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Hee, “fungoes”
April 9, 2007 – 8:20 PM | 2 Comments

It’s a funny word.   And now it’s a blog also.

Hockey hair optional
April 9, 2007 – 1:38 PM | 7 Comments

Joe R could use some help here, folks:

Need: a bar that’ll be showing the Islanders-Sabres playoff game next Friday night.
It’s for a Sabres fan (obviously), so on the off chance that some
Buffalo expat has …

Needed: bar in 212
April 6, 2007 – 11:22 AM | 8 Comments

We’d like to go out and watch the game tonight but we can’t settle on a place.   Desired specs:
1. Below 23rd Street; west side of Manhattan preferred
2. Not a super-crowded hipster joint — more …

The Vine: April 6, 2007
April 6, 2007 – 11:07 AM | 53 Comments

Dear Sars,
I’m a feminist, and I love your “Yes, You Are” piece. I’ve even printed it out and brought it into classes when there have been debates about feminism and misogyny. But now I’m …

The Vine: March 9, 2007 Part II
April 5, 2007 – 8:33 AM | 6 Comments

Hi,
I was wondering whether you or your readers could help me out with a book title I’ve forgotten. I read the book in early high school. It’s a dystopian science fiction novel about futuristic society …

You’ll never believe who weighs 18.8 pounds
April 4, 2007 – 4:37 PM | 53 Comments

Besides Nicole Richie, I mean.  
Sarah: Lift with your legs.
Vet assistant: Heh heh.   …Oo-fah, my back.
Sarah: Like I said.
Dr. Dan: I thought you were going to put him on a diet.
Sarah: I did put …

The Vine: March 9, 2007
April 4, 2007 – 8:55 AM | 120 Comments

Hey, Sars,
I have an 11-year-old bookworm who is quiet at school, and who has been somewhat down lately, middle school is just not what he had hoped it would be. While at first he loved …

April 4: Housekeeping
April 4, 2007 – 8:53 AM | No Comment

Apologies.   I don’t know what happened yesterday afternoon, and I don’t know  how Bluehost fixed it.   Sorry for the outage; thanks, Bluehost.
Archives.   Still working on re-timestamping everything; hope to finish this week. …

Baseball Linksplosion!
April 3, 2007 – 1:28 PM | 8 Comments

The only semi-suck thing about the beginning of the season is all the off days, so I’ve put together a little list of the baseball/sports blogs I check regularly in case, like me, you need …

The jerk store called
April 3, 2007 – 1:13 PM | 27 Comments

It’s from an old-ish issue, but I just yesterday ran across Time Out New York‘s Con Ed Awards For Bad Service.   I think they went too easy on Duane Reade — zombies aren’t usually …