Entries from LAist tagged with 'wilwheaton'
July 8, 2007
Each year, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena opens its doors to the community for a two-day open house. Prior to this year, I had never heard of the event. On a recent Sunday morning, a scientist friend whisked me off to JPL at the last moment. Armed solely with my RAZR phone camera, I tried to capture the sights as best I could. The JPL website described the open house as: This popular......
Continue Reading "This IS Rocket Science"February 17, 2007
- Robert Adler died this week at 93 years old. He invented the wireless tv remote a little over 50 years ago, finally giving men an important responsibility around the house - AP - When Britney Spears shaved off all her hair yesterday, did she do it because of all the constant attention from the paparazzi? And if so, why didn't she move back to Louisiana for a spell? - Celebrity Baby Blog -......
Continue Reading "Exta, Extra, Inventor of the Remote Dies - Turn Your TV On and Off 21 Times as a Salute"November 25, 2006
Although it was fun sitting on our couch eating leftovers this afternoon, waiting for the SC game to get on, once we flipped the dial to KCAL 9, we noticed a newish tv show that made us scratch our head. Hip Hop Hold 'Em is an urbanized version of the uber-trendy Texas Hold 'Em poker that one can find pros playing on ESPN, and celebs stumbling with on Bravo and E!. What makes this......
Continue Reading "Of All The Suits, Why Did Hip Hop Hold 'Em Choose The Spade?"November 18, 2006
Former Jane's Addiction guitarist and current Panic Channel heart-throb Dave Navarro has had a crazy year. His split from Carmen Electra was public and messy, the TV show that he co-hosted with Brooke Burke was highly-rated and messy, but all along he has been one of LA's most reliable celebrity bloggers, giving guys like Wil Wheaton a run for Most Popular LA Celeb Blogger. A mix between updating his fans on his tour schedule......
Continue Reading "Dave Navarro's Favorite Thanksgiving Memory"December 24, 2005
This week Salon published a great essay by Wil Wheaton about Thanksgiving with his family. It serves as an excellent model for being mature when your parents' political views clash with your own; if you've ever been tempted to storm out and drink schnapps behind the garage until it's time for dinner, this might help. The politics in question was the execution of Tookie Williams, and over on Wil's blog there's an excerpt, if......
Continue Reading "Some tips for navigating the family holiday"June 1, 2005
From 1950 to 1975, the game show What's My Line broadcast to TV audiences. We missed it then, but we understand it featured a well-dressed panel of celebrities trying to guess the occupation of a mystery guest, who would be revealed to the audience in advance to increase hilarity. Why bring it up now? J. Keith Von Straaten has brought it back to life, on stage in Hollywood, with real cool mystery guests (Lindsay......
Continue Reading "What's My Line comes alive"