Liz Lemon

Comcast Service Down in Some Areas, Insanity Ensues

The U is in First Place, Jim Kelly Still an Insufferable Douchebag

Don’t look now but the Miami Hurricanes are in first place in the ACC Coastal Division. Couldn’t decide between watching the Canes getting their mojo back or 30 Rock last night? That’s what the "previous channel" button on the remote is for (or, for those of you still living in a world where ... More >>

Jack Donaghy Regrettably Won't Be Making It To Basel

If you haven't realized that 30 Rock is the single best thing regularly on the teevee right now Riptide pities you. Last night's episode centered around Liz Lemon's high school reunion. Alec Baldwin's fictional NBC Exec Jack Donaghy offers Liz a hitch on the comapny jet on his why to Miami. Why is J ... More >>

Where Are All The Famous Celebrity Photogapher Phenom-type People?

Riptide kind of has a love/hate thing with the idea of blog based point and click photographers achieving notoriety. On one hand the whole phenomenon is just kind of shallow and vein, on the other, well, we love to look at oddly dressed people doing oddly drunk thing. Plus the psuedo-industry they'v ... More >>

Nobody's Baby

Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seems the least bit invested in their surrogate mommy comedy.

Arianna Huffington Not So Fond of Rick Sanchez, but Rednecks Love Him

The Miami New Times has a long history of disdain for former WSVN-er Rick Sanchez, but damn it if we're not warming up just a tiny bit to the overly enthusiastic, Twitter obsessed CNN anchor. Now, we don't love him nearly as much as the Red State Update guys in the video above. In fact, we'll pro ... More >>

The Real Gitmo

The Miami New Times has a long history of disdain for former WSVN-er Rick Sanchez, but damn it if we're not warming up just a tiny bit to the overly enthusiastic, Twitter obsessed CNN anchor. Now, we don't love him nearly as much as the Red State Update guys in the video above. In fact, we'll pro ... More >>

I Cleared Johnny Ray Smith Jr. Of Burglary and Battery -- Here's Why

photo by belgianchocolate via Wikimedia Commons​I'd always believed the old wives' tale that journalists get tossed out of jury pools quicker than Liz Lemon in Princess Leia drag, so I almost dropped my book when Judge Nushin Sayfie called my name on Monday. Along with five other lucky citizens, I ... More >>

Mitt Romney Takes the Slightest of Leads in Latest Florida Poll

​The story of the 2012 presidential primary seems to be one of surging candidates quickly falling down to earth, with one, Mitt Romney, remaining consistently stable. It's beginning to look like Newt Gingrich might join Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain as a discarded frontrunner. Aft ... More >>