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Picture It! Japan Celebrates the Kanamara Festival

GiggleSugar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:57:49 -0700

Nothing says fertility like a giant pink penis - am I right, ladies? At least, that's how they celebrate fertility in Kawasaki, Japan, during the Kanamara Festival held during cherry blossom season.

Men dress as women in pink, and women enjoy phallus-shaped candy, all with the goal of raising AIDS awareness and bringing harmony to married couples. It looks sort of like a big, coed bachelorette party. Sign me up! And be sure to check out more pics below - including some very tantalizing radishes.

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A Sign From God?

GiggleSugar — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:00:30 -0700

I've seen bacon floss and a bacon scarf, but bacon blessed by Jesus? I bet it's a lot tastier than holy water.

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Product of the Day: Easter Bunny Glo Popcifier

GiggleSugar — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:17:29 -0700

For the raver who celebrates Easter! Sure, Katie Sugar looked longingly at this candy when I walked by, but this toy (for ages five and up) isn't designed for paci-aged kids.

Perhaps this light-up lollipop/pacifier has the best intentions, but I can't shake my mental image of some clubber kid whiling away his Sunday ecstasy roll by sucking on the Easter bunny's head.

WTF?!

GiggleSugar — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0700

What's wrong with this restaurant homepage? I'll give you a hint: I'm pretty sure it's not usually on a sushi menu.

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OMG, Mom, You're Embarrassing Me!

GiggleSugar — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0700

You know how you see famous people, and unless you have a picture to prove it, your friends are kinda like, "Yeah, whatever. Sure." Or they believe you and it blows over? Maybe you should do what this woman did at a diner in Boardman, OH. She saw the Obamas and the Bidens having breakfast, and figured, "If I don't crawl on the floor in front of their table and get a picture, no one will believe me!" You kinda can't blame this crazy woman for doing this, although I had to wonder, where the hell is Secret Service?

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My Permanent Expression

GiggleSugar — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:02:00 -0700

On the left, a dramatic reenactment of my everyday expression. On the right, the world bombarding me with annoyances.

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Tressed to Ill

GiggleSugar — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:00:00 -0700

Dude. This is sooo meta.

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Too Cute For Words!

PetSugar — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:00:20 -0800

It's time to get clever! A picture is worth a thousand words, but those messages vary from person to person. Mmmm, what's being dished up here? Offer your sayings or quotes for this funny photo in your comments below, and I'll do a roundup next week of some of my faves.

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Buzz Interview: Eric Stonestreet on Playing Modern Family's New Dad Cam

BuzzSugar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:30:49 -0800

Freshman comedy Modern Family has filled a void in my life - I find myself laughing out loud each week, and I'm not the only one digging it. A huge part of the show's greatness can be attributed to its amazing cast; one of my favorites is Cameron - one half of a same-sex couple adjusting to life with a new baby. Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cam, sat down with me to talk about the show's crazy success and the real-life experience he used to portray a clown in next week's episode, "Fizbo."

On whether he expected the show to be so successful: No. I had a very, very good idea that based on the writers’ history and their very extensive careers that we had a really, really good shot at being something great. Anybody that tells you in this business they knew it was going to be this well-received is crazy. Actually, being this well-received makes you a little nervous.
On whether the success is a surprise: It’s a bit of a surprise with how outwardly supportive the critics have been, but by the same token, how outwardly supportive and sort of in love with the show fans have been. I think that’s the thing that really feels like lightning in a bottle - when you have both of those things in place. Typically, you have huge fan support and the critics tell you it’s the worst thing they’ve ever seen, or you have critical acclaim and the fans are like, 'what is this show, we don’t get it.' So I think the fact that we have both is rare and exciting.

To hear Eric spilling about upcoming episodes of Modern Family and his clown college rejection, just read more.

On his real-life clown experience: I, as a kid, have early documented pictures of me being very intrigued by clowns. The circus came to town in Kansas City every year around my birthday, so naturally my parents took me for my birthday. Once I saw that clowns were people with makeup and funny wigs and costumes, I was in. By nine, I was getting clown suits made for me by my Grandma Louise, at 11 there were articles written about me in Kansas City about how I wanted to become a one-man show performing for senior citizens and kids forever. You’ll see that article in the episode "Fizbo" that was written about me then. I didn’t want to be an actor; I always wanted to be a clown, and acting sort of found me when I was in college. So to be able to bring back what inspired me to act as a kid to prime time is more than I would have ever imagined possible for myself.
On whether he'd be a clown now if he weren't an actor: No. I auditioned for Barnum and Bailey Clown College and they denied me twice. They did not let me in, those clowns.
On what's next for Cameron, Mitchell, and baby Lily: We have an episode coming up where we’re Ferberizing the baby when she won’t go to sleep, and Mitchell is very much committed to letting her cry it out, and Cameron of course can’t for the life of him imagine why you would let a baby cry it out like that, so there’s drama there. It’s what’s great about the show - yeah, they’re a couple of guys raising a baby, but the focus really on that relationship is the challenges of a relationship, the challenges of parenthood, and just trying to find the happy medium of keeping up a relationship while raising a kid.
On the holiday episode: We have the Christmas episode coming up, where you find out that Cameron had created a choir group, a caroling group, a few years back and he was removed and kicked out of his own caroling group by one of the carolers. That episode is really about forgiveness and the Christmas spirit. It’s a very sweet episode.
On his dream guest stars: I can’t imagine who else they’re going to get. That’s the brilliance and awe-inspiring aspect of this show, that people are watching it and people are enjoying it and willing to participate. I can’t wait to see who they find for Cameron’s parents. I have some ideas of who I want, but I’ll be excited to see who’s coming.

Too Cute For Words!

PetSugar — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:00:13 -0800

It's time to get clever! A picture is worth a thousand words, but those messages vary from person to person. This dog seems rather confused - or is that pleased? - by his environment. Offer your sayings or quotes for this funny photo in your comments below, and I'll do a roundup next week of some of my faves.