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Hurricane Irene: Did the media go overboard?
Like most New Yorkers, I've been wrapped listening and reading play by play how Hurricane Irene has been playing out since it arrived our way this weekend. From the web, TV, radio it all pretty amounts to the same...
Park Ave property developer Kent Swig will soon be looking for a studio in East New York.
Another one bites the dust...
If like most of us you've been financially rattled these last few months you have a spare shoulder with me to cry on, but that said I might have to shrug some of...
The (Il)logic of Free-seating in Theaters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II is the final film of a magical series that has enraptured millions worldwide, myself included, for over a decade. Such was my excitement over the film, which opened...
Why don’t you just be a man about it? Trying to figure out if a man should give up...
Not so long ago, I was seated on a crowded subway with a female friend. Whilst we were talking amongst ourselves an older woman, in her early 50's boarded the train and stood by us. It was obvious by...
The argument for oxytocin. Inducing empathy could save the world. But who really wants to live in a society...
Judging by the recent disharmony in the world one could be pressed to argue the root of what ails society is the degree of inequity when it comes to the distribution of resources and wealth. Which is...
How the internet came along and destroyed culture.
On the surface it almost sounds counter intuitive, that with the onset of the internet, more content, 24-7 of it, culture has been tampered with, with others even going so far as to say it has been destroyed. But...
String theory on a hunch by the beach.
"What are those nerds doing over there?" asks Jesmeen, a local teenager who just doesn't get it. Every Wednesday morning beach goers at Smith Point on Fire Island roll their eyes in wonder at a very unlikely sight.
Under a...
George Soros would like to explain how he stiffed his 28 year old ex gold digger girlfriend.
If I go to the press, will my billionaire ex boyfriend be forced to pony up change his mind about buying me a multi million dollar apartment? Or just how about suing his ass for $50 million for...
Welfare mother of ten insists that her 30 000 annual pounds allowance is not enough. Begs for handouts, but...
The plight of Moira Pearce has somehow caught the attention of the dailymail and its sister journals over there in the UK, which is to say her situation has either inspired the compassion of staff writers...
The tricky affairs of socialites who two time each other. Welcome to Brice Marden’s bickering bixches.
Oh dear, what to say, where to run to? It seems one of best kept secrets prizes in society, famed abstract painter Brice Marden has found himself in a tenuous position. What tenuous position you wonder? The ...
Meet the dubious cast of Bravo’s New Socialite Reality show; Most Eligible (Socialite Whores)…
Kids, my ears are still ringing like battle scarred dustbins left in the path of a super sonic Boeing jet pursuant to the incredulous news that Bravo somehow licked a few crumpled dollars together to get off...
Why This Economic Downturn Is Merely The Next Step
With the recent volatility in the financial markets and the drastic losses some of us have suffered financially, (which may include a lack of a job or your debts spiraling out of control) some of you might be tempted...
How the shifting class wars are now making their way to London streets and world financial markets.
There's a saying that goes something like this: In the US, the people fear the government but in Europe (like it or not the UK is part of Europe) the government fears the people. This might go...
Global Study: The secret to to getting laid is more gender equality, but in the meantime a sturdy bank...
According to a new global study, more gender equality leads to more sex. Which is to say in a round about way, there's more sex to be had in those nations where there is less sexism. Why...
Disgruntled Natural History Museum volunteer launches into a disillusioned tirade after he is told his services are no longer...
It must be hunting season, because in our mail box we’ve received the disgruntled musings of one San Diego Natural History Museum volunteer, a Mr Alan Bennett who took the time to write a heart to heart letter directed...
