Angels and Others

I’ve failed the doughnut test. As I was whining about my dead-end no-pro (not for profit) job, one hour and ten minute subway commute (a trip, which is slightly longer and just a little bit more uncomfortable than a WW II prisoner of war transport) and my 25 pound weight gain my friend Joni gave me the news. “You’ve failed the doughnut test, ” she said. The Doughnut Test is rather simple. If you can make it from the subway to your desk without first stopping at the doughnut cart you pass. Buy any of the myriads of delicious glazed treats you…fail. To say that I have simply failed the Doughnut Test is a well…a gross understatement. I have not only failed the Doughnut Test I have also failed the Muffin, Cruller, Cookie, Brownie, Cinnamon Bun and Rugula Tests as well. This morning as I stood on line at the little silver house of love (i.e. the doughnut cart) with the other pastry failures I became awed by the sheer numbers of these rolling huts of joy throughout the city and the numbers ...

This is a very funny spot for French Cable/Movie Channel Canal +. The woman speaking is telling her friend about a great movie she's just seen, Brokeback Mountain. Her friend has no idea what the film is about and the results are hillarious. The tag line at the end of the spot translates out to .."There are so many movies that deserve to be seen"

Happy Year of the Pig

Those of you familiar with New York summers may have a hard time recognizing this as the entrance to the harbor at Fire Island Pines. With a brutal chill in the air, however, summer seems a long way off... Via Towleroad

Since tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day we thought we'd give you something romantic and a little bit hot. So...some footage from Smallville and a pop song and you have a love story for our time, Superman Loves Aquaman . We always knew those two were more than just Super friends . Don't even get us started on Zan and Jayna.

ThinkProgress puts it all in perspective : The death of Anna Nicole Smith yesterday was a feeding frenzy for the national media, and coverage of the war was drowned out: NBC’s Nightly News devoted 14 seconds to Iraq compared to 3 minutes and 13 seconds to Anna Nicole. CNN referenced Anna Nicole 522% more frequently than it did Iraq. MSNBC was even worse — 708% more references to Anna Nicole than Iraq.Then PLEASE go to ThinkProgress and watch the video compilation of the coverage, it's hysterical.

We saw this kicky little piece on the web and had to share. It's the story of Namjatown a Tokyo theme park devoted entirely to gyoza . You can find the story and some cool pictures here . We are booking a flight to Japan as we speak. Hope the tamari pool isn't too crowded .

"At long last, I found the strength to come out to my family, my friends, and even my co-workers, to say right out loud, I’m Troy and I’m gay, but I hope that isn’t the most interesting thing about me. I’m just like you: I like to stand around in the rain and get caught in barbed wire and defecate while I’m asleep. And the amazing thing was—it was no big deal. Everyone nuzzled me, and my mom said that deep down she’d always known, and that she’d hoped that I’d grow up to be an artist or a performer or a cashmere crewneck. Of course, Little Bo Peep, my shepherdess, got a little teary at first. 'Are you sure?' she wondered. 'I mean, you’re so masculine.' And I informed her that being gay doesn’t mean you have to act like a hummingbird or a Chihuahua. And then she asked, very confidentially, 'Is it true about Elsie the cow? And Ellen?' And I just rolled my eyes and said, 'Darling.'" Via The New Yorker

Even though it's freezing here in New York we couldn't help but share the amazing sculptures form this week's Sapporo Snow Festival in northern Japan. ワウはそれ今日冷たいである。

To spite the recently released report that the human race has irrevocably fucked up the planet and that the earth is getting warmer and warmer... I'M FREEZING . and oh yeah... Google has finally gotten it's tech issues taken care of so you'll be seeing regular posts again. And you were worried.