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Aim for the Pink

More of our relentless coverage of Continuity Now (now can you get a sense yet of how differently our drinking is when it is paired with something other than anger and a barstool -- snide commentary about actual things, rather than just presumed or remembered), God's Day Edition (yeah, not your…

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The Great Crime Begins...

The taking down of the Danish Christmas tree. OK, now let's go to the videotape. The sad blog trilogy.

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What if Hillary Clinton had treated Iowa like Barack Obama has Ky … - Los Angeles Times

What if Hillary Clinton had treated Iowa like Barack Obama has Ky … - Los Angeles Times Filed under: U. S. News — @ 6:44 pm Washington Post What if Hillary Clinton had treated Iowa like Barack Obama has Ky … Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago Barack Obama ultimately disrespected Kentucky…

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Tennessee Senator Takes On His Own Party - New York Times

Tennessee Senator Takes On His Own Party - New York Times Filed under: U. S. News — @ 6:35 pm Times Online Tennessee Senator Takes On His Own Party New York Times - 1 hour ago By Kate Phillips The office of Senator Bob Corker, Republican from Tennessee, has weighed in today, siding with…

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Leading Senators Agree on Housing Crisis Aid - New York Times

Leading Senators Agree on Housing Crisis Aid - New York Times Filed under: U. S. News — @ 6:30 pm CNNMoney.com Leading Senators Agree on Housing Crisis Aid New York Times - 1 hour ago By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON - Senate committee leaders from both parties said on Monday that they had…

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Traffic stops often dangerous, deadly - Newsday

Traffic stops often dangerous, deadly - Newsday Filed under: U. S. News — @ 6:57 pm Traffic stops often dangerous, deadly Newsday - 1 hour ago BY STEVE RITEA | steve.ritea@newsday.com Traffic stops may be the most routine actions for police officers, but they are also among the most…

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Former AOL Executives Sued in Ad-Revenue Case

The S.E.C. said that it had sued eight former AOL executives over a fraudulent accounting procedure that caused the company to overstate its advertising revenue by more than $1 billion.

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Yankees News & Notes

Yankees News & Notes - For most Yankee fans, they have been upset with the past several games they have played. Now I was looking at stats from different blogs and what stuck out to me was the RISP category. Now according to Pinstripe Alley (prior to the Met loss last night), the Yankees…

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NY KNICKS STEPHON MARBURY ON DRU DIAMOND TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLW65gMXkKk LIVE ON DRU DIAMOND TV AT A SECRET LOCATION IN NYC . DRU DIA Author: DRUDIAMOND Keywords: J50 cent fifty dru diamond tv tupac jnyce big pun 2pac jayz Added: May 19, 2008

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Can you touch the Empire State building?

Model: Sam from MUSE Photographer: Gavin Thomas Stylist: Reese Herrick Makeup Artist: Lauren Crowell Hair Stylist: Jamal Hodges Clothing Designer: 2fer

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John Issacの展覧会

おっちゅ! 週末はペンシルバニアというニュー ーク近辺の州でお友達のJohn…

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3/365: Nancy

3/365: Nancy Posted on May 19, 2008. I’m working on my version of the x365 challenge started by Dan Waber on his 40th birthday: write 40 words (no more, no less) every day for a year. I’ve varied it slightly - I’m 35 so I’m writing 35 words. I may not write one per day but I love the…

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Krucoff Says No One Reads the Left Side of the Blog Anymore; Let's Test That Theory

DanaHatesCleverIMHandles: JESUS CHRIST there is some annoying woman in the conference room from the tone of her voiceDanaHatesCleverIMHandles: she sounds like a Greenwich Village activist type and they're having some contentious meeting with the door openPissesInBathtubs: Berman…

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Liberty Hoopla: Join the Fun

Well, we did it. We made it through Opening Day. Everyone in the front office has those first game jitters off their plates. The team is already back in the gym prepping for the next matchup. We hope you’re all enjoying the new-look of NYLiberty.com, including the fun new additions. We’ll…

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What Rugby can teach baseball…

On Sunday night, another Mets player was robbed of a homerun. On a 2-1 pitch from Chien-Ming Wang, Carlos Delgado laced a line drive down the left field line for a homerun. Third base umpire Mike Reilly signaled the ball was fair and Delgado began his trot around the bases. Then the home plate…

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Economic Indicator - Chicago Tribune

Economic Indicator - Chicago Tribune NEW YORK — Wall Street closed mixed Monday after weakness in the technology sector punctured some of the market’s enthusiasm over a report that suggested the economy could still be growing. But comments from memory chip maker SanDisk Corp. about Source:…

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And "Hot" Just Means "Not Cold Yet"

Older looking woman to younger one: That guy was so hot. I'd love to go out with him.Younger woman: Are you kidding? He was really old! Like 70!Older woman: So what? I am 65!--57th & 3rdOverheard by: Rachel Kurst Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · …

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It's Official: Katie Holmes Heading to Broadway - People Magazine

It's Official: Katie Holmes Heading to Broadway People Magazine - 1 hour ago By Mike Fleeman Katie Holmes will be spending a lot more time in New York City this fall: The actress has signed on to make her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Katie Holmes headed to Broadway The…

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‘Indiana Jones’: The Verdict Is In From MTV News And It’s Not All Good - MTV.com

MTV.com ‘Indiana Jones’: The Verdict Is In From MTV News And It’s Not All Good MTV.com - 1 hour ago My friends, I have seen “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and as much as I’d love to say “hold on to your potatoes,” I’m feeling a little blue today (check…

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NY ワンコ事情

ニューヨークには数え切れない程( 干大げさ・・・)の、グルーミング ペットショップがあります。 たまにはそんなお店をグルグルと廻 てみるのも面白いかも。 …

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Katie Holmes Officially Coming to Broadway

It’s official - Katie Holmes is coming to Broadway! Tom Cruise’s wife will be making her Broadway debut this fall in the revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. Holmes will play the part of a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot. Her co-stars will include John…

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Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Planning Another Wedding in NYC

Image details: 2005 Teen Choice Awards - Show served by picapp.com Mariah Carey is still not done milking her wedding to Nick Cannon for ALL it’s worth. Lest all the wedding hype die down, the newlyweds are now planning a huge wedding with 2000 guests in New York City, sometime within the…

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Metropolitan Diary; Disciplinary Gadgets

Dear Diary: Observed and overheard on a Sunday afternoon in April: A man pulled up in a car on Eighth Avenue in Midtown, and shouted to a woman sitting in the doorway of a fortune-telling parlor, “Will I get a ticket if I park here?” She replied with a shrug, “I don’t know.”Jim Norman…

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Cyberbullying: How to Spot the Warning Signs and Help Your Child Cope

Wikipedia.org defines cyber-bullying as involving the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others. Cyberbullying can be as simple as continuing to... read more

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NYPD Jacks Starting Salary Up $10,000

Union officials say a state arbitration panel has awarded the city's police officers a retroactive pay raise of about 10 percent over two years. The decision announced Monday boosts top pay to $65,382 from $59,588 and starting salaries by more than $10,000, to $35,881. The New York Police…

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WUSB Radio Show, Bob Longman, 09 March 2008

12:30-2:30 pm. WUSB Stony brook NY, 90.1 FM, http://wusb.fm/ title -- Artist -- album N=New Lp=vinyl I=Instrumental -------------------------------------------------- -------- This House -- Christopher Williams The Dragonfly Races -- Ellis Paul -- the Dragonfly Races -- N (title track) -- Brooks…

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If In New York, NY: Bouchon Bakery

If you have the opportunity to go to only one Bouchon Bakery, the three-outpost chain of American boulangeries owned by Thomas Keller of The French Laundry and Per Se, you should go to the Yountville, California location. There, on perhaps the most foodie-centric street in all of America, you…

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The Lede: Japan Sends ?Hello Kitty? to China

Can Hello Kitty draw Chinese tourists?.

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Senate Leaders Agree on Housing Aid

Party leaders said they had reached an agreement on proposed legislation, but details were sketchy.

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Who Is the Walrus?

Odobenus rosmarus is a magnificent creature, scientists say, behaviorally, anatomically, acoustically and taxonomically in a category all its own.

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Food Crisis Affecting Food Pantries in Manhattan

Food riots in Haiti have killed six, injured hundreds and protests have occurred in Egypt, the Philippines and several African countries. But the rising prices are also putting food beyond the reach of Manhattan’s poor. News about the worldwide food crisis has been everywhere these days.…

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Ask About New Yorks Hidden Places

City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

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Speed in New York

Another picture to show the crazyness of New York.

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State Panel Awards 10 Percent Pay Hike To NYC Officers

Union officials said a state arbitration panel has awarded the city's police officers a retroactive pay raise of about 10 percent over two years.

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Arte en New York a pie de calle

  Bueno, mis cuñados se van a ir de viaje a Nueva York, ya les he dicho que no rellenen mal la encuesta que les harán cuando lleguen, no sea que los manden de vuelta, o peor, se los lleven a Guantánamo, para que tengan una muestra de lo que se pueden encontrar,ya que es una ciudad donde se…

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Lawmakers Target Real Estate Investors for Regulation

Lawmakers Target Real Estate Investors for Regulation May 19th, 2008 An escalating trend among state legislatures toward regulating real estate investors who work as foreclosure consultants helping homeowners stave off foreclosure is taking many in our industry by storm. Distressed Properties…

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Topasio Supports New Trend in Purchasing Fine Jewelry - Online Retailers Versus Brick-And-Mortar Stores

NEW YORK, N.Y. — According to Topasio.com, in the old days, folks went down to the local jewelry shop to purchase diamond engagement rings, wedding sets, or other pieces of fine jewelry. And many still do, as they prefer to see the actual physical pieces before making a purchase. But more and…

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Max Gimblett gifts his art work to Gallery

Senior New Zealand artist Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett are gifting a major collection of the artist’s works on paper to the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation in support of the gallery’s development project – at a special event held at the Auckland Town Hall tomorrow. …

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Scarlett Johansson Gets Left Behind from Cannes Trip

Image details: Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Premiere - Arrivals served by picapp.com Scarlett Johansson, a diva? Noooooooo. (Cough cough.) Word is that Johansson was left behind in New York by the studio that made her new movie, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” because she…

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Immigration Mis-representation

This week I pulled source articles from the New York Times database and found an interesting difficulty that the LDS Church’s immigration agents faced in 1890. US Immigration authorities threatened to deny entrance to Mormon immigrants that year, as a series of 6 articles in the New York Times…

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Daddy Yankee - Gasolina

(Who’s this?) (Da-Ddy!) (Yan-Kee!) unito mambapa’ que mis gatas prendan los motores… Zumbale mambo pa’ que mis gatas prendan los motores… Zumbale mambo pa’ que mis gatas prendan los motores… Que se preparen que lo que viene es pa’ que le den… (Duro!) Mami, ya yo se que…

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Holmes, Lithgow, Wiest confirmed for 'All My Sons'

Actress Katie Holmes has been confirmed for the fall broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," Playbill reports. Mrs. Tom Cruise will make her Broadway debut in the drama, sharing the stage with John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick...

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Niagara Falls and More

Many of you good naturedly participated in my previous ”Where Am I?“ quiz. It quickly became apparent that the image you were viewing was taken from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, across the street from the entrance to the Maid of the Mist Marketplace. Even though we previously…

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Timeline Of The Future Predicts Death Of Oil, Microsoft, Middle Class And Spam In 2035 [The Future]

"The future is never a straight, linear extrapolation from the present," says the pitch copy for Richard Watson's book Future Files. Which is why the futurist is selling his book with this timeline of "extinctions" from 1901 to the distant future. For example, did you know that coins will be…

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Woman Pleads Guilty in Spitzer Call Girl Probe

Temeka Rachelle Lewis exits Manhattan federal court, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in New York. Lewis is accused of booking clients for a prostitution ring and has pleaded guilty in the federal probe that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. She was the booker for the hookers. A…

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Squid Underground

With gas prices now topping $4 / gallon and parking in Manhattan being difficult in the best of times, we have started reassessing our use of the car for intra-borough trips. For all four of us, it might still make sense since back and forth transportation on the subway runs close to $16 but, for…

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Chateau de Chaumont Duck

It’s not exactly the French Castle that Eudes II, Count of Blois, built in the 10th century or even the one rebuilt by the d’Amboise family in the 15th century, but it is a fun nick name for my parents home in Chaumont, New York.  It used to be an old hunting/fishing lodge that had pretty…

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With uni you get two

Grub Street tells of a funny foodie mensch who's looking for a Ko-date on Craigslist. B insisted that I reply (if this works out, he will have only himself to blame...):Hello, you hysterically funny foodie! I'm not a Brazilian porn star, but I have gotten an occasional brazilian, and I always…

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The Everest Archives [Toil and Trouble]

I’m humbled, honored, and more than a little surprised that Outside Magazine has included my story about Sherpas relocating to New York City from the Himalayas on a list of its best ever stories relating to Mount Everest. On the roster are several articles by writers I admire, including the…

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