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09 May 2010

Gchat Status Icons — Deconstructed!

Anyone who’s anyone has a Gmail address nowadays, and why the F not — it’s FREE and enables a crazy distracting feature called Gchat. Sure, it’s not a new idea. After all, I still have my AIM screen name, SMP1155, from seventh grade. But because the chat windows pop up

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09 May 2010

A Remarkably American Moment That I Would Like to Remark On

Last week, when my grandmother lost sight in her left eye overnight and began to complain of headaches, my mother had the foresight to immediately call her up to our home in New York City to visit the proper doctors. Indeed, when things go medically haywire, it appears that it

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09 May 2010

Mom Loves Vinyl at Shakey’s Record Fair

Today is the love fest that is Mother’s Day, so if you haven’t already sent flowers, taken her out, or gave her a call, you need to stop reading this, and quit being an asshole. There’s tons of dining deals going on today, because nothing says I love you like

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08 May 2010

Great NYC Coffee Shops In Which To Sit For A Long Time

If you are broke like me you probably need a place to which you can escape.  Specifically, you need a place to go because your apartment is claustrophobically small.  In addition, it is helpful if the place serves very inexpensive snacks.  It is also an asset if the place allows

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08 May 2010

FREE Mission Prom Night for Grown-Ups!

For many of you high school students of yesteryear, prom night held a promise of glitz, glamour, crazy ‘œafter party’ opportunities, and the glimmering hope of awkward prom sex. If, however, you hated high school with a fiery passion and the mere mention of prom brings back horrible memories of

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08 May 2010

How To See Movies For Free

Last week, I went to a showing of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake for FREE thanks to this handy dandy thing called a “press pass.” I don’t think that blogging necessarily makes me a “press person,” but the people at this movie theater didn’t seem to care -‘“ nor

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08 May 2010

Nothing Says Spring Like A Nationally Televised Dating Show, Right?

It’s just so nice out! The weather is warm, the sun beats down on your face daily, supplying that much needed Vitamin D. The little doggies are looking as cute as ever with their shiny, new, trimmed coats, parading about the town on the leash of the townsmen. Oh the

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07 May 2010

Let’s All Nerd Out and Watch TV!

It struck me last night, after a brief hiatus from TV-watching that led to a wealth of DVR’ed Thursday night NBC Comedies, that I really like Television. Obviously I don’t like all of Television because most of it is total garbage, but there’s some great stuff on right now that

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