2008

May

This Girl Was The Best Part Of Last...

katiebakes: This morning’s email: a young girl confronts her demons while seeking information....

Lions Laying With Lambs

I added a twitter feed to my tumblr. Now all Rex’s girlfriends will love me too.

“I’ve become a little bit of a snob. Sometimes I’m like, I...”
— John Carney is judging you and...

“Carney: “How do I check in with Twitter?” Me:...”
— Twitter / fimoculous

Team Kearney-Carney-Caroline went to a party last night. The...

“Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it...”
— I always suspected there was...

Settle for less in love

Pocket Sized Social Calendar, Circa May 2005.

“Preppy with an air of prostitute.” That’s how one of the girls in the office...

This Is Totally Why I Don't Employ...

Friends say Miss Foster has refused to employ household staff for fear that details of her home life...

O Noez! Teenage unicorn is dead.

Walk Of No Shame

Gavin’s new website is like the best of Vice without...

Last night one of my friends told me he’s only going to date girls with dogs. The idea is that after...

Is it just me, or does Bob Barr look a lot like Thurgood...

“McCain also promised to bring pressure on China and India to...”
— Making fun of natural...

“On Mother’s Day, it’s hard to get a brunch...”
— Steve Sailer

I saw this and thought, wait. How is this possible? It’s raining outside. And then I...

Babbo has this reputation for being hard to get tables....

American Psycho: Sometimes Penis Envy Is...

This belongs on DealBreaker but we’re having technical issues that are preventing us from...

Like everyone else in NYC, I’m pretty much a sucker...

Bloggers? Media Types? They All Look The...

This is a great description of last night’s mess. I’ll just add my own apologies to...

fek: ughgh. oh, fuck me, jesus christ. you people are a bunch of savage alchoholics. never again.

I’m bringing goofy back. (via Vimeo)

Citi Never Sleeps: The Ad Campaign

Now You Can Tell The Ron Paul Supporters...

The goal of Paulville.org it to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and...

For the last time, I’m not going to use the superwall application.

Momentary Bout Of Sincerity

Not to get all emotional on you but every now and then it’s important to say certain things. ...

Brian Van Is Getting Dangerously Good At...

brianvan: jessicalouise: I know you’ve noticed What is it with the women on tumblr being vastly...

I’ve never seen Mad Men, despite being told over and...

Welcome to New York City, Lady

jessicalouise: What is it with the women on tumblr being vastly more attractive looking than...

Two years ago I was inventing YouTube writing about YouTube for the New York Times and I wrote to...

“I’m probably just hate-following you.”
— Alex Blagg.

The Original Recipe For A Bloody Mary

Raspberry leaf tablets are recommended to speed up a woman’s time in labour, while a cure for...

No, PostCards, I Still Won't Read You...

postcardsfromyomomma: Yesterday on the bus I saw this old Asian guy with 2(((25 lb.) bags of rice. ...

A Much Better Question

Do you think that once you fuck someone, you ever really stop fucking them? (via juliaallison)

Loathesome Hills

I haven’t watched television in several weeks. I accidentally caught a few minutes of the...

Jet Lag Means Drinking A Bottle Of Wine...

My body thinks it’s 1 am, so it’s perfectly fine. See?

The Last Bar I Was Tossed Out Of

brianvan: Well, here’s what I was wrong about: not only did I go to Welcome To The Johnson’s last...

Restless Leg Syndrome: The Latest STD

It’s been forever since we had a new sexually transmitted disease, so I’m proposing...

Did Merry Ramblings invent those Moe bags? They are all over...

Parkour has taken over YouTube for the day. This video, of the girls getting over, through, and...

I'm Bringing Meat Packing Back

Isn’t it time we find a really great bar in the Meat Packing district and make it ours? I...

Apr

Kryptonite

Not sure how I managed to for get mentioning Kryptonite, the signature drink of Angkor What....

Quick Thoughts From Cambodia

I’m just about to curl up with a nice bottle of rice whiskey and a cigar that would be...

Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

Have I mentioned that I’m going to be out of town for a few weeks. You are all on your own....

Best. Theory. Yet.

caro: I’m starting to think that Fake Nick Denton is Real Nick Denton.

Key Food Killer Shares The Ethics of Bono and Vice Magazine

I’m going to go with “the one and only, famous...

I know all the lasses are using this map to explain why they...

Guest Bloggers For Tumblr

Anyone want to take over my tumblr when I’m gone? There are dozens of people who can’t...

Apparently, I live exactly where United Flight 826 went...

Krucoff & Co Have Broken Tumblr

followingym: youngmanhattanite: Why can’t we reblog ourselves? Our reblogs, our reselves. Anyway,...

I'm Not Big On April Fool's Day

but if I ran YouTube, I would have made every video a rickroll today. Related: this is probably why...

“The article says, “Naming a favorite book or author...”
— It Usually Ends With Ayn Rand...

Books Are Stupid Because

6. You’re illiterate. I’ll let you visit me so you can experience the awesomeness of...

That's it. I'm done with this. Finally...

postcardsfromyomomma: Joined weight watchers last nightcounting today-gym 5 times this week—expect...

OMG. If the band Merry Ramblings hadn’t noticed this,...

I secretly want in on the Young...

youngmanhattanite: Still on the masthead? Yeah, so is Nick Sylvester and Morey Amsterdam. So...

Mar

To Explain, There Is A Small Group Of...

As improbable as that may be. Back on the streets of B’more, he was known as...

How To Be A Japanese Girl (underwater). pop17: Featured...

“Take a moment and step into the world of Steele Luxury...”
— Got this in my inbox today....

I'm Judging You By My Books

I Think DealBreaker Is Two Years Old...

But our archives are too slow for me to check. Maybe I’ll declare Tuesday or Wednesday the...

Caroline communes with her homeplanet.

I’m not going to print my immediate reaction to Lindsay Campbell’s first question in...

This both delights and terrifies me.

I’m claiming credit for all of this, of course. I invented Katie Bakes. cajunboy: ...

brianvan: I now realize this may all be my fault. I...

Guaranteed to make you miss the old bulgarian bar.

Sweating Out The Hour of Power

Whoa. I’m only about half-way through the Hour of Power and man is my apartment hot. I had to...

Lights Out: Earth Hour at 8 p.m. Tonight

I'm Off-Setting Your Carbon Footprint...

You people need to stop attempting to reduce your carbon footprints. Anytime I hear someone is...

The pefect description of every hungover day.

Watching grass grow. This is what today feels like.

“Although the world’s climate is on a warming trend, there is...”
— Alex Cockurn, my favorite...

The Team. The Tower. The Transmitter.

Here's the messiah you've been waiting...

The first position is already taken by a young thing named Bourbon. alexbalk: In the last couple...

Horseman Pass By

For the record, I am against anyone who tries to turn Balk into a do-gooder. Stay golden, pony boy....

Saw this coming from a mile away. alexbalk: davidcho: David Cho - ‘99 Problems’ I lost a bet...

Okay. So this just made my day. Julia Allison wing-woman Moe...

Hillary makes her big push to re-capture the internet from the Obamaniacs.

The Anti-Emo Rioting May Be A Backlash...

“Televisa has a near stranglehold on the music business in Mexico: among the company’s...

emo kids are being attacked & beaten in...

I Think I First Saw This Dance At The...

youngmanhattanite: Hey, at least I only swung it in a YM staff email. Shit, I need a link now,...

“Most scholars believe that what Shakespeare knew about...”
— Hath Shakespeare been a...

Must-reads in a Web 2.0 world - DealBreaker

WTF Is Twitter?

It occurs to me that some of you probably don’t know enough about Tim Armstrong. Now you...

One Eastern Morn.

YouTube clip wins Austrian monks record deal...

We're Always Have Paris

Somebody should make Alex Balk live blog episodes of the Hills.

This totally isn’t fair. Everyone knows Clinton is a congenital liar. It’s an old story....

Governor Paterson: Cocaine Pioneer

These guys are the worst thing going on YouTube. Unfortunately, they seem to have mastered the...

There must be something wrong with me because I’m not...

I've Lived Park Slope For Six Weeks

And I’m still buried in boxes. Today, for the first time, I started cracking open the boxes...

Even CFA prep books have good jokes. katiebakes: ...

“I can’t vote for him. He is an honest-to-God lefty. He...”
— An endorsement of that big...

Is WallStrip Degrading To Women?

That’s what the inventor of RocketBoom says. Hilarious

The Wall Street Journal's Web site is already...

“When we were in Chicago during the Republican convention,...”
— I admire Gore Vidal’s...

Coming Soon On Stuff White People Like

doree: From Page Six: WE HEAR… THAT Alex Benepe, son of Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, is...

Carney: Hey, did you see this about Mary Ramblin’s...

Gladwell Shockingly Honest

Let me see if I have this story right. It’s now a scandal that Malcolm Gladwell might have...

Liberals Don't Like Stuff White People...

“Me, personally, I can’t stand the thing. That’s not to say I think SWPL is...

See It’s totally not my fault I tried to make a panini...

Time Out Endorses Dressing Like Sasha...

Why Smart Liberals Aren't Comfortable With...

We Live In The Future

This reminds me of a short story I once wrote called “We Live In The Future.” The main...

The hottest thing on YouTube right now: ♥♡HOW TO BE A JAPANESE GIRL♡♥. Everyone’s doing...

Fed Chairmen: They're Just Like Us!*

March Madness

I’m vaguely disapointed that I cannot muster any enthusiasm at all for college basketball. ...

Time Off For Bad Behavior?

One of these days I’m just going to have to face up to the fact that I am simply terrible at...

It's Frightening How The Republicans Actually...

“It’s only Wednesday, which means it’s too early in the week...”
— Staying out late, late on a...

File Under: I Probably Should Have...

Me: Look! (showing her [some url])
Amelia: Wait! ... That's the DVD player you just bought? I thought that was a George Foreman!

Bringing the girl up right.

I’ll take credit for us ending up down on the perfect...

See. I told you people there wouldn’t be any fighting. caro: The Karp-Frommer Green Day Duet....

Nerdfight: Will blogger finally get to...

Barack Obama: New York Still Baffled By...

The two text messages I woke up to at...

Is it possible for something to be unsettlingly reassuring? Because that phrase—unsettlingly...

Crap. Half the girls in NYC already think I’m that...

Is Eliot Spitzer's 'Kristen' Actually 32?

Apparently I am more predictable than I...

From Now On I'm Calling Her Katie Zee

katiebakes: David Paterson will be the first lieutenant governor to ascend to the role of governor...

Dealbreaker Hosts A Wake For Eliot Spitzer’s...

Gone, Baby, Gone

Spitzer started telling folks that he will step down today. Members of his camp are leaking to...

The Best Death Metal Band In Denton,...

How many punk bands have already been formed with the name “Client # 9?”

This is pretty much perfect. Via Lindsay, who notes: Ha ha...

Spitzer's Corner

I’m thinking that maybe DealBreaker should throw a drink-up there sometime this week.

Aide: Spitzer May Defy Calls To Step Down -...

Whores Wanted

I’d really like to get a call girl with experience working with powerful men to write about it...