Weirdness

It's taken me a whole day to write about this because, frankly, I cannot decide if this information is completely awesome  or cheesy-awful in a way that signifies humanity's decline. Help me out here: Burger King recently debuted a new fragrance. It's called Flame and it is supposed to be really sexy while also capturing the smell of the Whopper. The official description is as follows: "The Whopper sandwich is America’s favorite burger. Flame by BK captures the essence of that love and gives it to you. Behold the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat." (Can't you just see the poor ad copy schmuck sitting at his desk spritzing and re-spritzing Flame and trying to get inspired to write this text? "With a hint of flame-broiled meat"! That guy (or woman) is a genius.)

In any case, while the concept of a perfume that smells like a burger is itself unnerving, nothing can prepare you for Flame's fantastically tacky... Read More »

These High Tide Heels by Australian designer Lisa Carney have been around for a little while, but I have to say, they're completely new to me.

Really? A flipper, with a heel? What is going on in the world? Imagine for a minute how challenging, graceless and completely not sexy it is to walk in flippers. Now add what appears to be a 4-inch rubber heel. My stars. I think you'd be better off wrapping your legs together Splash mermaid style and hopping around.
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