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Josh Bernstein Willingly Walks the Extra Block to Save a Quarternew
“Daddy's thirsty,” I said, as my girlfriend and I emerged from our Brooklyn subway stop. Of late, I’ve referred to myself as daddy, though, much to my mother’s chagrin, we are not expecting children. “Daddy wants a beer.”
New York Press |
Josh Bernstein |
02-25-2010 |
Shopping
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey Takes 16-year-old Fiancéenew
The smitten guy in this story is Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a 44-year-old self-described vampire from New Jersey. The object of his affection is 16-year-old Paige Brewer, a troubled kid who walked out on her mother, Jillian Moen, and their Mound home six months ago.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
02-24-2010 |
Culture
Here's a Way to Deal with Problem Geese, Deer and Crabs: Eat Themnew
It can get you into the great outdoors and help the environment. It taps into the locavore craze and the foodie mania for eating weird shit. It can even (if you're so inclined) allow you to kill things with a clear conscience.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
02-24-2010 |
Food+Drink
Bombs, Burns and Coloring Books: Decoding Graffiti with Kobie Solomonnew
Before getting into the charred thickets of east Detroit, you'll pass the old train yard. In certain areas you'll see stray dogs, vagabonds, curious shutterbugs, countless pounds of broken glass and gnarly graffiti art. It's been that way for decades.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
02-23-2010 |
Art
Too Much of a Bad Thing: The Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addictionnew
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, viewed as the bible among shrinks, doesn't recognize pornography addiction as an official disorder, although scientists in recent years have become more vocal about the notion.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Knight |
02-22-2010 |
Tech
The Winter Olympics Have Meant Big Business for Granite Curling Clubnew
Curling had a coming-out party during the 2006 Olympics in Turin, surprising everyone by besting more traditional winter sports like figure skating and hockey in the television ratings. Soon, curious Seattleites began to trickle into the club, eager to try their hand.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
02-22-2010 |
Sports
Chef David Chang of Momofuku Muses on Eating Everythingnew
From pork-heavy menus to rock-heavy soundtracks, from spare plywood interiors to "no VIP" online reservations, New York chef and restaurateur David Chang has developed a reputation as a nonconformist. He also has a tendency to drop F-bombs in conversation.
INDY Week |
Jane Hobson Snyder |
02-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
CHAT Festival Ponders the Mix of Arts, Technologies and Humanitiesnew
With the advent of multiplatform, multigenre phenomena like the blockbuster film Avatar, the long-perceived boundaries between technology, arts and science are starting to crumble.
Tags: CHAT Festival, technology
Will Monsanto's Sweet 'EverMild' Tearless Onion Whet a Discriminating Palate?new
St. Louis-based Monsanto has a plan to make sweet-onion farmers weep. The seed company last week unveiled a tearless onion that it's dubbed the "EverMild," modeled after the famous Vidalia sweet onion from Georgia.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
02-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
L.A. Street Food Fest: Was it Worth All the Waiting?new
Along with several thousand others last weekend, I attended the L.A. Street Food Fest, which featured 30 or so food trucks, oceans of frothing Singha, and a DJ. One's experience of the event depended — like an evening with Kogi — on how much time one was willing to spend waiting in line for a sandwich.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
02-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
'Mass Effect' Sequel is Dark and Intensenew
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts; Xbox 360; rated mature), the second installment in a planned trilogy, takes place two years after Commander Shepard saved civilization from destruction by a horde of machines.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Blaine Kyllo |
02-18-2010 |
Video Games
The Bruichladdich Distillery, an Island Unto its Ownnew
If your image of Scotland is that of loyalty mixed with fierce independence, then it is Bruichladdich distillery that best embodies that image today.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kevin McLean |
02-18-2010 |
Food+Drink
Rachael Flatt is OK About Being Overlookednew
Rachael Flatt knows better than to label herself the favorite in women's figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Flatt, the Cheyenne Mountain High School senior fresh off winning the 2010 U.S. championship, generally is considered to have only an outside chance at a medal here at the Vancouver Games.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
02-18-2010 |
Sports
Tags: Mirai Nagasu, Rachael Flatt
By Encouraging Skaters to 'Command the Ice,' Coach has Commanded Respectnew
Tom Zakrajsek of Colorado Springs has spent 21 years patiently working and waiting for the moment when he finally could call himself an Olympic figure skating coach.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
02-18-2010 |
Sports
Animated Cartoon: In Search of the Democratsnew
Why Dems don't exist.
