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New York City is filled with characters who, if you have a couple of minutes, will fill your ear with how to make the world a better place. One such person, apparently, is a gray-haired lady who sits on a bench outside a 14th Street tailor’s shop. Customers come and go but not without the [...]

Frigid temperatures in the Northeast force one to resort to indoor activities. Why not take a lesson from Julia Allison and practice your lip syncing to your favorite songs. She chose Daft Punk’s “Digital Love.” Just remember, though, the record companies may come after your ass for copyright violation if you post that baby on [...]

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Actor Michael Douglas made a guest appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in New York City. Michael was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The ceremony took place at Cipriani 42nd Street.

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It’s one thing to be a World War II vet who got drunk one night and ended up with a tattoo; it’s a whole other story to explain how this older gentleman ended up with his WHOLE body tattooed. Kind of makes you wonder if he even had his…oh, never mind.

The t-shirt reads “It Wasn’t Me,” but somehow this man ended up in a police station where his mug shot was taken. Thanks to Smoking Gun such t-shirt trivia is now part of the visual history of social gossip. This man could be your neighbor. No clue what he was arrested for but thank god [...]

It’s hard to tell if this is a home-made commercial for the Got Milk campaign or the real deal. A couple of older guys, who like to drink milk, prove they’re fit and ready to take on the world by head-butting a couple of thugs who throw a kid out of a diner booth so [...]

The thought of watching one more rerun of an old Cary Grant movie in the loneliness of widowhood pales next to the thought of performing a rap number during the intermission of a Miami Heat NBA basketball game. The Golden Oldies is a dance team that grew out of a jazzercise program. Like all good [...]

Singing in the shower and pretending you’re a rock star is one thing. Posting videos to YouTube and confirming your cult status as a purveyor of mediocre is, well, the way the world operates these days. Sit back, pop a caffeine free diet Pepsi, and pretend you’re listening to Whitney Houston sing like she lost [...]

Bored with your favorite restaurant these days? There’s a man named Michael Hebberoy out in Oregon who knows your pain. But rather than sit around the kitchen table and kvetch about the problem, he stuck his finger in the burner and created a dinner concept designed to invigorate the soul while nourishing the belly. He [...]

“The secret I want to talk about is the geography of my first bedroom.”
So begins “Other People’s Houses” by Lore Siegal who will receive The 8th Annual Clifton Fadiman Medal for Excellence in Fiction at The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction’s 2007 Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner on October 29, 2007. It’s raining here…sit [...]

Remember as a kid when getting a haircut meant sitting in a chair in your underwear so dad could get the clippers out, buzz your head, and then send you upstairs for a bath. Well, sometimes boys never outgrow their fondness for this ritual…of course, it helps if the haircutter just happens to be a [...]

What do you get when you mix a corporate billionaire with a car mechanic? Answer: A high concept movie about two guys itching to live before they kick the bucket and discover the ashes inside belong to them. The movie is called The Bucket List. It’s directed by Rob Reiner. It opens on Christmas, December [...]

Cigarettes used to be sold with all kinds of trade cards that usually formed a collection. Here’s two humorous cards that depict an undertaker and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gasper. Both are smokers, so they probably ended up having their offspring bury them.

They say laughter increases your time on this planet. Please, join this German small person (midget is so 20th Century) for a hardy har har because one day the laughter will stop. Might we suggest you videotape yourself laughing like him so your grandkids can enjoy your sense of humor in the future to take [...]

Scott Schuman, the Sartorialist fashion photographer, posted two photos that demonstrate the adage, dance it or cut it off. He stumbled into a church playing accordion jazz music and found lots of seniors dancing as if they were at their Jr. prom. Ah Italy, our toe taps for you!
Check out the dancers

Samantha Bee on The Daily Show asks a Carrie Bradshaw-like question, “Is American ready for a woman president?” It’s a 50/50 question, so don’t be afraid to guess.
Contra view: Consider the fact that Columbia Pictures just bought Jeffrey Eugenides’ short story about “a 40-year-old unmarried woman decides to become pregnant by inseminating herself using [...]

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Summer may be winding down but the action at Jaume Plensa Crown Fountain in Chicago is wet and fun!

There’s an article in Neurology that, I’m sorry, we just could not rouse ourself to finish: “Cerebral Response to Patient’s Own Name in the Vegetative Conscious State.” Don’t let our lack of enthusiasm stop your curiosity, though.
Neurology

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Your basic lazy Sunday in Central Park piloting a sailboat around the pond.

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The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum in New York offers one of summer’s true pleasures: stunning views of Central Park and the city’s skyline. Go at dusk so you get to watch the skyscrapers around Central Park flick on their lights. The Met has two bars set [...]