Archive for October, 2009
news you can use: the halloween weekend edition
it’s halloween weekend and everyone is no doubt still fretting over what to wear or what to eat. while you’re treking all over town this weekend, feel free to share some stories with others to distract them from the fact that they’ve done it again–spent time and energy on a ’holiday’ that really has no meaning. if [...]
26.2
if you’re near new york or want a last minute weekend day, consider hitting new york city because it is hands-down one of the best weekends to be there–not for the super annoying halloween parade but for the 40th running of the new york city marathon on sunday. from any one of the five bouroughs, [...]
that’s why lizzie grubman* crashed her car
here are some interesting facts about the 15 jobs with the highest stress and the lowest pay (based on median income and the percent of people that said the job is a major stresser). sad news is, these peeps are in the highest need of a drink at the end of the week but they probably can’t afford a [...]
citizen journalism at work
what happens when you put bill hemmer and stephen baldwin together at the world series game 1? a minute and half video of nonsense (which is no surprise). so much for the hard hitting journalism hemmer.
see the video at the the mlb website.
rico suave
if you recall, last week, we told you about the new black barbie that was catching some flack for not being black enough. well this week, meet the newest addition to the mattel’s line: palm beach sugar daddy. he’s “cool sophistication in breezy palm beach! sporting a dashing jacquard-patterned jacket with a light pink polo [...]
she’d get eaten alive at sterling cooper
pepsico was sued by two men in wisconsin because they claim that pespico stole their idea for a drink (the bottled water aquafina). the dudes won more than they were asking for ($75K) and were awarded $1.26B bones because pepsico never responded to the lawsuit.
they’re asking that the lawsuit be thrown out and they’ve identified [...]
jesus jokes are never a good idea
did you watch last week’s curb your enthusiasm? if not, you might want to catch it on hbo in demand or find a clip somewhere online (although hbo is very diligent about finding them and taking them down). in the bare midriff eposide, larry david accidently splatter his urine on a picture of jesus in [...]
