10.22.12 · 8:51 AM

Halloween costumes inspired by current affairs and beloved locals

Cleverboy’s 2012 Costume Ideas: Big Bird. Slip on a yellow dress, orange socks and big ol’ googly eyes, and you can spend the night as America’s favorite/Mitt Romney’s least-favorite government-funded Muppet. Don’t forget to bring along Mr. Snuffalupagus. It’s easy; he’s an imaginary friend—remember? Frank from 30 Rock. Could there be an easier way to celebrate 30 Rock’s seventh and final season than by paying homage to Judah Friedlander? Simply glue on mutton chops and don a homemade trucker hat. ... Read more...

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10.15.12 · 9:37 AM

Cleverboy dips into a New Age book of nonsense

All the other writers get all the cool stuff. They get candy and magnets and sunglasses and viewfinders from PR reps trying to entice them to cover various events. I get strip club invitations and books about bin Laden. One book, The ALL KNOWING Diary: The Truths You Were Never Told; How to Harness ALL KNOWING To Make The Right Decisions Every Time, by Daniel Rechnitzer, wound up on my desk two weeks ago. I was about to toss it…until ... Read more...

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10.1.12 · 10:02 AM

Where should Cleverboy watch the debates?

My mom and I drove from Michigan to Vegas during the 2008 presidential campaign. We hit Texas the afternoon of the second debate, so we pulled off the road, found a roadside bar with a big TV, and ordered drinks. I’m no Republican, but the chance to watch a presidential debate among authentic GOP diehards was too great to pass up. Well, things didn’t turn out as planned. The bar’s patrons cheered for McCain alright…but they cheered for Obama, too.* ... Read more...

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09.25.12 · 9:03 AM

The delicate balance between safety and personal liberty

Politicians struggle with the delicate balance between safety and personal liberty. Often times we have to give up some of the latter to get some of the former. And often times I’m not happy about making this tradeoff. Now let’s talk about toilets. (How’s that for a transition?) More specifically, let’s talk about the guys who go out of their way to pee on the floor and the toilet seat—the imaginative rebels for whom peeing into the toilet bowl is ... Read more...

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09.18.12 · 10:58 AM

Doing it all for the ducks

I don’t care about ducks one way or the other. Don’t like ‘em, don’t dislike ‘em. But when it came time to pick a Bank of America credit card design, I picked the one by Ducks Unlimited. I’m no conservationist; I just liked the duck photo on it. Green head, yellow bill, brown & purple wings, orange feet—badass bird, right? Like a goofy prince. Plus, I was told, one billionth of every cent I spend—something like that—would go to helping ... Read more...

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09.11.12 · 9:51 AM

Where’s all the hype for Zarkana?

Remember when Cirque du Soleil trotted out Viva ELVIS? Huge deal. Massive press conference, glossy magazine ads, flashy TV commercials that played every 15 minutes at my gym. And then Viva ELVIS actually debuted and things went downhill. Because the show sucked.* Well, in just one month, Cirque’s opening a new production in the Viva ELVIS showroom. Only unlike Viva, it’s not brand new; this aerial rock opera has been tested in Madrid, Moscow, and New York where, supposedly, it ... Read more...

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09.5.12 · 9:41 AM

On hammers and air conditioning

Someone—my father, I think—used to joke about how he liked to hit himself with a hammer because he liked it when the pain stopped. Pretty sure it’s a common saying. Again, it’s meant as a joke, but now I’m thinking there might be something to it… Three days ago, my Mini Cooper’s air conditioner stopped working. I turned off the car and turned it back on. Still busted. Crap. Why does it have to happen just as it’s getting hot ... Read more...

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08.27.12 · 9:31 AM

Enjoying California’s Hot Streak

California has the most intense Instant Win Lotto tickets imaginable. Seriously, this “Hot Streak/6 Games To Play” ticket is the complex conjugate root theorem of gambling. Just look at it! And for only five bucks! Needles to say, of the ticket’s six games, I won zero of them. But what a way to go. When you sit down at a $25 blackjack table with $200 and you lose everything without winning a hand, you’re pissed. You fume—the whole night, and ... Read more...

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08.22.12 · 9:43 AM

Stuck in traffic? Try ‘Funny Games’

The trouble with getting stuck in traffic is that you can’t complain about it to anyone. Well,technically you can complain, but you’re not going to get any sympathy. Because all traffic stories are boring. So I’m not asking for any sympathy when I tell you that on Sunday night, I got caught up in the perfect story of construction traffic. I traveled about 3 miles in 1.5 hours—going north on the 15, from LA—and then, finally, I got to Primm. ... Read more...

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08.17.12 · 6 AM

A quick glimpse at Michigan clublife

That’s me at a club. You can see the lit up bar bottles in the background. What you can’t see is people. Because there aren’t any. Like I said in my last Cleverboy entry, last week I visited my parents’ home back in Michigan. And one night, missing Vegas, I suppose, I went out to what I thought was a popular Metro Detroit nightclub. It’s in Birmingham, where the cool people live. And the club is relatively new. And it’s ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
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The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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