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Sandra Lee Makes the Most Disgusting Things for Christmas!

Thanks to fabulous Crasstalk Commenter, Gooch, I happened upon a YouTube well of insane and fell right in. Oh, yes, the things discovered here are of magnanimous, indescribable hilarity, mixed with a boozy, crazy disgusting filled topping. I give to you the Christmas-themed treats cooked up by Sandra Lee of the Food Network show, Semi-Homemade, which is some sort of cuisine purgatory where truly abhorrent canned goods and smallish amounts of homemade ingredients collide in a crap sack of inedible mania served with a smile and a straight face. Continue reading →

Dos and Don’ts of Holiday Decorations

Let’s face it, this is the time of the year that everyone feels the need to look festive, even if they’re actually wearing their cranky pants and bitching about the economy/weather/kids these days, etc.

However, in the quest to appear festive, many don’t actually put a lot of thought into what they put in their yards and houses during the holiday season – just so they have something to point to and say, “Look how festive I am! Look at my festive f**king house!!” Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing Christmas: Cheap Gift Edition

Tight budgets are no fun around Christmas time (or ever), but with some creativity you can find your way around them and give your friends and family something better than the cheapest thing you could find at Walgreens. My budget for Christmas gifts this year pretty much tops out at twenty bucks– and since that includes shipping to environs as far north as Wisconsin and Glasgow, we’re probably talking closer to ten bucks on materials. I love the idea of sending my friends and family an assortment of handmade treats, but the most complicated thing I can make are boxed brownies. With that in mind, I am turning to you culinary geniuses here at Crasstalk and asking you to post your quickest, easiest dessert recipe. I’ll get things started with my mint chocolate peppermint bark.

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The Definitive Style & Gift Guide For The Discerning Cat Lady In Your Life

Here it is everyone, our Crassiversary! I cannot let it pass without paying homage to our beloved CCLC ~ Crazy Cat Lady Contingent. I am grateful  for all of your fun and contributions and though I sometimes mock, you know I lurve you CCLC. I am also grateful that I have you all corralled here at Crasstalk where I can keep an eye on you. Have you ever tried herding cats? Well, Crazy Cat Ladies are equally wily.

My gift to all of the CCL’s and the people who love them; A Definitive Shopping & Gift Guide for the discerning (but still way crazy) cat lady. Because, really, how many cat tapestry tote bags do you need? Continue reading →

How To Build a Manly Home Theater, on a Manly Budget

There are few things more manly than building a home theater. After all, what’s the point of owning extremely manly movies without being able to watch them on an extremely manly TV, paired with an extremely manly audio setup?

Unfortunately, manly jobs like cops, firefighters, and lumberjacks don’t pay terribly well. So, we’re going to talk about how to build a manly home theater on a manly budget for the manly recession.  Continue reading →

Liveblogging Just Desserts Episode 3: Synergy and A Nightmare on Pink Street

We are no strangers to product placement and synergistic advertising. We watch Project Runway with its embedded advertisements for HP, Marie Claire, L’Oreal and at least a half dozen other brands. We watch Top Chef with its similar product placements for Dawn Hand Renewal with Olay (the Procter and Gamble double whammy!). Tonight, Just Desserts may well collapse under the weight of all the product placement and cross-advertising. Continue reading →