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On Everyone Secretly Hates "Snow Fall"

@Bryan Keller : Good thing it never worked out. I mean, the Times publishes one high-profile piece like this, next thing you know it gets expanded into a best-selling book, which in turn gets optioned for a big-budget movie, and soon enough you're staring down the barrel of a GQ-published confession about the Times's out-of-control haute-couture shopping habits, accompanied by a retina-searing photo of Sulzberger Jr. modeling his Versace ostrich-skin codpiece.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:22 pm 0

On Terrible Region Between Herald and Time Squares Shut Down Due To Alleged Jumper

I'm not sure whether to be entertained or alarmed by @bbyrdi's apparent belief that his tweeted entreaty to "Don't do it!" would be received by the would-be suicide.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:42 am 1

On Rooster Tall

So we measured him and he was 26 inches, which didn't surprise us in the end.

Indeed.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 4:07 pm 0

On Get Death Positive!

It is almost 3:00 and I am almost the only person still here at work so, yeah. I am so familiar with the realization of my own mortality that it is basically giving me a shoulder massage right now.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 2:53 pm 0

On What Was Next For Kai

@deepomega : When you have a hatchet, every problem starts to look like a tree. In this case, possibly the Evil Dead tree.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 11:27 am 2

On Is There Anything About Silvio Berlusconi That Would Surprise You At This Point?

After that whole underage-call-girl thing, I guess Berlusconi was getting more assiduous about checking birth certificates.

Posted on May 17, 2013 at 11:25 am 1

On Signifiers Of Coolness In The Early 21st Century

For some reason when I go to a restaurant and they have a kale salad on the menu, I automatically remember that kale is literally the cheapest green available at my local grocery.

Posted on May 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm 1

On It's Baby-Cloning Time!

@deepomega : Foodie clones believe that the original has more of an artisanal, free-range flavor.

Posted on May 16, 2013 at 1:33 pm 2

On Nerd Fracas Narrowly Avoided

@My Number Is My Address : At least the olds still have pegging, I guess.

Posted on May 16, 2013 at 11:50 am 0

On Nerd Fracas Narrowly Avoided

@My Number Is My Address : So that nice online lady who asked me to "cyber" was just interested in youth-oriented activities!

Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:41 pm 0