No Red Herring
This is "Queen Beatrix of Holland.":http://www.digital-dreams.nl/realdutch/queen.htm As Dutch tradition has it, she's the first to sample the Northern European nation's herring catch.
This year, the catch be...
A Cut Above The Rest
The "dropping circumcision rate":http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/18/circumcision.decline.ap/index.html in the U.S. has made the news and has once again sparked debate over the age old question: Which do you p...
RIP Gertel’s Bakery
"Gertel's Bakery":http://nymag.com/listings/stores/gertels_bakery/ is "closing this Friday":http://racked.com/archives/2007/06/18/breaking_gertels_bakery_closin.php, June 22nd. So hurry up and make your pilgrim...
Pope of the Road
The Vatican has set forth the "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road," a "list":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6768395.stm of dos and don'ts for the everyday motorist. The BBC News reports that, The d...
Goodbye CBGBs, Hello vLES
If you haven't heard about this ridiculousness yet, check out _Vice_ Magazine's new site, the "Virtual Lower East Side":http://www.vles.com/ (vLES). As if Second Life weren't creepy enough, now you can sit at y...
Eugenics is For the Dogs
Dog eugenics is becoming huge in dog breeding and racing circles. "Says":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/science/12dog.html?_r=1&oref=slogin the _New York Times_, it's "free of most of the ethical concerns......
I’m Loving It
Here's a "special little ad":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyxNoMO515o brought to my attention by _Heeb_'s British filet-o-fish-loving Creative Director.
Hilarious advertising is just more reason why this ...
Last Minute Shopping
Still looking for a Father's Day gift? "_She's On Top: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance and Male Submission_":http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Top-Stories-Dominance-Submission/dp/1573442690 edited by "Rachel Kramer...
Here, Piggy, Piggy
Frank Bruni, the _New York Times_' beloved (and "hated":http://www.slate.com/id/2160474/) restaurant critic "reveled in the fatty deliciousness that is pork":http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/pi...
Two Rabbis Walk Into a Reception Hall
To show their support for same-sex couples, a straight rabbi couple (one of whom works at New York's LGBT synagogue Congregation Beth Simchat) are planning an all-out Conservative Jewish wedding "without the ma...
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to the Pasture
Time will tell whether "_Eagle Vs Shark_":http://www.eaglevsshark.net/ (hitting theaters today) and "_Flight of the Conchords_,":http://www.hbo.com/conchords/ (premiering on HBO this Sunday) end up doing for Ne...
Clash of the Titans
In a moment of blind rage, eBay has "pulled its ads from Google":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6755789.stm. Apparently, the online auction site spends around $25 million a year advertising on Google, so t...
