In a moment of moral weakness I paused in my surfing from the end of the Twins game last night to Letterman to The Colbert Report. What caught my eye was Harvey Levin, the guru of TMZ.com, being fed “story ideas” by his, uh, staff of twenty-something “news” hounds. With journalism winding down in print … Read more
SPECIAL EVENTS Happy Rosh Hashanah! Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown today, so Happy Jewish New Year. Jewish or not, this might be a good time to take stock of the year’s mistakes and reflect upon the changes you need to make in your life. This isn’t about false resolutions, folks. Think about realistic things you … Read more
They might look innocent (and stylish) enough. But hear ye the simple story of how I came to know – the hard way – of my new running tights‘ nasty, little secret. (The culprit is as right.) Upon first inspection, the Adidas Response running Capri had all the features I sought of my autumn running … Read more
Adfreak turns us onto The Peeq, a risqué facebook-style social networking site for adults.
This old video shows Britney Spears chatting with Kevin Ferderline during her down time. It’s quite sad, really — the perverse mutation of innocence.
In case you missed Britney Spears’s wretchedly uninspired performance at the VMA Awards, suffer through it now.
C riders can rejoice. (e.d. I mean to say that Mercedes is going back to showing their face–i.e. the grill.) While I am not one to make predictions (only bad businesspeople do that, stupid foo’ businesspeople) I will offer an observation. I think the new Merc C class looks really “hot” in silver. That may … Read more
Southside Pride reports on a statue of Emiliano Zapata presented to the city on behalf of the State of Morelos. Will we have a new statue in Powderhorn Park?
Head to Luverne tonight for your copy of The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945.
The latest Parasole restaurant opened for dinner last night in Maple Grove. It’s called Pittsburgh Blue, named for the way he-men in the Rust Belt eat their steak: charred on the exterior, cold and bloody inside. Why, you may ask, is a restaurant geared toward steelworkers located in the pink collar capital of the Midwest? … Read more