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From Lawrence.com Deadwood Edition #210

On Deck ...wherein we listen to what Lawrence's movers and shakers are moving and shaking. to.

Erin Jantz, pricing guru, desk jockey, writer, watcher of airplanes

Matt Nathanson, “Some Mad Hope”
Journey, “Greatest Hits”
Uh Huh Her, “Common Reaction”
Anberlin, “Cities”
Justin Timberlake, “FutureSex/LoveSounds”

Tubers

...wherein local TV connoisseurs intimate what keeps them on their couches.

Stephy Smith, event coordinator, call 1 (900) HOT-CAKES, looking forward to her stories beginning anew this fall

“Chuck” “It’s a great show about this guy who gets roped into the CIA because he has a photographic memory and he learns all this shit about super-secret government information but he’s a really, really big nerd. He’s a really f*cking big dork and he hooks up with this hot blond bitch. This new season is going to be amazing. It’s a whole season of this hot blond girl that he could never ever have in real life, but gets her because his brain is owned by the government. She looks like Portia de Rossi, but I’m pretty sure she’s Russian. Her name starts with a ‘Sv.’”
“Heroes” “This season’s going to be ‘Villains.’ It’s going to get all down and dirty. ‘Heroes’ is a total knock-off of the series ‘The 4400’ on the Sci Fi Channel. It’s all about these people who have special abilities and how those abilities affect the entire human race, and whether they’re going to use them for good or evil—but really it’s just a knock-off of ‘The 4400.’ Include that at least three times when you write this—KNOCK-OFF!”
“Project Runway” “I know lots of people have said this, but I love ‘Project Runway.’ It’s inescapably awesome. It’s just a bunch of fags who yell at each other all the time. I wish I could be that bitchy—if I had that many clever comebacks I’d be famous. I can’t beat ‘Bitch, where’s my scissors!’ I think the fact that 90% of the show’s characters are openly gay is totally the nuts. I like to take bets on who Tim Gunn is f*cking each season. We think it’s ‘Tanorexia’ this year. Make it work, baby!”

Tubers

Sam Birchfield, HRC at the D, movie-aste, book-inista

Currently reading: “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” by Tom Robbins “It’s about a lesbian hitchhiker with large thumbs. My best friend’s boyfriend recommended it because I’m depressed and he thought it would be introspective for me if I read it. It’s wonderful. I’ve never read Robbins before, but so far he’s Kurt Vonnegut-esque.”

One book everyone should read: “The Gunslinger” by Stephen King “This gunslinger is trying to reach the Dark Tower, which controls the universe—sort of. It’s really hard to explain—lots of whens, wheres, times, zones and periods. It’s part of a seven-book series. I really enjoy Stephen King’s character development and I feel like I know all of the characters. It’s suspenseful, but there’s only a little bit of scariness—I don’t like scary books. King is able to do it without freaking my shit out. There’s something from each character that every person has in themselves. It’s all about working towards a goal, karma and how the world works for certain reasons. People could benefit from that because it’s a new way to look at the world that’s not Judeo-Christian.”

Top 20 Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead

1 Decompose
2 Museo de las Americas
3 Putrefy
4 Rockies game
5 Rigor mortis
6 Tattered Cover Book Store
7 Haunt loved ones
8 Mount Evans
9 Feed maggots
10 Zoo
11 Demonstrate fragility of life
12 Historic Larimer Square
13 Bloat
14 16th Street Mall
15 Stink
16 Colorado History Museum
17 Evacuate bowels
18 Denver Botanic Gardens
19 Get dissected for science
20 View cadavers at science museum

—assembled from the Democratic National Convention by Gavon Laessig

NAKED DATA

Number of calories Michael Phelps consumes per day: 12,000
Calories the average man needs per day: 2,000
Calories recommended by ShapeFit for the average man who is 6’4” and 195 pounds, like Michael Phelps: 3,134
Number of fried-egg sandwiches Michael Phelps eats at breakfast: 3
Cups of coffee: 2
Bowls of grits: 1
Slices of French toast: 3
Chocolate-chip pancakes: 3
Number of eggs in his morning omelet: 5
Pounds of pasta Michael Phelps eats at lunch: 1
Number of ham-and-cheese sandwiches: 2
Pounds of pasta Michael Phelps eats at dinner: 1
Number of pizzas: 1
Calories worth of energy drinks: 1,000

Sources: New York Post, ShapeFit—compiled by Frank Tankard

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