McRib is Back! – "It has a ghostly quality," says Mr. Dixon, a 30-year-old graphic novelist. "You don't know when it will appear. It's the girl who you are in love with who has always been a tease to you."On Nov. 2, for the first time in 16 years, McDonald's Corp. will offer the McRib at outlets across the U.S., but even then, only for six weeks or so. "It doesn't sell well all year long because people get tired of it," says McDonald's USA President Jan Fields.
Amen, Mr. Dixon. You can be damn sure where to find me on Nov. 2nd at 1:15 PM. I’ll be the one asking if I can buy an whole case of the frozen mystery meat patties. And I don’t care that the sandwich itself has nothing to do with ribs. Fact is the sight of these precious processed patty sandwiches makes me salivate more than any other food (Tony Roma’s makes a good alternative). It’s cruelty to their customer base that McD’s makes some markets wait years before bringing these happy meals (in the literal sense, not the titular) back into their lives.
Russian Jersey Shore Coming - "It's a multi-generational story told in the Lifetime voice of women living, dating and working in Brighton Beach," Gena McCarthy, Lifetime's senior vice president for nonfiction programming, told the Post. "You'll see women in their 20s, 30s and 40s and even grandmothers ... women and men as they date and struggle to assimilate," she said. And, unlike "Jersey Shore" -- which revolves around a bunch of twenty-something pals -- there will be several families featured in the series, which doesn't have an air-date yet.
Umm, what part of this sounds like “Jersey Shore?” Just shameless advertising. And if you’re going to try and piggy back on a cultural breakout don’t you go with Russian Sex and the City here? And grandmothers dating? Who are they targeting with this crap. You’re Lifetime, stick to the script, its tried and proven. Woman is suspicious of husband/BF, woman's suspicions are confirmed. Woman is then beaten by husband/BF. Husband/BF is locked up/killed, woman looked at publicly as hero for giving all other women hope.
Slots, Booze, Smokes, Welfare? - Bay State welfare recipients can play the slots, pick up a six-pack of beer or nab a flat-screen plasma TV under loosey-goosey Bay State restrictions that allow those on the dole to treat taxpayers’ wallets as their own personal ATM…“I’m offended. The idea is welfare benefits are supposed to go to people who can’t work and are just barely getting by,” said the bar owner, who requested anonymity. “As a taxpayer I’m surprised the state wants to make it this easy to allow welfare recipients to misuse our money like this.”
This is new? Gambling, alcohol and tobacco have been recession proof industries for decades now and the Boston Herald has just caught on as to why?
And this anonymous bar tender can cut the shit. The only thing he’s offended by is the fact that his un-ethical cash cow is now in the public light.
