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World Cup
As soon as Spain scored the goal, Alexis shut the TV off. She didn’t believe that the octopus was really an oracle. She added that there were two hot Dutchmen who were fun to watch. They were not-so-tall and had shaved heads.
Annoying!
Some strange guy who shared mutual friends with Jennifer on Facebook messaged Jennifer and asked her what she did at Sirius. Jennifer told him that she did on-air stuff. The guy then said something about wanting to be on the air himself. Jennifer didn’t mind hutzpah, but she thought someone who was asking for something should know what they were asking for and should do a little research beforehand. Paulie wondered if the guy was stupid or just lazy. Alexis and Jennifer agreed that he was just dumb.
Spill clean-up
The girls had a representative from the National Council of Churches Eco Justice Programs to discuss long-term recovery of the gulf coast and how to help. Check out NCCecojustice.org for more information. Alexis and the representative agreed that you should definitely call and make sure your help is wanted first. Don’t just show up.
Jeffrey and Gwyneth
Jeffrey Steingarten recently wrote an article for Vogue called "Cooking With Gwyneth (Paltrow)." Steingarten was a food writer and Gwyneth had recipes on her blog called Goop. She was making a foray into the food world with a cookbook called My Father’s Daughter. For a while her thing was macrobiotic dieting. Now it was about eating in moderation and working out. Jeffrey noted that he didn’t want to cook with Gwyneth and test the recipes because he was concerned about how he would deal with it if he didn’t like her or her recipes. Alexis said he shouldn’t pretend that he was going to hate anything because Vogue didn’t publish negative articles about people they liked anyway. Jennifer read the article and thought it wasn’t all that nice at the end. Alexis said it went back and forth - everything negative was covered by something positive. He described Gwyneth in the article as being nice at first and freezing him out at the end. Jennifer thought she only created an atmosphere of intimacy with him at first because she needed to. Alexis said the disses were so subtle and the ordinary person wouldn’t read the article so carefully or repeatedly.
Jesse speaks
Jesse Jackson was saying the Cavaliers coach Dan Gilbert was acting like a slave master because he was mad that LeBron left. Alexis said he should say stuff like that only when it was true – of course he should be angry that LeBron left!
Dan doesn’t know Martha
Martha was on the Today Show today and Dan thought her appearance was hilarious because he didn’t realize that Martha ALWAYS played the straight man - no matter what. Dan showed Jennifer the video and Jennifer saw Martha confidently doing what she usually did. Apparently, Martha couldn’t get the lobster tail out because it was overcooked and then she tasted the row and it was horrible. Alexis couldn’t believe she tasted the mystery lobster. Dan couldn’t believe she didn’t crack a smile when she couldn’t get the tail out. Alexis said that was what Martha did - she pretended nothing was wrong.
Leaving celebrities in peace
Alexis read a Q&A involving a guy who felt he was treated rudely by a wine critic when he went to speak to the guy in a restaurant. Alexis didn’t understand why the wine critic couldn’t want to be anonymous. Jennifer thought the critic didn’t have to be totally rude. He could say hi, turn away and continue talking to his friend. Alexis understood how the critic must have felt. She didn’t even like it when a waiter interrupted her conversation. Jennifer appreciated when people came up to her in public. Alexis said that was because she wanted to be acknowledged but that might not be true of this wine critic. The person who complained about the wine critic, incidentally, signed his letter anonymous. Alexis said no one had a right to come up to someone just because that someone was a public figure. You didn’t know how their day was going. Cheryl said they had a midget weatherman in Westchester. Her hot daughter once saw him in Wal-Mart and said hi. He started yelling, “Leave me alone, I’m with my children.”Alexis said maybe he was having a bad day.
Mel Gibson
The girls played the tape of Mel Gibson yelling at his ex-girlfriend on the phone like a crazy person. Alexis said the phone call would be a dealbreaker for her – she wouldn’t want to blow him. Jennifer said he was so mean and vulgar.
Stay tuned!