Top Ten NYC Sucks of June ‘09

There’s very few days of the week when I DON’T miss the fuck out of New York City, but if there was ever a time to leave, it seems like this June was it.
It all started with the endless, endless rain that swept the city from Floral Park to Coney Island and the George Washington [...]

Swine Flu, Day 3— (news) fatigue and (24/7) general malaise

The American public, it seems, is already exhausted by our (possible) pandemic. Even as HuffPo breaks the glass on their emergency 72 point font, people are suffering the first symptoms of Swine Flu fatigue. That is, in the weekend since H1N1 entered the national consciousness, our constant tumblring and retweeting, digesting and regergitating has produced [...]

Swine Flu (why Twitter is your worst nightmare)

Mexican soldier hands out masks in the DF

Are you terrfied yet, motherfucker? Well, if you’ve been following Twitter or the increasingly rabid  homepage of  the Huffington Post, you would be.
As a CDC junkie (and a regular reader of Morbidity and Mortality weekly) , I would love to get into the nitty gritty of this disease–how [...]