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Rode my bike down to Union Square yesterday to run some weekend errands. As i was riding down 14th street, i noticed the air was full of white bits - i assumed it was some sort of pollin (happy spring, by the way); it turns out it was feathers that were a byproduct of [...]

Do with me what you will, just spare the Macbook!

We can add another cliche to the “confirmed” list: men love their gadgets - apparently, even more than their faces. Super-congenial late night host (supposedly congenial? there are some rumors around town involving red wine, but we’ve all been there…) Charlie Rose broadcast Monday night sporting a shiner worthy of ten rounds with Holyfield. [...]

Dear Crazy Christians: Leave my childhood alone.

Seriously, Religious Right: Horton Hears a Who as anti-abortion propaganda? Is nothing sacred? It was bad enough when you made Bert and Ernie a bastion of the Gay Agenda - and then in short order Sponge Bob too subtext. While there’s nothing I can do about the fact that hollywood feels like they [...]

Eliot, it’s not so bad.

Oh Eliot, we hardly knew you! But take heart: The sudden fall of Spitzer reminds us of two other “career-ending” political scandals that weren’t career enders at all.
Exhibit A: Jerry Springer. In the early 1970s, Jerry Spinger was an up and coming politico - a golden boy whose name was often uttered in the [...]