Pb Loco

Okay, so it was never the greatest restaurant in the world. It was designed as a kind of culinary one-trick pony, hanging all its hopes and dreams on people's uncontrollable craving for peanut butter on everything. But it still surprises me just a little that P.B. Loco (part of a very small chain of restaurants with locations remaining in Arizona, Delaware and Florida) couldn't make it in the location that it had: a corner suite in the Southlands development, right next door to the multiplex and across from the fountains where all the moms drop off their children to play and splash and spread E.coli around.
Right now, the space is dark and empty and decorated only with a FOR LEASE sign. You know what I would suggest? An all-jelly restaurant. Because everyone loves jelly.

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Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Raising the Bar returns tonight for a second season on TNT (Mondays, 10 p.m. ET), and we're happy to report that Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who stars as passionate public defender Jerry Kellerman in the sudsy Steven Bochco courtroom drama, gets a haircut in the first of 15 new episodes. We celebrated by having the friend of PopWatch take the EW Pop Culture Personality Test.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First things first, we hear there was a summit in your trailer on the day your hair was cut.
MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR: That was pretty uncomfortable, having the head of TNT, Michael Wright, Steven Bochco, the second in command at TNT, Sam Linksy, the unit production manager, Caroline James, and my wife all in the trailer watching "the cut" as it was deemed.

What exactly was the debate?
We wanted to stay true to what the character would do. But we didn't want to go in a direction that I've already gone in for other characters...Yeah, there was a lot of things to consider. [Laughs] Too many things to consider -- it was a two-hour process: "Let's not go all the way short, let's go medium length. Style it at that point, see what we think." "No, that doesn't work for the storyline. Let's go shorter. Style that." "How does that look? Well, take a little bit off here." It was more complicated than it should have been, but they just wanted to make sure it was done right.

Was there a lot of discussion before your shirtless scene in this season's second episode?
[Laughs] I hate takin' off my shirt. I really do. You just become so vain. You start watchin' what you eat. You're like, Should I get a tan? But the character works in New York and he never sees daylight. All this personal drama that you put yourself through. I wish I could just be one of those guys who doesn't give a f--- and have a big belly hanging over my pants. That could be me in a couple seasons. I'm 35 now, I could just let everything go. But I can't say I didn't do a couple of push-ups. Not before the scene -- that'd be a little too much -- but the days leading up to it.

Now on to the Personality Test. When do you yell at the TV?
We'll put the kids to bed and flip on the TV just to decompress, and my wife watches these s--- f---in' shows, man, that just get me goin'. Like Rock of Love. Ohmygod, I'm like "What the f--- is going on with these women? And him?" That riles me up. For the Love of Ray J. Are you kidding me? Tough Love, I think it's funny, but I watch that, too, and it's still like, "What is going on here?" The one I actually do enjoy, because it's a trainwreck, is Celebrity Rehab/Sober House. But literally, this is stuff as I'm walking by that I find myself watching for 10 minutes and goin' "I can't believe you just wasted 10 minutes of my life." [Laughs] I get mad at my wife for watching it.

Did you ever write a fan letter to anyone when you were young?
No. But I wrote a love letter to someone who was five or six years older than me when I was on Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which turned into Saved by the Bell. I don't remember her name. She worked on the NBC lot, where we filmed, in the gift shop. She was an actor as well, and she got the role as, like, Zack's first kiss. It was supposed to be an innocent kiss, but Zack takes it differently. And me, I fell kind of in love with her. [ Laughs] And I wrote her a love letter. I don't know if I ever sent it, because I might have been talked out of it by my mother. But I did write it. It was that first feeling of having a crush on someone, and not understanding it.

The piece of pop culture memorabilia from your childhood you still have?
I still have a lot of my Star Wars figures. My son plays with them now. I have Clash of the Titans figures, the Kraken and Perseus, Harry Hamlin's character.

What is your position on karaoke, and what is your song?
Not too big on karaoke. I might do some Nirvana or maybe Black Sabbath. Rock Band and Guitar Hero -- totally into that.

The movie you have to watch every time you spot it on cable?
Raising Arizona. I have that on my TiVo always.

The person or band you need to see in concert before you die?
If Robert Plant were to sign back on to Led Zeppelin, I would feel very compelled to go see them wherever they would play.

Source: www.latestissues.us

High Peak Simex Sport Sirius Sleeping Bag

One Man’s “Summer Activities” Are Another Man’s “Sad Waste Of Precious Hours”

Let’s see: I’ve got my portable chemical toilet, five pounds of ostrich jerky, and my High Peak Simex Sport Sirius Sleeping Bags. Yup, I’m gonna be the first one in Crestdale to get that new iPhone!

I’ll never forget the humiliation and rage I felt when I missed first place in line for the iPhone 3G. I mean, me of all people, the biggest Macolyte in my suburb. I named my own kid Apple before Gwyneth Paltrow even thought of it. Lots of guys have Apple tattoos, but not where I do. And none of it mattered when I showed up at the Apple store at Crestdale Commons to find some loser already camped out, laying there snoring in his stupid filthy socks and his dumb Green Lantern shirt. Beaten by a DC fan? Oh hay-ullz no. I tried to have him arrested as a vagrant, but mall security took his side. In that moment, a new resolve was forged deep inside me. I swore: Never again.

Now that Apple’s launching the new iPhone 3G S in a couple of weeks, the race is on anew. I mean, come on: a built-in compass! Improved security features! Data speeds that make it almost feasible to browse the Internet occasionally! I refuse to NOT be the first one in town to caress that fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. I can’t wait to take a picture of the next guy in line’s disappointed face, in 3 brilliant megapixels. And they’re Apple megapixels, which makes them noticeably better than regular megapixels. Maybe I’ll even use the video-capture technology to watch his face collapse in grief again and again and again. Ha ha! Yes, iPhone fever is making the nation ill, and I’m one of the sickest.

And these lightweight, ridge-hooded High Peak Simex Sport Sirius Sleeping Bags are my steadfast allies in this quest. They’re perfect for the warm Crestdale summer. And fortunately for me, the two of them can zip together to make one big sleeping bag. Just imagine: Mr. Green Lantern Shirt is gonna walk up and see me relaxing in well-ventilated, king-size comfort. It’ll be delicious. I can’t wait to shoot him that look that says You’re going to be the second one to enjoy an iPhone with a somewhat longer battery life. It’ll be delicious.

I’ve got my spot staked out, my claim laid, my provisions provided. Now all I have to do is wait. When the crowds materialize, they will have no choice but to acknowledge me as their superior. And believe me, despite how it looks right now, those crowds are going to materialize. Yup. Any minute now. Just you wait.



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Features:
Lightweight sleeping bag for summer activities
Ridge hood
Zip cover-up on top of zip
2 way zipper
Small pocket
Outer lining: 100% Polyester
Filling: 100% Polyester
Thickness: Top/bottom 150g/m2
Inner Lining: 100% polyester
Size: 210×75/50 cm
Weight: approx. 860g
Size when packed: 28×16 cm
Temp Range: 21.2 F to 51.8 F

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In the box:
2 High Peak Simex Sport Sirius Sleeping Bags

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Hank Baskett

http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2009/6/5/899957/in-case-you-were-wondering-what

What's On Tonight: Secret Saturdays, Whale Wars, Ghost Adventures

* At 8, FOX has a new Don't Forget The Lyrics.
* PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
* Cartoon Network has a new Secret Saturdays at 8, then a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
* TCM has Spielberg on Spielberg at 8.
* At 9, Animal Planet has the season premiere of Whale Wars.
* History Channel has a new Patton 360 at 9.
* Travel Channel has the season premiere of Ghost Adventures at 9.
* At 10, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher.


Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

* Charlie Rose: Dolly Parton and Sam Mendes
* The Late Show with David Letterman: Paris Hilton, Steven Wright, and Calvin Borel
* The Tonight Show: Ryan Seacrest, Patton Oswalt, and Chickenfoot
* Chelsea Lately: Greg Proops, Daisy De La Hoya, Natasha Leggero, and T.J. Miller (repeat)
* Jimmy Kimmel Live: Michael J. Fox, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough, and Asher Roth (repeat)
* Tavis Smiley: Nia Vardalos and Azadeh Moaveni
* Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Bradley Cooper, Denise Richards, and Mandy Moore
* The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Seann William Scott and Henry Cho
* Last Call with Carson Daly: Matthew McConaughey, Kaley Cuoco, and Ida Maria (repeat)

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The Mutton Curry from Lahore

In Calcutta, in the good old days, eating chicken was distinctly déclassé. Your ‘class' was determined by whether you served - among other fishy courses -- good-quality mutton (there were ‘select shops' catering to the ‘good-quality' demand) on occasions ranging from family dinners to weddings. This was much before the health lobbyists had started their anti-red meat campaign in right earnest.

My grandfather, a spoilt brat in his growing-up years (he was the only son), would come back home from school in the late afternoons (after playing cricket post-school) and get half-a-kilo mutton cooked to perfection (kosha mangsho, as the Bengalis call it), along with scores of luchis that were served piping hot. This he had every day (and he lived to be 85). Once, when he was served vegetarian fare (because mutton was not available that day), he, in a fit of pique, threw his plate on the floor, breaking the fine china into fine bits. His tearful mother vowed that never, ever would such a mistake be repeated. Such used to be the power of mutton.

Funnily enough, I was never a mutton fan. I've always preferred chicken. And, these days, I am vegetarian at least five days in a week.

Nevertheless, I used to dig my maternal grandmother's (I call her Dimma) mutton curry; her culinary skills are legendary. My mother didn't quite inherit the same traits from Dimma, but she too makes a mean mutton vindaloo once in a while. My paternal grandmother used to make awesome mutton roasts. And then, there is my best friend's mother's bhuna mutton, which is pretty divine. These were the four preparations of mutton I enjoy/enjoyed eating, other than occasional meat dishes I'd partake at restaurants.

When I was in Delhi this time, I took Brian to Oh Calcutta, and we ordered both fish and mutton, cooked Bong-style. I have a feeling he enjoyed the fish more (it was cooked in mustard sauce), but I'm not sure. Brian?

But poor Brian has not had the Lahori mutton: it's not some random dish called so because a restaurant-owner thought it might be an exotic-sounding sobriquet. It comes from Lahore. My Lahori friend in Dubai first got me this mutton - in vacuum-packed tins - when she went home early this year for a four-day break. "I don't know if you'll like it, but I want you to sample some Lahori food," she said defensively as she handed me the tin. It was cooked, she explained, by a husband-wife team who her mother knows pretty well.

With no expectations whatsoever, I opened the can of mutton, spooned out a few pieces, and had it with a couple of triangular parathas. I've never eaten something like that before. It's easily the best mutton I've had in my life. It actually beats Dimma's famous mutton curry hollow (sorry, Dimma!).

I made a friend eat a bit of it (I was too greedy to give him a substantial portion from my tin), and he almost had tears in his eyes. "It's such a pity that India and Pakistan have a Line of Control dividing them: imagine if the two countries had been one... we could have had this Lahori mutton every now and then... every day maybe... Life would have been so much better," he sighed.

I keep hustling my friend to get me more mutton. So each time any Lahori known to her mother - friends, relatives, even neighbours - comes to Dubai, a few tins of mutton are sent for me. I've even presented my friend with a business proposition: I want to team up with her mother's Lahori cooks and open a restaurant in Delhi. She laughed, and joked about how the Indian right-wingers may not take that kindly.

But I'm dead serious, I told her. "Hmmm, not a bad idea actually," she said. "I'm dying to go to India, and if I become a partner in this restaurant business, I can be there often."

Years ago, when I was in school, somebody had read out an article from a kiddie Bengali magazine called Anandamela about a dream line-up in cricket if India and Pakistan had not been partitioned. Imran Khan and Wasim Akram could have opened the bowling attack along with Kapil Dev, and Javed Miandad could have been first down.

On hindsight, I think I'd have taken the Lahori mutton over Imran Khan/Wasim Akram/Javed Miandad any day.

Sonic Drive in

Sonic Drive-Ins is having "Free Float Night" tonight (June 3) and will be giving away free 10 oz. Root Beer Floats from 8 p.m. until midnight at participating Sonics. The drive-in plans to give away more than 3.5 million Root Beer Floats to customers coast to coast during this special event.

This is a "while supplies last" promotion although Sonic says they are well stocked up. Also, you may want to call your local Sonic and ask if they will be participating before you head out. Enjoy!

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