mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

Television is not the truth. Television’s a goddamn amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We’re in the boredom-killing business. So if you want the Truth, go to God. Go to your gurus. Go to yourselves! Because that’s the only place you’re ever [...]

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Fox’s newest summer reality program, “Fat Chicks Crying” “More to Love,” continued with episode 3 last night. As we did last week, Chicago blogger bokeen and I continued the conversation and commentary on the preposterous show we lovingly refer to as “The Fatchelor.” mizChartreuse: “Tell me about his body! I want to know every detail [...]

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There’s a reason why the majority of the population doesn’t watch television during the summer. This year, Fox unveiled a gem in More to Love, which is essentially a version of The Bachelor for fat people.  The featured eligible bachelor, Luke, weighs 330 pounds.  Combined, the 20 contestants weigh in at a total of over [...]

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Yesterday I was doing my mid-morning e-stalking perusing of people’s Facebook profiles and dropped in on a conversation on a friend’s page about what sounded to be a REALLY GOOD book. I demanded Danny and/or Tina tell me what they were talking about, as I more than likely owned the title on my ridiculous book shelf but [...]

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It’s 2 a.m. at your friend’s house. The place is silent; most of the dwellers asleep.  Would you walk into the bathroom when clearly the light is on within and the water is splashing into the sink? Seriously? I mean, come on.  That just happened to me. No knock, just the slow opening of the [...]

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