Wicked Halo at Your source for all things wicked and awesome brings some nice scans of the August 2008 Harper’s Bazaar fashion layout featuring Lucy Liu titled “Fashion Olympics”

It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you’re dressed that counts.

Liu as the weightlifter “struggling” with the pair of $3200 Gucci bags is rather amusing*, but all of the shots are great. Still, to afford most of these looks, you’d need to win a few gold medals… and then hock ‘em!

* I was going to say ‘priceless’ but clearly… not

From The Consumerist, Circuit City had a rather extreme reaction to being spoofed by Mad Magazine. From an internal memo:

Immediately remove all issues and copies of “Mad Magazine” from your sales floor. Destroy all copies and throw them away. They are not inventoried, and your store will not incur shrink.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this!

They really need to lighten up and realize what a compliment it is to be parodied by Mad. Head to the site to see the full spoof, it’s a really good one. Especially the sales copy for the Wii.

Update: I was wondering if this was for real considering that while I know some Best Buy stores sell books (and magazines?) I had never seen a Circuit City that sells one. Apparently some (40 out of 700) do and The Consumerist got a letter from their corporate communications department.

There really is nothing quite like roasting birds in the house with plenty of garlic (and thyme or rosemary too). Even if I completely screwed up the hens, the smell in my apartment would have been good enough that resorting to nuking something frozen would have still been all right. I still think Yankee Candle is really missing out on the food scents and that “Roast Chicken” could be a best-seller. The one thing I forgot to buy in my last big grocery store/freezer storage run was a whole bird, though I more think of those as the things you buy when you plan to use them in the next day or two, not to put on ice.

So my “At-Home Restaurant Month” began last night with the roasted fowl, roasted broccoli (which may be the only way I’ll ever eat it again) and some jasmine rice tossed with sauteed mushrooms. It ended up making just enough for two meals, which is perfect for me. Since it was my first time with Cornish game hens, I followed the recipe to the letter. I see a few places that I can take some liberties next time for a little extra flavor, though this version was about as low cal as I could make it and still tasty, so no complaints.

The focus on decent sized portions and not ending up with leftovers that will sit in the fridge all week and then get ignored seems to be a good one. I’m not sure what meal is up next, but so far the cost of this versus going out is still a winner.

You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces–just good food from fresh ingredients.

–Julia Child

And it’s true, I didn’t have to hunt down any weird (or expensive) ingredients in the “middle aisles” aside from chicken stock, wine and a baster which I didn’t already have among my tools. Everything else was from the “outer ring” of the store. Much as I’d love to throw down and create some masterpiece, going with simple and tasty seems like a much better option any day.