SAVE THE BROOKLYN BANKS!
For decades, thousands of skateboarders, BMX Bikers and Traceurs use the Brooklyn Banks to practice, gather and socialize. Now NYC’s department of transportation is threatening to shut this amazing space down to make way for construction for 4 years. On January 23, 2009, Steve Rodriguez of 5Boro organized a rally to save the Brooklyn Banks. [...]
Valentine’s Day: Your great great grandmother on Match.com
Industrialist dandy looking for a lad who’s not shy about showing a bit of ankle. No fats or fems. Or so my ad may have read had I been trolling for love during the day of Jack the Ripper and Jenny Lind. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I feel for [...]
Digital Intimacy: How e-close are you to your loved ones?
The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference in Long Beach, California, concluded yesterday. Thought leaders at this year’s conference had their sights on demystifying the hype surrounding social media and getting at the core of what social technology has in store for 2010 and beyond. Videos of TEDtalks are usually archived and free to view right [...]
Dog Mugged on Street — Only in NYC, Kittens!
Why don’t you pick on a pit bull your own size! Some low-life stooped to mugging a cute wittle westie terrier on a busy Park Slope, Brooklyn street. Jacked for a $25 doggie coat, the elderly pup was left shivering, whether from cold or fear, we can only guess. Like stealing candy from a baby. [...]
There’s a New Sheriff in Town — All of Us!
Get with the latest trend. Don’t like how things are going at work? Simple: just take out a gun and shoot them all. That’s what Amy Bishop thought, as she shot her way out of a University of Alabama faculty conference room. She’s since been changed with murder, but if a Harvard educated science geek/genius [...]
Gun-Crazy Prof Killed Her Bro 20 Years Ago
The Skeletons are tumbling out of the crazy closet as more is learned about the gun-toting college Professor turned colleague killer. It turns out that shooting from the hip when things get heated wasn’t a one-off. But versions vary on what exactly happened that fateful day Amy Bishop shot her sibling. Hmm… interesting that the [...]
A Kennedy-less Congress? Two R.I. Dems try to fill the gap.
Congress without a Kennedy may seem like a day without sunshine to New England liberals, but life, and politics, must go on. Citing the loss of his famous father, Senator Ted Kennedy, Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island announced he will not seek reelection. Hoping to fill the vacated post are two well known Democrats: [...]
Tipping the Velvet: A Buck, A Euro or Any Amount Will Do
Consider dropping us a buck, a euro or any amount you think is worthy for making you laugh or think differently with our blog. We promise to continue sharing with you — our readers — the latest arts & entertainment, pop culture, gossip, politics, travel, art and reality news from a variety of sources, including [...]
Olympics: When Sport Requires Studying
Seemingly bent on ruing the popular sport, Figure Skating’s leaders have invented a scoring system so complicated, one has to take a seminar just to figure out what’s going on. So, if you’ve given up on the idea that sport should simply require watching in order to enjoy, here’s a virtual boot camp on skating’s [...]
The McQueen is Dead
Shocking news to kick off Fashion Week. Britain’s bad boy genius has died. Revered by peers, and celebrated by critics and clients alike, he was more than a mantle Madonna could pass to Gaga. The fashion world in particular, and the world at large, has lost one of it’s truly great artists. RIP Alexander McQueen. [...]
