Look on the Bright Side

"Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there."

~P.J. O'Rourke

Top Story

I finally made it on the local news. Top story, too.

Robert Muraine is the coolest mime ever

It's like if Marcel Marceau could dance. Skip the intro on the first video and go straight to the good stuff at the 1:00 mark.

Follow Your Heart

This was spotted on a gritty street in Oakland. The sidewalks must be trying to tell us something.

Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

From the Bloomberg obit:

The connection between man and woman is "a metaphor for everything else in life," he told Newsweek in 1985. In a 1990 interview with the Los Angeles Times, he said he was drawn to "love stories in which the obstacle is too great to finally be overcome."

Here's an interview with Pollack about one of his best films, "Jeremiah Johnson."

Big Booty Benefit

Some good news for people with big butts: it might help prevent diabetes.

Weather Molester

Check out the chyron. Let's hope that's a typo.

Stand Here

Screw the airlines. Just stop by the northbound R, W subway station at Prince Street.

An Amazing Mind

Definition of black

From Morehouse's first white valedictorian: "I've been here for four years and yet, I cannot give you the definition of black. I cannot tell you what a black man is. I really learned to look much deeper. It takes a lot of effort to know people."