January 2008
50 posts
Chris Berman Reveals His Inner Self →
JESUS
Cops: Man viewed porn on nun's computer →
A civilian State Police employee is accused of sneaking into a church to look at pornography on a nun’s computer.
Convergence is WONDERFUL →
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“(If) Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as...”
– “Re-Thinking the Meat Guzzler” by Mark Bittman
Ex-Netcong administrator: I was fired for being... →
Netcong’s former administrator is alleging he was slandered by the mayor and unlawfully terminated from his job because of his age and Irish heritage, according to a letter written by his attorney to the borough council.
Leekspin > Meatspin →
SAGalicious! →
A PATH Train Primer for 2008 →
Man charged after wife dies during "bizarre"... →
Police say Toby Taylor attached alligator clips on the end of a stripped electric cord which he attached to his wife’s breasts. He would then use the off and on switch on a power strip to shock his wife. The jolt of electricity is believed to have triggered a heart attack. (York Daily Record)
The Local Girl [Hillary Clinton] →
‘New York Times’ to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President [Radar]
Ship carrying OJ collides with 2 other vessels in... →
A 669-foot ship carrying orange juice collided Thursday with two dredging vessels in Port Newark, apparently causing no injuries but leaving a trail of an unknown substance in the frigid waters.
The 700 Level Makes Print →
Smaller Cock(tail)s are Better →
What two U.S. state capitals rhyme?
“What does this have to do with Marino? Well, it turns out that he was in the...”
– the inimitable Joe Posnanski
Mattingly leaves Dodgers staff →
Working on this story now, but Don Mattingly had left Joe Torre’s staff for “family reasons” and was replaced as hitting coach by Mike Easler.
UPDATE, 6:50 p.m.: Mattingly will be with the team in spring training and from time to time during the season. His plans are to rejoin Torre’s coaching staff in 2009. He has some issues at home to deal with and didn’t want to be distracted.
God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters,... →
— jeskeets
$500G Olympic pool stolen in Woodbridge →
Burglars broke into storage area in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge and trucked out a $500,000, stainless steel pool that was to be used for Olympic time trials, police said today. Representatives of Blue Steak Aquatic swim club of Warren…
Man arrested after leaving feces in apartment... →
Ronnie A. Ballard, 19, allegedly soiled people’s laundry with his feces, and also dumped them in shoes and boots that were left in apartment hallways. A judge has ordered him to only defecate in toilets. (Wisconsin State Journal)
Wine Shipping Laws Suck. Hard. →
The Steve Allen Rider →
Vegas beats hospitals in responding to heart... →
Here is a valuable, strange and instructive fact. The Review-Journal reported that a study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that you have a better chance of surviving a heart attack in a casino than at a hospital.
“So we go to 1988, and that fateful decision. Apparently, Penny Marshall’s people...”
– via Joe Posnanski’s blog
Let's Get Drunk on Ice Cream →
Roger Avary Pulls a Jim Leyritz →
“Jim McAnally, who has published porn on the Internet since 1993, said he’d...”
– Breach Worries Online Porn Industry
Squash tourney begins in Grand Central →
A squash tournament kicked off today inside Grand Central Terminal in New York City, according to a report with pictures on the Gothamist Web site. The Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions Squash 2008 started matches today, and the tourney continues…
“Another problem with the analytical arguments is that they are so … strident....”
– Mark Armour
The Emo Eagles Let Out A Mighty Cry →
Krups BeerTender Bringing Nasty Draught Heineken... →
Heineken and Krups have announced that they’ll be bringing the “BeerTender,” an at home keg system, for sale in North America. It will first be sold via Williams-Sonoma in March for $400, but in a strange turn it will be more widely available for $300 on April 1st from other retailers. (At least according to the Unofficial BeerTender USA Fan Site.) My problem with the BeerTender...
Asbury Park cop loses his gun, retraces steps →
An Asbury Park police sergeant is being asked to retrace his steps after he arrived at work Monday and said he had lost his gun, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. Sgt. Amir Bercovicz had his gun…
R.I.P. Goose →
Not Every Black Man in America Is Martin Lawrence →
Bourdain: Blogging for Travel Channel... →
..continues to be “the turd in the Food Network punchbowl” … Tony, throw a little Just For Men into your daily spa routine and no one will know the difference.
It's My Pig in a Box →
Chris Cosentino takes offal good photos.
Ex-AC mayor, handshake champ dies →
Joseph Lazarow, who was mayor of Atlantic City when casino gambling first began here, and who broke the world record for handshaking, died Thursday in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was 84.
Mob Rule Brings Higher Quality at Gawker →
Gawker Media will now pay its bloggers based on the number of times each post they write is read. Nick Denton, the company’s founder, says this will increase original reporting and writing on its sites.
Facebook: Over. →
LOL I LOVE LISTS LOL →
Ground Beef: From Whence It Came →
New Jersey boosts national move to end death... →
Other states consider ending capital punishment