Category Archives: nyc
For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn
Police are trying to track down the psycho parents of a toddler who was ABANDONED in a stroller on an UES sidewalk after a fight. The only shred of evidence is a receipt for baby shoes (from H&M), never worn, which … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Oddities, nyc
Must See: Don’t-Stop-Non-Stop Gogol Bordello
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Daily Oddities, Immigration, nyc, Russia
Life’s a Beach!
Even though it’s anything-but-beach weather in the Sunset, I’ve decided we’re taking a slight detour through some beach related news today, so hang onto your Lotto visers boys and girls, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. It’s been a … Continue reading
Filed under Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Daily Oddities, Los Angeles, nyc
I have Google Voice
social media, Google Voice, google, New York City, Silicon Valley, start-ups, freelancing, area-code Continue reading
Filed under California, Daily Oddities, nyc
Sergei Dovlatov, and why you should care
It’s been a little while since I felt the compulsive need to write/talk/read about Sergei Dovlatov, the unsung Soviet storyteller whose raw wit and uncomfortable humor trancends national borders, economic philosophies, and continents, even if it never trancended Russian. He … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Brighton Beach, it's a small world, nyc, Russia
Fat and Dumb in the BIG Apple
New Best Reason to be an Anorexic=IQ Points. A major setback for the size-acceptance ‘obesity-isn’t-a-disease-its-a-lifestyle’ set. Size-ism may be unfair, but it might not be so unfounded, a new study finds. The New York Department of Public Health and Mental … Continue reading
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Wal-Mart–Still Evil? You Decide
It’s been about a week since we all stopped to take a second look at Wal-Mart. Yes, Wal-Mart, watchword for American imperialist evil for decades, villain of countless books, documentaries and feature stories, silent shadowy hand of evil in so … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, India, nyc
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, … Continue reading
Filed under Bird Flu, Coney Island, Daily Oddities, nyc, Taxis
This Week: Transit Oddities
This week, NY Mag’s Daily Intel wants to know: Would you rather give birth on the R train or the B61 bus? It’s not an idle question. Back to back MTA births last week confirm what we always knew—public transit … Continue reading
Filed under Brooklyn, Daily Oddities, Ice Cream Trucks, nyc, Taxis
NYC Keeping it Real: Marriage Equality All About the Benjamins
Subhead: Civil Rights Fail Well, it’s official folks: the California Supreme Court upheld voters’ ban on same sex marriage in the Golden State, though it ruled to recognize those marriages performed before the ban took effect in November. A dumb … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, California, Economy, Los Angeles, nyc
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