Monthly Archives: January 2011

Top Ten Excuses for Breaking Your New Year’s Diet Resolutions

10. The “Dreaming of a white breakfast” excuse. 9. The “Compensatory mechanism” excuse. 8. The “Done my bit” excuse. 7. The “New Year’s just begun beginning again” excuse. 6. The “Eat seasonally” excuse. 5. The “Alternate universe” excuse. 4. The … Continue reading

Posted in Love Excuses | Leave a comment

Top Ten Excuses for Bristol Palin Moving to Arizona and Renaming (Or Not) Her Baby

10. The “Noblesse oblige” excuse. What’s the point of being nouveau riche if you can’t pay cash for a house? It’s really all just part of the Palin relief program for a distressed America: restoring property values one upscale subdivision … Continue reading

Posted in Love Excuses | Leave a comment

Top Ten Excuses for Killing Michael Jackson

10. The “Patients’ rights” excuse. Because it’s the right of every American to have whatever treatment their doctor enables—I mean approves—including surgical anesthetic on demand. 9. The “Free market” excuse. Because it’s the right of every American doctor to demand … Continue reading

Posted in Celebrity Excuses | Leave a comment

Top Ten Excuses for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to Boycott the Oscars

10. The “Official” excuse. Anne Hathaway is going to co-host, and she was just so mean to impersonate Katie like that on Saturday Night Live. 9. The “One of our 500 best friends” excuse. It was especially mean because we … Continue reading

Posted in Celebrity Excuses | Leave a comment

Top Ten Excuses for Basing a Movie on the Life of Lindsay Lohan

10. The “Role model” excuse. Because you can’t ever have too many movies that show a shining example of a young woman charting her own course despite all obstacles—even if those obstacles happen to be curbs, rehab facility walls or … Continue reading

Posted in Celebrity Excuses | Leave a comment