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Great minds
September 29, 2007 – 5:35 PM | 6 Comments

Evidently the fine folks at Distortrait can smell what the GBC is cooking — they've put Kiefer on a girls' bike.
That goes on a t-shirt, I'd better be getting one free. Thanks to reader Elle …

A sign for me; a bargain for you
September 27, 2007 – 2:59 AM | 22 Comments

In the midst of a ruthless bedroom-shelving weed sesh this afternoon, I found myself confronted with a very heavy box whose contents were a mystery to me. Said contents? Girls' Bike Club CDs. On the …

Hasselhoffiana
September 26, 2007 – 3:14 PM | 15 Comments
Hasselhoffiana

 

Fig. 1: Puggelhoff
1. The Poseable Paper Hoff.
 
2. According to TV Tattle (also the source of the fine toy above), Variety reports that the Hoff will play himself on Tales from the Hoff: "[The] project …

Girls' Bike Club XVII: Other Door
September 21, 2007 – 12:10 AM | 37 Comments
Girls' Bike Club XVII: Other Door

Bic it next time, wimp.

GBC: The Reality Show
June 26, 2007 – 11:24 AM | 6 Comments

Thanks to reader Julie C. for tipping me off to this. I wouldn't have thought to put Kristofferson in the GBC, but on the other hand…A Star Is Born.

Girls' Bike Club XVI: Family Affairs
February 12, 2007 – 12:46 PM | One Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Hello? Hello?
Wing Chun: Hel– hello?
Sarah: Hello? I can't — hello? Anyone there?
Wing Chun: Hello!
Sarah: Hel– I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up, I can't hear you over the din of this goddamn …

Girls' Bike Club XV: Heartbreak Hotel
November 20, 2006 – 11:45 AM | No Comment
Girls' Bike Club XV: Heartbreak Hotel

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: …
Wing Chun: Oh, hi. …Yeah, I know.
Sarah: …
Wing Chun: I know!
Sarah: …
Wing Chun: Okay, with the understanding that I support you no matter how you want to handle this…
Sarah: …
Wing Chun: …are …

Girls' Bike Club XIV: The Dry Spell
October 16, 2006 – 11:42 AM | No Comment

Sarah: Hello?
Wing Chun: Hello!
Sarah: Oh God, now what. Who.
Wing Chun: …What in the what what?
Sarah: It's Robin Williams, isn't it.
Wing Chun: It's…the latest J. Crew catalog, actually, I saw a cute skirt for you. What …

Girls' Bike Club XIII: Hasselhopeless
July 31, 2006 – 11:35 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: I think you mean "Mel-lo."
Wing Chun: I…do?
Sarah: Yes, sugar tits, you do.
Wing Chun: Sugar what now? …Ohhhh, yeah, Mel Gibson. Hey, what's the movie where he's frozen and then he wakes up?
Sarah: …

Girls' Bike Club XII: Men Of La Mancha
May 29, 2006 – 11:21 AM | No Comment

Wing Chun: Hello?
Sarah: Well, hellooooooo.
Wing Chun: Oh, I know. I know.
Sarah: Dude. Fisticuffs.
Wing Chun: Dude? Pummeling!
Sarah: Pummeling.
Wing Chun: Pummeling and smacking.
Sarah: Like Christmas in May, this is.
Wing Chun: Christmas and our birthdays.