Internerd, I need your help ( Read more... )

Happy St. Patrick's thingy. Samantha is, appropriately for a traditionally drunken holiday, at a bachelorette getaway in Killington, Vermont for the weekend. My ex-roomie from my last apartment-- a prototyplical Lawn-Guyland chyck who still hilariously finds the Friday-night Meatpacking District scene to be a fun time-- invited me to a party at ( Read more... )

I have an extra ticket to tomorrow's (Saturday's) taping of ESPN's Quite Frankly (Stephen A. Smith's talk show), at the Hotel Pennsylvania In Manhattan (arrival time 3:30 PM). First person to respond gets it.

Writer of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” Finally Gets His Paycheck

Solomon Linda’s family reaches big settlement over classic African tune.

As is Samrat's monthly wont, at chez Samrat in SoHo, NYC:

.februarySALOUNGE ( Read more... )

I'm not a big fan of thespoof.com anymore (they've made the writing process more difficult and impersonal in last month or so; anyone know a good place to write humor for fun?), but I came across a really good, dry-as-a-bone story today I though some of you would enjoy.

Dozens Eagerly Await Release of Greenspan Memoirs

Even freakier. Take your best shot. You may post anonymously, of course, although I'm all about the constructive criticism. (That said, please do this one only if you know me well in real life ( Read more... )

Oo, oo, do me next!

http://kevan.org/johari?name=warren

Once again, I'm back in south Florida, this time in Delray Beach, visiting my folks at their timeshare-ish apartment overlooking the Atlantic (no Intercoastal Highway for them anymore, thank you very much). I rescheduled my return flight, originally Sunday evening, because of the current Blizzard of '06, so I'll be back in NYC by Tuesday afternoon ( Read more... )

As a capper to a great birthday three-day weekend, Sam & I went to a small birthday gathering for one of her former co-workers, who happens to have just moved to Smith St. & 3rd St. (a decent walk from our[!] apartment, though we got lucky and caught convenient G trains and took them one stop in either direction to reduce the freezing walk). We ( Read more... )