Beverly Tan

Beverly Tan

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Beverly currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida, with her supremely funny fiance. They have no pets or children, just some very strange neighbors. In her spare time, Beverly enjoys writing, party crashing, and kicking butt at Nintendo Wii. Her dream is to land a book deal. Questions or comments, email: beverlytan@gmail.com.

Blog Entries by Beverly Tan

Why I F**cking Hate Starbucks

78 Comments | Posted November 27, 2007 | 01:44 PM (EST)


After all these years, I've reached a very important conclusion: I'm a simple kind of girl. I like my produce plain and unadorned. Most days, I only wear sunblock and lipgloss. I have never owned a blow dryer. I truly believe that sunshine and a long walk does more...

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One Nation, Under God?

Posted July 17, 2007 | 04:42 PM (EST)


Fresh from the runways of the world's Intelligent Designers, we now have the latest trend: an Islamic creationist textbook authored by Harun Yahya of Turkey.

The textbook, weighing in at 12 pounds, is an 800-page, beautifully illustrated homage to the infallibility of God's hand in creating the world, and all...

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Keeping Us Fat, Slow, and Stupid: One Chain at a Time

Posted July 12, 2007 | 06:00 PM (EST)


The financial houses are abuzz with the latest gossip. "Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey has an alter ego!" "He blogged on Yahoo! Finance under a pseudonym and lambasted Wild Oats!" "The FTC case against Whole Foods has now gathered steam!"

No one seems to be asking the underlying question: Why...

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Moore to Think About

Posted July 2, 2007 | 02:21 PM (EST)


When Michael Moore's documentary, Sicko opened in the theaters, I was not one of the few that camped out and waited in line. I took my own sweet time. A Moore documentary often contains: heavy handed editing, a blatant left wing bias, closeups of tear stained faces cued to swelling...

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The Economics of Being a Pretty Woman

Posted June 28, 2007 | 01:27 PM (EST)


I just realized something.

In Pretty Woman, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) offers Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) $3,000 to spend a week's worth of time with him. I was 12 when I saw the movie for the first time, so obviously the implications of this number escaped me. I'm a little...

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Why I Should Be Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted February 8, 2007 | 10:06 AM (EST)


Last week, Premier Pill Popper and right-wing radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the true American spirit of friendly competition, I decided to submit my own application for a Nobel Peace Prize Nomination. The following is a reprint of my eloquently...

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Mom's New House Rules

Posted November 11, 2006 | 11:41 AM (EST)


White House, 2:03AM

After the media hoopla died down yesterday night, newly elected Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, called for a private debriefing session. Journalists and media pundits were barred from attending, however our internal sources report that Congresswoman Pelosi brought her trademark flair for bipartisanship to the table....

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