- Smart-Ass Responses to Completely Well-Meaning Signs
- Our Exclusive Q&A with Author Krissy Gasbarre
- Incredible Photos Capture Day Turning Into Night
- Anderson Cooper Gets the Giggles On-Air
- Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery for Dogs
- Amazing Shots of Animals Caught on Candid Camera
- DIY Helicopter Shoots Birds Eye View Video of West Africa
August 20, 2011
Quick Things 8.20.11
Some quick links that are worth checking out..
August 19, 2011
The Ru-Mix: Anticipating
Long week? Relaxing weekend ahead? Wind down or recharge your batteries with this cool, mellow podcast from The Ru-Mix!
If you're digging all of The Ru-Mixes so far keep checking the blog or Fan DJ RuBot on Facebook!
This is a chill, laid-back, mix for those times when you're feeling a bit subdued. Surprisingly, I've found it works well for an early morning run as well. It's been a while since I sent something so mellow (for me, at least). enjoy! Download The Ru-Mix: Anticipating |
If you're digging all of The Ru-Mixes so far keep checking the blog or Fan DJ RuBot on Facebook!
August 17, 2011
Meet the 16 A Capella Groups of 'The Sing-Off' Season 3
NBC's The Sing-Off -- hosted by multi-platinum recording artist Nick Lachey, returns for its third season on Monday, September 19 at 8pm with 16 new a capella groups.
The groups will be performing for celebrity judges Sara Bareilles, Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men. They will go toe-to-toe and compete for the prize of $200,000 cash and a recording contract with Sony Music. Additionally, viewers will have unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access to each group on NBC.com's contestant blogs.
So without further ado, please acquaint yourself with the 16 a capella groups who hope to take home top honors in The Sing-Off.
August 16, 2011
Watch the Video for "Yoü And I" by Lady Gaga
Although it leaked before it was supposed to debut, Lady Gaga was officially premiered the video for her latest single called "Yoü And I." Check it out!
So, let me get this straight... In the clip Gaga plays herself searching for her lover (code name: Nebraska) along a dirt road, a mermaid kept alive by a hot model in a barn, a Frankenstein-like version of herself and her male alter-ego, Jo Calderone. Makes sense to me!
What do you think of the video for "Yoü And I?" Leave a comment!
So, let me get this straight... In the clip Gaga plays herself searching for her lover (code name: Nebraska) along a dirt road, a mermaid kept alive by a hot model in a barn, a Frankenstein-like version of herself and her male alter-ego, Jo Calderone. Makes sense to me!
What do you think of the video for "Yoü And I?" Leave a comment!
Exclusive Q&A with Author Krissy Gasbarre
Although her publishing debut is just hitting shelves today, author Krissy Gasbarre already has plenty of buzz surrounding How to Love an American Man (like here, here and here).
Author Krissy Gasbarre
Centering around her relationship with her grandmother, Gasbarre shares her real-life experience of travel, family and the search for true love. Despite being so busy with its debut, Gasbarre took the time to answer some questions from A Blog About Things.com on her memoir.
ABAT.com: At what point did you decided, "I'm going to write a book!"?
Gasbarre: When I was in high school, I really really REALLY liked boys -- one in particular, for a very long time. I read a lot of self-help books like Mars & Venus and grew super interested in psychology. I decided when I was about 16 or so that I wanted to be a psychologist who had a radio show and wrote books, but when I interned in college at the Cleveland Clinic, I found the field of psychology to be a little too clinical to hold my interest -- I wanted to explore emotions and the female psyche more. Still, I knew women like me needed insight about love and how we operate in relationships, and so for about a decade and a half I'd wanted to connect with an audience of women about the topic we all care about, no matter how different our backgrounds are: Love.
Which came first; The idea for the book, or the idea that you wanted to write a book?
The idea that I wanted to write a book. The book idea came about very naturally when I was spending a lot of time with my grandma after my grandpa passed away. I'm so fortunate the idea hit me when it did, because it was so obviously something women needed -- love advice from a grandmother who was married for 60 years and held such a different approach toward relationships -- that it would have been easy to miss.
Who exactly is your book written for?
I wrote it with women in their twenties and thirties in mind, because women in my generation need a reason to believe that love really does exist. But a friend of mine -- actually my friend Joelle, the photographer who took my author photo -- said when she closed the book, she wanted to call her grandma and share the book with her. Just maybe this story really is something that women across generations can share to bond closer together and understand each other better. I really discovered who I was as a woman through this bond with my grandma.
What's the biggest piece of knowledge you took away from the time you spent with your grandma?
That there is such thing as true love, but that no relationship is perfect. I'd never known how much my grandma sacrificed in her marriage to my grandfather until she revealed it all to me. He moved her and their five kids around to build his business, and she jokes, "Oh, he had a mistress, alright: It was his work." I really had been looking at my relationships and asking, "What can he do for me?" In real love, so much joy comes from giving. I really believe it's our feminine nature to be nurturers and carers, and love brought that out of me really softly and naturally, same as it did for 59 years in my grandma.
Author Krissy Gasbarre
Centering around her relationship with her grandmother, Gasbarre shares her real-life experience of travel, family and the search for true love. Despite being so busy with its debut, Gasbarre took the time to answer some questions from A Blog About Things.com on her memoir.
ABAT.com: At what point did you decided, "I'm going to write a book!"?
Gasbarre: When I was in high school, I really really REALLY liked boys -- one in particular, for a very long time. I read a lot of self-help books like Mars & Venus and grew super interested in psychology. I decided when I was about 16 or so that I wanted to be a psychologist who had a radio show and wrote books, but when I interned in college at the Cleveland Clinic, I found the field of psychology to be a little too clinical to hold my interest -- I wanted to explore emotions and the female psyche more. Still, I knew women like me needed insight about love and how we operate in relationships, and so for about a decade and a half I'd wanted to connect with an audience of women about the topic we all care about, no matter how different our backgrounds are: Love.
Which came first; The idea for the book, or the idea that you wanted to write a book?
The idea that I wanted to write a book. The book idea came about very naturally when I was spending a lot of time with my grandma after my grandpa passed away. I'm so fortunate the idea hit me when it did, because it was so obviously something women needed -- love advice from a grandmother who was married for 60 years and held such a different approach toward relationships -- that it would have been easy to miss.
Who exactly is your book written for?
I wrote it with women in their twenties and thirties in mind, because women in my generation need a reason to believe that love really does exist. But a friend of mine -- actually my friend Joelle, the photographer who took my author photo -- said when she closed the book, she wanted to call her grandma and share the book with her. Just maybe this story really is something that women across generations can share to bond closer together and understand each other better. I really discovered who I was as a woman through this bond with my grandma.
What's the biggest piece of knowledge you took away from the time you spent with your grandma?
That there is such thing as true love, but that no relationship is perfect. I'd never known how much my grandma sacrificed in her marriage to my grandfather until she revealed it all to me. He moved her and their five kids around to build his business, and she jokes, "Oh, he had a mistress, alright: It was his work." I really had been looking at my relationships and asking, "What can he do for me?" In real love, so much joy comes from giving. I really believe it's our feminine nature to be nurturers and carers, and love brought that out of me really softly and naturally, same as it did for 59 years in my grandma.
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