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Archive for March, 2006

Hot cuisine

by Dave Barber

( Food )

I’m sure more than one person has gotten academic tenure for writing about the cultural significance of pre-packaged, quick-preparation foods in post-World War II America. I can’t tell you much about that. But as a single guy and a lazy son of a bitch I’ve eaten my fair share of these mediocre staples, and as [...]

Four bar jokes

by Bryan Waterman

( Words )

1. A man walks into a bar and says, “Ouch.”

AttenCHUN!: My New York City neighborhoods

by E. Tan

( Geography and Life )

I’m looking over at the old desktop computer I purchased in Mesa, AZ, when I was 16 years old. That thing’s been all over the country and all over the city with me. My mom shipped it to Spanish Harlem, Lane and Bryan moved it to Bushwick, and my ex-girlfriend Amanda moved it to Gowanus [...]

First love

by Stella

( Love and Sounds )

I was 16 and the only boyfriend I had dated was the heir to a jam (read jelly) empire who kissed like a pug. All I remember was saliva. Attending a Catholic girl’s school, not having brothers, and living 20 miles from my friends due to my parents’ divorce were impediments to dating, [...]

Dear Cedric

by Cedric Cedarbrook, MD

( Health )

Dear Cedric,
When I’m having sex at the gym, should I do it before or after my workout?
Sincerely,
Jake G.