Boo on Armadillo Willy's... A bunch of us went there tonight to get the all-you-can-eat ribs special for $12.95. The ribs aren't so great, but hey - all you can eat for $12.95, right? Except when Andrew Wu seriously inhaled his ribs (he finished all his ribs before all of us finished one!) within the first five minutes of getting our meal, and asked for free refill, the manager came back to tell us that they ran out of ribs! First of all, it's a Monday night. Not even Friday or Saturday. Second of all, why couldn't they tell us before all 9 of us ordered the dish? They should have easily known they would run out when nine people ordered it! To "make up" for it, they offered us a free dessert. Free dessert (with the choices being root bear float, bread pudding, key lime pie, or a piece of chocolate cake) for all you can eat ribs? I think not. Andrew Wu boldly asked for a meat dish instead, so the manager extended the offer to appetizers. So most people ended up with extremely salty dried smoked salmon (can we say ew) and I ended up with onion rings which I fed to the movie club back at my place. In Pattycake's words, those onion rings "so weren't worth it." He should have been there so that he could throw down for us. That's the last time I'm going there. Check out the eating club's blog to read other diners' experiences. At least I got some green tea gelato at trader joe's afterwards to make up for it.

Jessica Simpson on her 23rd birthday: "23 is so old. That's almost 25 which is almost mid-20's." You guys HAVE to see Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica on MTV Tuesday nights if you haven't yet. Jessica carries that show on her own shoulders. Seriously, she epitomizes blonde Barbie doll perfectly. Look up "Barbie" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Jessica Simpson. (other notables - when Jessica thought buffalo wings really came from buffaloes, when she though platypus was platyMApus, and when she thought chicken of the sea was really chicken. oh man. too funny.)