A local paper presents a photogallery headlined "Men compete to be in 2013 Firefighters Calendar." (I personally would have gone with "Shirtless firefighters compete to be in calendar," but headlines are an art, not a science, am I right?) Anyway, do with it what you will. Pretty good stuff. Also this woman is awesomely hilarious.

SOMEONE ON THE TV WROTE AN OUTRAGED LETTER AND EVERYONE ON TWITTER IS TALKING ABOUT IT?

"Walk in the door and you are transported to another place and time… Ambiance? Hmm… the lack of ambiance is the ambiance, but in a good way," begins a review of Two Toms restaurant in Brooklyn. After a dinner there, on Friday night, two dozen firefighters, out for their annual dinner, beat four civilians to a pulp because one of the civilians spilled a drink. This was at The Salty Dog ("I love when vehicles are indoors, hence the half of firetruck that is inside.") Other reviews suggest that Two Tom's is not a good date restaurant. "The only thing is the neighborhood can seem sketchy [...]

"'I knew this guy was built like, ‘rrruhhhr!" Mr. Batt said, grunting and making a 'this big' gesture with his hands. 'So I wanted him in a place that was rrruhhhr, you know?'" -We told you! We told you last week to bookmark Michael Grynbaum's new transit-oriented Times column. And you DIDN'T, and now you're not reading his amazing dispatch on shooting the amazing firefighter charity calendar.