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Some of you may be familiar with my incredibly terrible ideas for pun-based cartoons. Remind me tonight on the Ustream show to tell you of my latest. It’s so bad it makes me cringe.

In other news, I’m wearing a turtleneck, sweatpants, fuzzy slippers and I have on no makeup which can only mean one thing: I  have a  hot date with the internet tonight and that means all of you! We’ll be chatting with the lovely Natali Del Conte and Dustin Goot will be dropping by. You can watch here or here (please note fancy new Facebook page!).

Here’s a picture of Natali and me because you love pictures.

And here’s a photo of me looking smarmy on Hannity last week. It’s unrelated but I just found it and thought it deserved airing out.

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Let’s not even get into my sun yellow teeth in the above photo, let’s just go straight to the way the shadows make it look as if MC Escher has been doodling on my neck. Hot!

Also, I think my quick-tempered, overly familiar friend at the grocery store and I are going to need to break up because he kind of yelled in my direction  yesterday about pumpkin. The man is passionate about squash, which I understand, but still.

Also, when did Pepcid start targeting the goth market? This is a still from a commercial last night.

Because  goths suffer emotional and physical heartburn? Is Pepcid making some kind of meta joke? Can someone get to the bottom of this?

And finally, I  just agreed to appear on Fox News’s Strategy Room this Friday at 1pm for Bill Schulz’s magazine chat show (with fellow scribes Dan Bova, Noelle Hancock, John DeVore, Dawn Yanek and Steve Kandell whom I know from when we were both struggling freelancers who’d just arrived in New York) which is likely not its official name. Anyone know what its official name is? In lieu of an answer, let’s call it the Alison Rosen Hour. P.S. Let’s not tell Bill.

One more thing, I  just cleaned my bathroom and man alive does it reek of cleanliness in here. Like too much. A kind of cleanliness that’s burning my eyes and nose and mouth. Whoever recommended scrubbing with an onion was an idiot.

See you guys tonight!

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Meet my mums

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I mentioned on twitter earlier that I bought a new plant that we’d need to find a name for on Wednesday’s live show (RSVP HERE). Well I thought you might want to see the plant. They’re mums, which is a dumb name for flowers but a good nickname for a mummy as in “Hey mums, how’s it hanging?” “Why so stiff, mums?” You know, that kinda stuff.

Anyway, all this thought of mums was lighting up a spot in my brain and then I remembered that I’d once shared a flight with a woman I’d referred to in a blog post as MUM. But then I looked back and actually it was MIM and we were playing online trivia and I kept yelling in my head, “Suck it, MIM!” Anyway, you’ll just have to read.

Oh and unrelated, I have some photos from Hannity that I’ve yet to post as well as some other photos. I’m totally sitting on photos right now. It’s uncomfortable.

UPDATE: Turns out mums are chrysanthephajksgfmums! I didn’t realize! But now I do!

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I just had an amazing conversation about milk

I just had the most amazing conversation at the grocery store. As you know and are likely sick of hearing, I’m particular about milk and was drinking a certain kind which is no longer available so then I was at sea, milk wise, but now I’ve become a fan of a particular kind of Almond Milk. It’s the unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk from Blue Diamond in the refrigerated carton.

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Blue Diamond also makes the product in shelf-stable containers but the refrigerated tastes better thanks to the addition of calcium carbonate which is chalk. Apparently I like chalk in my fake milk.

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good but needs chalk

Anyway, I’m at the store and the guy who works there, the one who often inquires how I’m feeling leading me to wonder if I look sickly, is stocking stuff  near the milk. I pick up a carton and tell him I’m feeling fine and then decide that I may as well indicate my love of this milk so they’ll keep it in stock. “I’m a fan of this milk!” I announce.

“Shhhh,” he says.

“I know!” I say, having no idea what he’s talking about.

“You know how you get, boo,” he responds.

“Yeah. Don’t want to jinx it!” I say, taking a stab.

I’m reminded of the time I took a ballet class which was far too advanced for me and everyone was doing the routine one by one across the floor and then it was my turn and I had no idea how it went so I just kind of flailed across the room and added my own little flourishes in time with the music, hoping my interpretation of the moves might somehow link up with the actual moves by sheer force of will.

Of course they did not.

Back to the milk conversation.

I kind of love that anyone is calling me “boo” and professes to know how I get! I don’t even know how I get or what exactly  I’m getting a certain way about, but I’m flattered nonetheless.

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Separated at birth

Yesterday I was on Hannity with Ralph Reed and something was bothering me and it wasn’t just the fact that we disagree about everything. Was it his tan? No, although he was exceptionally bronzed. Was it his alarmingly youngish image? No, although I’m sure there’s a rapidly aging portrait of him somewhere. Was it his uber friendliness? No, although had I not had prior engagements I would have been tempted to grab a beer with him which is also how I felt about Ann Coulter who’s more pleasant and unassuming than you’d expect.

And then I realized.

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He looks a lot like Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) from Mad Men.

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What should we talk about tomorrow?

As you guys know, tomorrow is another live Ustream chat (at 10pm EST/7pm PST). I couldn’t be more excited if I’d had all my internal organs removed and replaced with butterflies. In fact, I think I might do that. Instead of being an organ donor I’ll be an organ trader. Or an organ exchanger. Or someone who’s using an organ bartering system. But not an organ traitor. I would never betray my organs.

You can RSVP here. Do it!!!!!!

Last time some of you suggested we decide on some topics ahead of time. I think that’s a fabulous suggestion so why don’t you guys let me know what you think we should talk about? What’s on your minds?

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