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SNACK TIME: Ashton Kutcher ruins everything, the most loathed man in the snack world, Handynasty on your chest, coffeecoffeecoffee, eat like Courtney Love, and the potential dampening of Ocean City
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SNACK TIME: Ashton Kutcher ruins everything, the most loathed man in the snack world, Handynasty on your chest, coffeecoffeecoffee, eat like Courtney Love, and the potential dampening of Ocean City
- Because everything Ashton Kutcher does is cool, here are some spots he did for Popchips. The ads parody video dating profiles, in which Kutcher plays Darl, a "diva," a biker named Swordfish, a British hippie called Nigel and Raj, a Bollywood producer. Of course, Raj offended everyone so his ad was pulled. In my professional opinion, I'd say the ads are very effective, if Popchips' goal is to not sell any of their products and reinforce the fact that Ashton Kutcher is irrelevant.
- You know that thing when you have a bag of chips and you're trying to open it but you just can't and then finally after tugging on it forever you can but then the chips fly everywhere and the bag rips in half and it's just such a mess and you're so frustrated but then you eat the chips anyway including the ones that fell on the floor because you put in so much effort opening the bag? John Spevacek is the man to talk to about that extremely taxing scenario. Spevacek has written an essay, using words like "variable," "polymer" and "feasible," explaining why bags of chips are so difficult to open. It's all his fault.
- If you've ever felt that singing Han Dynasty's praises from the rooftops doesn't fully express how much you adore it, you can now wear your love. Han Chiang has made T-shirts to sell to his fans and plans to donate the proceeds to charity. The shirts poke fun at the restaurant's Twitter handle in jersey form: HANDYNASTY written on the back with the number 10 below. If you don't want people asking you what "handy nasty" is, Chiang plans to roll out other designs in the future.
- You know you're a coffee addict if you can identify with even one item on this list from Thought Catalog. Is "your body is 80% coffee, 20% thinking about how to get more coffee?" or do "you go to pick up coffee beans at the store to grind and a large number of them don’t make it back to your home, because you ate them?" Do you camp out waiting for the Rival Bros truck? Did you choose your job because it's across the street from Elixr? It's OK, you're not alone.
- Alyssa Shelasky of Grub Street interviewed Courtney Love recently on her favorite foods and eating habits. The result is as you would expect: neurotic, nonsensical, indulgent, braggadocious and just plain nutso. If she can't afford a pot pie from Dean & Deluca, she doesn't eat. She needs sugar from 4 to 5 a.m. She's bros with Mario Batali. She hates chocolate because Kurt hated chocolate. Her testosterone level is at 358. I couldn't make this up if I tried. It's like reading science fiction.
- Ocean City, N.J. has been a dry town for ages. But last year, the Ocean City Restaurant Association started campaigning to allow diners to bring their own to local places after recognizing that beachgoers often travel to non-dry locales to drink with dinner. The Committee to Preserve Ocean City, meanwhile, opposes the potential new law because they feel it would tarnish OC's "'wholesome family' character." Tomorrow, it's up to the people in a public vote. What do you guys think? Bring a bottle to Spadafora's or order in from Mack and Manco's and drink at home?
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