2019 is here and it’s already off to an abysmal start, as the major TV networks featured an anti-vaxxer and a vaginal steamer on their New Year’s Eve specials and a high-profile New York “Illuminati” party offered guests the opportunity to sip breast milk from a baby bottle. Also: a New York Times op-ed advocated abandoning smartphones in favor of sex; a Japanese school administrator married an anime hologram; a bodybuilder in England tattooed his nether regions using--what else?--a rolling pin; Kerrygold butter expanded into the music business; the TSA announced it is phasing out pointy-eared bomb-sniffing dogs; NASA gave a faraway celestial body a Nazi name; and finally, an Alabama sheriff used federal money designated for refugees to buy himself a beach house.

 

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In this week’s episode:

The reactions to New Year’s Eve network specials were particularly horrendous this year: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chrissy-teigen-vaginal-steaming-nbc-new-years-eve_us_5c2cf14be4b05c88b7050a43

Learn more about Cynthia von Buhler, who threw an Illuminati Ball in New York City featuring Kamadhenu the cow goddess and her four maidens: https://nypost.com/2018/12/29/inside-this-sexy-eyes-wide-shut-style-new-years-eve-bash/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=message_app

Read the op-ed that suggests people could have sex 16,000 more times per year if only they abandoned their smart phones: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opinion/smartphones-screen-time.html

And if you’re making oat scones, we’ve got the perfect playlist for you: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5motGIMH9hSWjj65RreNwl

 

Big #YUP to…

Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider, the cohosts of “Bitch Sesh,” one of our favorite podcasts, which we will be seeing live later this month.

Check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bitch-sesh-a-real-housewives-breakdown/id1063393054?mt=2

Newspapers on a hiring binge, such as the NY Times, LA Times and Washington Post!