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I love Anthony Bourdain. A true cynical culinary genius, seemingly afraid of nothing, be it sheep glands on a stick or the possibility of lung cancer. No Reservations is one of my few favorite television shows, except I have to keep finding it by accident. I always forget when it's on.

Similarly (and yet, not), I like watching the Food Network, for obvious reasons. As great as the network is, it's been slipping from actual, honest-to-god cooking, into some form of food entertainment. It reminds me of the slow, tragic death of MTV.

Apparently, I'm not the only one who is upset at the Food Network. Anthony Bourdain lets loose a blog entry -slash- rant against the network and its "stars":

http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/02/guest_blogging_.html

It's a good read, especially if you have watched both Bourdain and most of the Food Network shows.

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So, in the celeb-frenzy du jour, I noticed that Anna Nicole died at 39 years, and I think to myself, "Wow, she's older than I thought". Then, on the CNN website, she's the top story, and the graphic says she was born in 1967... which triggered the following rapid chain of logic in my head: "Wow, she was born the same year I was. Ummmmm, duh, 39. Wow, I'm older than I thought!"