. Lisa Loeb, Gwen Eudey. Face it: you've got a hard-on for geeks. From the black-rimmed glasses to their witty Friendster profiles, you go nutty for nerds.
It's hip to be square
Remember when dense, overgrown Neanderthals with biceps for brains, chest hair before the sixth grade and vocabularies consisting only of homophobic slurs and "you suck" were the Brahmin of the social hierarchy at school?
Social Darwinism
Don't be fooled by the cover of Groton-alum Curtis Sittenfeld's classy debut novel -- Prep. While the pink and green grosgrain belt around the book's middle may bring to mind your wasted summer on Nantucket or that yachtie you fondled at the Newport-Bermuda after-party, Prep's protagonist is not an elitist snob like you and I.
Be like Bill
The students at the University of Pennsylvania attend classes in order to quench their thirst for learning, to develop analytical and investigative mental abilities and to further their quest for divine truth and knowledge.
How To: Spot a fake
If you consider Louis Vuitton Murakami handbags, driver's licenses and Elvis, you will find that everything really meaningful in life is necessarily followed by an imitation.
Get With The Picture
Some of us are just naturally endowed with big ones. It's what distinguishes the men from the boys, the haves from the have-nots and the rock stars from the fan clubs.
Hipster New Year
January, as a month, is decidedly unhip. It's a time to focus on how to make this year better, while constantly being reminded how you fucked up the last one.
Get the clap
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue. Survivor: Prophylactic Island In the past, CBS' reality hit Survivor has relied on scheming andback-stabbing for ratings, throwing a bunch of type-A tacticians onto a desert island and watching them vote eachother off one by one.
More boobs ...and tubes
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue. Two couples get to have a swinging week of love with strangers and, in one case, pets.
BEST TV LINES EVER. Yes. Of all time.
Dan Aykroyd on SNL: "Jane, you ignorant slut. My personality profile is not at issue here, any more than is your inability to achieve orgasm." -- Grant Ginder Angela Chase on My So-Called Life: "School is a battlefield for your heart.
TURN IT OFF AND MASTURBATE INSTEAD -- Worst of '04
The unleashing of I Love the 90's. Remember flannel? Thank you VH1 for catapulting me back into post-traumatic stress syndrome.
What's your Gay-Q?
1. On Will & Grace, Jack gets cast as a straight man in a commercial. What does Karen say when she finds out? (a) "You're as gay as a clutch purse on Tony night.
Gay as McGreevey
Sex, drugs, and a shitload of sly sarcasm are back. NBC's best primetime sitcom has finally released its third season on DVD.
