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One of the more horrifying things I've...

BRANDON, MAN. - July 31, 2008 at 3:28 PM EDT A young man travelling on a Greyhound bus was stabbed...

Jul 31st

nudawn: Dear Cajun. This flask, I has one Jesus Christ...

Jul 31st

Choire Sicha is the Brett Favre of...

You remember back before Brett Favre retired, or should I say back before he un-retired from being...

Jul 31st

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Mad Men creator/writer Matthew Weiner, along with actors Jon Hamm and John Slattery, appeared on...

Jul 31st

"The biggest breakthrough against...

No, the above quote isn’t in reference to the HIV/AIDS cure story I linked to earlier,...

Jul 31st

“Blogging is like masturbating into a mirror while you...”
— Lewis Black, pretty much...

Jul 31st

Bill O'Reilly just came in his pants a...

Uh, can somebody tell Ludacris to shut the fuck up at least until the election is over? His little...

Jul 30th

And now for the bad news

The Post is reporting that New York is so fucked financially that it may have to sell off parts of...

Jul 30th

For once, some good news

Doctors at the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston may have found a cure for HIV/AIDS.

Jul 30th

BREAKING: Some Bennigan's locations...

Just heard from a friend in Irving, Texas. Via text message he writes… “Dude, I am...

Jul 30th

Bourbon Street Bar and Grille opens in...

Even though I already want to hate this place so fucking bad because of the name (I mean come...

Jul 30th

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Cape Canaveral by Conor Oberst This is the first song off (and a pretty damn infectious one at...

Jul 30th

"Excellent, could you come in for a...

One day last week, an acquaintance/fellow Tumblrist emailed to alert me to that fact that a mutual...

Jul 30th

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New McCain ad features Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Jul 30th

Um yeah, what he said...

Bennigan’s (a “casual dining” restaurant) is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy — the kind where you...

Jul 30th

wtf?

Earthquake? What earthquake? I lock myself away in my dungeon for a few hours to try and get some...

Jul 30th

Snarky snark snark snark snark

You know it’s out of control when even the NY Times Cityroom blog is getting pissy… ...

Jul 29th

Bennigan's reflections

In lieu of the news that broke this morning that Bennigan’s is circling the drain, a quick...

Jul 29th

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Though he really appears to be a long shot right now, I really want Jim Webb to be Omama’s...

Jul 29th

You can't stop the stupidity of...

Louisiana State Senator Derrick Shepherd, already under federal indictment over money laundering...

Jul 28th

I’d take a Ding Dong over a Devil Dog any day. (via...

Jul 28th

Who didn't see this one coming?

Homeland security to begin issuing heightened terror alerts soon.

Jul 28th

Predictions about Oliver Stone's new...

This thing is going to suck more rotting assholes than a coked-out Charles Nelson Reilly in the...

Jul 28th

Well, this pretty much makes my weekend...

An email I just received from a lady friend… My weekend was insane, complete with a sex...

Jul 28th

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Lua by Bright Eyes. Love this song and really dig this live performance of it. “What is...

Jul 28th

Yet another drawback to having a vagina

You know, saying that the blogosphere has a glass ceiling for women is like saying that porn is...

Jul 28th

I can’t stop staring at this monkey/pig thing, which...

Jul 27th

Mais, der was a fly in ma gumbo!

For the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans area restaurants will be reviewed by...

Jul 27th

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Cocaine by Strata

Jul 27th

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Walt Mossberg, Michael Arrington, and Steven Levy sit down with Charlie Rose to dissect the new...

Jul 26th

“The Farmer’s Market on Fairfax and 3rd is a Los Angeles...”
— Years later,...

Jul 26th

Is Steve Jobs dying? And should Apple be...

Joe Nocera of the NY Times certainly thinks so… On Monday, The New York Post published an...

Jul 26th

Nightclub doorman denies admittance to...

“There was no way I could let them in dressed like that,” said bouncer Ken Hess, who...

Jul 26th

“Big deal (John McCain) was tortured by the Vietnamese. My...”
— Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Jul 26th

“Asking Ben Affleck about politics is like asking me about...”
— Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Jul 26th

Yes please! I know I have posted this view at least a dozen...

Jul 26th

I swear this is a real question.

Dear Conbon, Is Alex Balk single? — Underage Lolita Dear Lolita, I’ve heard that every time he...

Jul 25th

Condoms are indeed useless, not mention...

Blakeley: it hurts when i pee. me: WHO YOU BEEN BANGIN’ BOY?! Blakeley: that’s the...

Jul 25th

Could New Orleans become the new New York?

Jul 25th

I just knew

Do yourself a favor and go to my buddy Kevin’s Myspace page and listen to the song “I...

Jul 25th

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jul 25th

“Sometimes I half expect Barack Obama to announce that he’d...”
— John Carney, the Tucker...

Jul 24th

“Don’t get me wrong: I didn’t agree with the policy, and...”
— CALEB CAMPBELL GOT JERKED...

Jul 24th

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The World Spins Madly On by The Weepies Such a lovely, lovely song

Jul 24th

“The really surprising thing here is that the coin...”
— Deadspin’s Clay Travis...

Jul 24th

BREAKING: Married men enjoy fucking...

Aw geez, this is turning out to be a really bad week for the antiquated social instituition known as...

Jul 23rd

In which my faith in humanity wanes even...

This thing about John Edwards getting caught in a hotel with his mistress and love child while his...

Jul 23rd

Regrets

I’ve come to the realization that anyone who says that they don’t have any regrets in...

Jul 22nd

Trendspotting

I learned last night that only homeless people go to the library. This nugget of wisdom came from,...

Jul 22nd

I'd bet that Adam West would never hit...

Christian Bale arrested in London for assaulting his mother and sister?! WTF?!?!?!?!?! I mean, he...

Jul 22nd

“So you wanna know what I think can bring peace to the...

Jul 21st

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My Humps by Alanis Morissette This makes me laugh.

Jul 21st

And starting at tight end for the New...

Hell f-ing yeah! Something tells me the crazy coonasses that flood the dome every Sunday are gonna...

Jul 21st

Beware of Blackberry-thieving crackheads in Alphabet City.

Jul 21st

“We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the...”
— Al Gore

Jul 21st

We're all Roger Ebert now

After spending about ten minutes traipsing around the Internets I have come to the determination...

Jul 21st

“I am not sure that it is possible for anyone brought up in...”
— Joan Didion, excerpted from...

Jul 19th

Batman memories

When I was a kid I was obsessed with the old Batman TV show. One day, when I was 4 I think, Adam...

Jul 18th

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Motorcycle Driveby by Third Eye Blind. Such a great song for a hot summer day. It’s also a...

Jul 18th

The Meghan Asha drinking game

It’s easy. Just take a hard swig each time you run across the words “nerd,”...

Jul 18th

She's fucking 20 for Pete's sake!

To everyone who has their little knickers in a wad about Jessica Roy, whether emphatically for or...

Jul 18th

I wonder who is the blog wizard who came...

brianvan: QUOTABLES - “Wait…I’ve been in a production meeting all afternoon. What did I miss? Is...

Jul 17th

Russell Brand on Conan

Last night I mentioned that British actor/comedian Russell Brand’s turn as a guest on the...

Jul 17th

“The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who...”
— Nancy Astor (via simko)

Jul 17th

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The Jesse Jackson comments that Fox News did not air.

Jul 17th

Those wacky Brits

Caught Ricky Gervais at MSG and he absolutely killed it. Genius. See it when it airs on HBO. Then I...

Jul 17th

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Lethal Killers by Abandoned Pools “Are you living for a heaven that might not be...

Jul 16th

“Fuck the casual viewer. Seriously, who wants a casual...”
— David Simon, creator of The...

Jul 16th

Observations

Walking around the streets of Soho, listening intently to the voices having conversations around me,...

Jul 16th

Rumors and innuendo

A little bird just told me that Will Leitch will be appearing on Costas Now again tonight with Bizz...

Jul 16th

Andy Dick was arrested last night for groping a 17 year-old...

Jul 16th

Trifling dipshit to weary nation: "It's...

Reading about President Bush and his assertions that a) our economy is “basically...

Jul 16th

Helen Mirren, who’ll be 63 in ten days, in a bikini....

Jul 16th

I think CajunBoy has graduated to letters to...

Jul 15th

At long last, I have discovered how to...

Large bills. The cute register girl at Starbucks gave me my coffee and a slice of lemon loaf for...

Jul 14th

Just a hunch...

I’m guessing that nontalent.com wasn’t available to them?

Jul 14th

New Orleans named "America's Most Sparkling...

Jul 14th

In which I destroy what little...

David Foster Wallace needs a fucking editor. A damn good one. Seriously. I finally tried to dive...

Jul 14th

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“Chans” by Kent I’ve often cited the Swedish band Kent as being on one my...

Jul 14th

“Lots of people live here. Lots of broken people. Lots of...”
— An excerpt from The New...

Jul 14th

Dear Rod Townsend,

Preferring to munch on delicious Olive Garden salad and breadsticks than be forced into an...

Jul 14th

I guess I’m getting either a) really old, or b) REALLY...

Jul 14th

via noraleah: I didn’t know the po-boy needed saving, but...

Jul 12th

Twitter backlash

I think that I can safely say here and now that I will never, EVER have a Twitter account. Why? ...

Jul 12th

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In The Clouds by Under The Influence of Giants Warning…this song will rock your fucking box.

Jul 12th

You know how when you go to a baseball game certain players...

Jul 12th

The shame

Just caught myself writhing around like a snake in the shower when Touch My Body by Mariah Carey...

Jul 12th

“To be blunt, she was just so damn Gawker. She made cracks...”
— HuffPo’s Chez Pazienza...

Jul 12th

Twats

Just walked by the Apple Store in Soho. It’s nightfall and the line for the new...

Jul 12th

Just a thought

In the interest of getting along and just not being a massive prick I’ve been biting my tongue...

Jul 11th

“He looks like something out of the Viking Age. What is he...”
— Fek’s roommate’s...

Jul 11th

Free Slurpees, Tomorrow, All 7-11's.

It’s true. There’s one in Manhattan right off the 23rd St. 6-Train (on 23rd and Park) and one in...

Jul 10th

“Keepers of private notebooks are a different breed...”
— Joan Didion in On Keeping A...

Jul 10th

"Goodbye from the world's biggest...

The quote in the subject line is how Bush chose to exit the G8 environmental summit. The UK...

Jul 10th

The Modern Drunkard rules

“Modern life is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief. —Ernest...

Jul 10th

In which I test to confirm my belief...

5 things you probably didn’t know about Alex Balk… Alex Balk once finger-banged Tori...

Jul 9th

Denton sets the record straight on any...

Since I openly speculated yesterday about Nick’s involvement in this new Cityfile web thingie,...

Jul 9th

A five-star infographic from the Detroit Free Press (via...

Jul 9th

You’ve got to be shitting me! A bacon cheeseburger on...

Jul 9th

On the Jezebel clusterfuck

via karion: I don’t read that site - I don’t care for the writers, there is seemingly no editorial...

Jul 9th

Is Denton an investor in Cityfile or...

Because he sure is promoting the hell out of it on Gawker.

Jul 9th

The best film I've seen all year and in...

Needless to say, this film lived up to the NY Times “pure, nasty fun. I watched it twice. It...

Jul 8th

Not to impugn the integrity or professionalism of the...

Jul 8th

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Betcha can’t watch this Visa commercial and not shed a tear. I sure did. If you’re...

Jul 7th

Fun with cinematic juxtaposition

The backstory behind the following link: Michael Mann made a TV pilot that went nowhere, but then...

Jul 7th

Hancock

I, um, I can’t believe that I’m about to say this, but I, um, like, really fucking...

Jul 6th

My 4th of July

I spent it in bed all day running to the bathroom every 15 minutes while my stomach battled what...

Jul 5th

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you...”
— Neil Gaiman (via jeralyndwile)...

Jul 3rd

“Somebody’s got to say it. The man is Ted Baxter.”
— Rush Limbaugh on Bill...

Jul 3rd

A Bold Prediction About My Fourth Of...

At some point, I’m begrudgingly going to see Hancock, and on the way out of the theater, respond to...

Jul 3rd

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Because catfights, Internet or otherwise, are freaking awesome!!! (via Boing Boing) PS…In...

Jul 3rd

A man with balls on men with balls

Chris Satullo is probably going to catch some shit for this article from the Bill O’Reillys of...

Jul 2nd

Congrats Osama!

From a NY Times article that ran a few weeks before 9/11…’ ‘If bin Laden takes...

Jul 2nd

How jealous am I that Mulberry Pizza on South Beverly has...

Jul 2nd

You know who I fucking hate?

People who walk up to the elevator at the same time that I do who see me press the button to summon...

Jul 2nd

THIS is the moment a man jumped into the sea to save a...

Jul 2nd

via: aemmea

Jul 2nd

The Shake Shack burger/fries conundrum

If you follow/read just about any blog or website that is New York City centric in its content, I...

Jul 2nd

Great minds

David Cho apparently wasn’t the first person to set that dancing bear video to music. A reader...

Jul 2nd

Something I'd really like to hear

I kinda wish that the next time a reporter asks anything about Bill Clinton’s schoolgirl-ish...

Jul 2nd

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“Nine in the Afternoon” by Panic at the Disco I don’t give a shit what all the...

Jul 2nd

Go right ahead and go dying on us

Best healthcare in the world my ass!

Jul 1st