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Team Supersnack: Kicking AIDS In The Balls
March 21, 2008 – 5:33 PM | No Comment

Once again, Team Supersnack is fixing to thump AIDS in the goolies on the New York City AIDS Walk. We’ve got a hefty fund-raising goal this year — $50,000 — and I myself have taken …

Dewey Have Something To Share?
March 4, 2008 – 11:01 AM | No Comment

After posting about the Dewey Donation System last week, I got an email from Logan Kleinwaks, the president of an organization called Book Wish Foundation. Logan asked,

Dear Sarah,
I just found Tomato Nation through an article …

The Times Of Harvey Milk
February 22, 2008 – 11:06 AM | 15 Comments

Great documentary; it won the Oscar twenty-odd years ago. I knew who Milk was, and what had happened to him, but not the details, and my God what a crazy story — did you know …

The Dewey Donation System Annual Book Drive
February 21, 2008 – 1:05 PM | No Comment

It’s time once again for the annual Dewey Donation System book drive. My mom used to tell me, “Books are treasures,” and it may have been her profound aversion to the sight of a hardcover …

File under “U” for “Un! Comfortable!”
January 15, 2008 – 2:43 PM | 42 Comments

In case you haven’t seen the Tom Cruise Scientology-recruiting clip show that’s circulating these here Webs of inter-ness, you really owe it to yourself to check them out.Erin (or, as I like to call her, …

Russian Orthodox Guyzmas
January 12, 2008 – 10:11 AM | One Comment

Actually, I think Orthodox Christmas has come and gone, but it’s my go-to line for stuff that happens in early January — like tonight’s Guyz Nite show, which starts at 10 PM at Crash Mansion …

Shut up, Robin Scorpio
January 8, 2008 – 2:44 PM | 19 Comments

Miss Alli, Joe R, and I reminisce unfondly about the ’80s glory days of General Hospital on the Telefile. We’ve probably started to bore everyone else, but until someone can explain to me why Buzz …

New Year’z Eve
December 31, 2007 – 11:43 AM | 5 Comments

Guyz Nite is on the bill tonight at the Williamsburg Music Hall with Mr. Brownstone; the show starts at 9 PM.
Whatever you find yourself doing to ring in 2008, stay safe, don’t get too draconian …

Merry Guyzmas
December 17, 2007 – 8:42 PM | No Comment

And to all a good Nite! GN’s next show is Wednesday, December 19 at Crash Mansion. (It’s not listed on the site, which is irritating, so feel free to email CM HQ to mention that.) …

Guyz Nite Hits Road, Shelves
November 24, 2007 – 1:39 PM | 3 Comments

Finally I see one of the ads for Live Free Or Die Hard, and…it’s the one without music. Boo! But the DVD is out now. Word to the wise, though: Gunz “Mick” Bones tipped me …