Archive for March, 2008

man’s best friend – available for rental

flexpetz is a new dog rental company currently in NY and LA. according to a NY times article, here are some reasons why you might want to rent a dog:
1. use the dog to meet other people
2. fill a childless void by renting a dog
3. take a dog with you on vacation
maybe it’s just [...]


mines is bigger than yours

it seems like every other month there’s a new claim of the tallest building in the world. well now it seems that title belongs to the burj dubai in saudi arabia.
here’s how the others stack up


the impractical joker 2008

i’m not sure how we missed this, but uh, the russians are in the market for 3200 white mice (as advertised on the official website of the russian federation). according to the this story the
“Federal Guard Service, the Russian equivalent of the American Secret Service and guardian of both Vladimir Putin’s security and the Kremlin [...]


calling all bird (and other sort of) watchers

it was bound to happen sooner or later. 180 and i were out enjoying some drinks and chatting blog talk last thursday night. unbeknownst to us, anderson cooper was hanging out with jay leno on the tonight show (wearing the very gray tie 180 mentioned). to ensure this gross misstep on our part doesn’t happen [...]


was there a big sale or something?

so…630 mentioned the other day how at the end of his broadcast last week, flying fish (bill hemmer) mentioned something about guys and their preferences for ties–she thought the comment was strange but wasn’t sure what he meant. we went on to discuss the proliferation of silk monochromatic ties being sported by the anchors. for [...]


and another thing!


wow, he really knows his stuff

everyone’s favorite “boy genius” offers up an explanation on why there are more liberals than conservatives online: “I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.”

yeah, i agree with you karl. they’re too busy [...]