2008

What desires lurk (and do not lurk) in...

I was looking to clear some space on the bookshelves without having to lug a big rippy paper sack...

I know I’m being lazy, but it’s kind of perfect:...

L.E.S. Jewels being arrested in July 2007. Photo from the...

““I just don’t want anybody else to get hurt,” Penley said...”
— “Antics out of hands,...

Someday a rain will come and wash inconsiderate dickbags...

A slight sense of vindication

I am well-aware that just because a restaurant is owned or invested in by a celebrity, that person,...

Berkeley students staring down members of the National...

A New Report From Our First Parafascist...

There is a book in the Shufflin’ Dance household, purchased some time ago by the voracious Mr....

From the FAIL blog.

“London’s Evening Standard newspaper quoted a...”
— “Trainee chef fried with...

From a series called “Smokin’!” on...

In which the born-again Chicago chef...

It puts the hydrocolloid gel in the liquid or else it gets the whisk again. Spike, that known master...

Dude, we sold a shitload of Lime Jello K-hole Coolers last...

A distasteful connection without a...

Those who have not familiarized themselves with sleazy entertainers from the 1920s are doomed to...

Quick, name something more flat-out...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan restaurant is offering a hamburger that costs $175 and is topped with...

 Today’s special is a raw nori roll with Sudafed...

Top Chef: in which any grooming is too...

Funny/sad: the opening credits, or, gallery of losers. Who’s sad Valerie? Cartoonish Erik and...

Nancy Botwin would not approve.

“According to documents filed in the case, Gonzalez, Jones...”
— “3 accused of using...

“Ok, Here we go, We really wanted to roll out on April 20th!...”
— Aka “Because I Got...

An "age of anxiety" daily google alert, the...

Bill O'Reilly totally has priorities,...

This fucking guy (who married a nice girl from my hometown) has called for a conference of parents...

The best result, of late, of having an "age...

““…if you accept my basic premise that the media...”
— Excerpted from”The...

I need a ride to Revelations, obvs.

I'm waiting for Showgirls: the Cookbook.

A Gooormay Dream Vacation, courtesy of...

Ming Tsai: Like his colleague Rick Bayless, Mr. Tsai is looking, of late, like a middle-aged lady...

If you can’t get enough, there’s this.

Read on the inside of a the ladies'...

“Metallica Rocks!!” “Metallica sucks” “YOU suck!” “fuck...

My mom emailed me pictures of these babies that are...

I wish I'd sent one of the cricket baskets to...

Is 3/31 the new 4/1?

How the Brooklyn, NY and the Phoenix, AZ...

Brooklyn: “The uniforms emphasized Russotti’s concern about the vulnerability of social...

“A young pro-war preacher, Harry Emerson Fosdick, wrote a...”
— From the first chapter of...

We got yr. block party right here, and it’s full of...

Some Admittedly Mean-Spirited Thoughts...

Fucking gingers. The producers seem to be forcing the appearance of an erotic connection between...

I dare you to go in search of your ‘roid-shrunken...

“People loved the zebra print pants so much that some men...”
— “Zubaz pants are...

Flossy, flossy.

What is it about being a meth-head that gives...

A Peeps show, in honor of yesterday’s celebration of...

He just sampled all three.

Seen in Miami

A boat that’s been christened with the name “Baja Panties” and a gentlemen’s...

It's time to stop pretending that...

At times, I feel that this summarizes what those [of us] who...

It’s made with bits of real panther, so you know...

“You vicious, spiteful, pompous inflated know-nothings. You...”
— From the comments that follow...

"Wait, what?" parts 1,988 to 1,990

How did I get through high school in the late 80s-early 90s never having heard of the band Jackyl?...

Will the ladies' version be called...

This morning’s NYTimes.com headline email contained the following text advertisement, right...

Dear co-workers with children and/or pet causes related to...

But if you wanna talk about her smarmy cameo in the...

Give Kirstie Alley a break, eh?

Coincidence.

“…As a result of the war, corporations have been...”
— Abraham Lincoln in a letter to...

 Downtown Gary, Indiana in the mid-1950s.

Oh, hey, were you gonna finish that...

This gentle person scam artist would like you to know about her toe-reading business. 

Inimitable, for medical reasons.

Oh god NO. But also YES.

When in doubt, memorialize with cake. See you in 10 days,...

Third prize is, we occupy your country and put all of your...

always be waterboarding.

From today’s Salt Like Tribune, a news item about the supervisor at a motivational coaching...

Who's the fucking nihilists around here, you...

There's GOT to be a better WAY!

The road to hell, and a real-life Idiocracy, is paved wth devices that assist the intentionally...

“Say, Bill, maybe I’ll just stick forks in your...

Saturday afternoon reverie with...

1:51 pm Sat 3/01                   Tom & Jerry NR Family/Children. Cat Tom and mouse...

I’d like someone to play the most dangerous game with...

There's kind of a take back the night quality...

I do not feel good about this person,

Zbigniew Brzezinski, who is Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisor.

Via nataliedee.

"It's like God's vagina."

Seth Rogen laughing at himself is funnier than a lot of deliberate comedy. And kudos to him for...

World's most irritating, unselfaware yet...

GOD, Julia Allison. I have really tried not to pay any attention to you here at Shufflin Dance,...

What happens when you google "sanctimonious...

From a great series of photos called “Gawkers”...

Maybe they meant spotted dick.

 For a while, they tried to change the name to Spotted...

When big pharma marketing meets Latin...

[links NSFW if you don’t want co-workers making assumptions about your health]  “Hi, my...

The salty salmon sea.

Miss McDonald, seen here in her good-humored, shorts-wearing...

Come for the white-hot bitterness, stay for...

“Walking home to her Upper East Side apartment, she said,...”
— “Are Americans Hostile...

apartment therapy

“But, in order for them to truly enter into whitedom, they...”
— Stuff White People Like (full...

Natalie Portman seems conflicted about having...

An open letter to the New York Daily News.

Parsing the Blue Press.

There are hunters and gun enthusiasts in the family, and sometimes those people require holiday...

In an ideal world I would work for someecards.

It's hard to find SNL videos online but...

My heart belongs to Showgirls.

This only makes me want it more.

How Do They Make Money?

Another safe garment — a onesie? — for the...

Naked chickens, genetically engineered for the benefit of...

“Factory-farming conditions are like living in apartment...”
— “Understanding Food...

Jim Garrison’s grave, Metarie Cemetery, 2:45 pm,...

"It would aim to keep Whoppers and Big Macs...

God, I miss Carol.

T-minus six months before New Yorkers with...

“wealth in the face of poverty is an assault on our...”
— Graffiti, abandoned Canal...

“It’s regular old potato salad, deep-fried. It’s...”
— Waitress, New Orleans,...

Is this part of the penance due from CBS over...

I’m pretty sure I can pick up one of these at the...

Pass the paper bag that holds the...

Shufflin’ off to New Orleans’ Carnival and the Krewe of Orpheus ball. Still have not...

Slate takes on the 2 Girls 1 Cup reaction...

Tipping out a little coffee this morning for friend’s...

Awww, nuts.

“Viradouro’s parade theme is ‘Shockers’ and...”
— “Holocaust-themed Rio...

Sean Young: “I’m going to the drunk tank! Yay!...

Smacking down those who believe that...

2nd Ave subway tunnel, via Gothamist.

I am often tempted to overreact to people...

“He does so much good but it is so offset by all his...”
— “Something is Deeply...

“None of this matters.” 

Seriously, he’s kind of a dick.

Maybe don't have your kid's party at...

A lot of bad things happen in restaurants, according to my Google alerts. For every soft-pedal...

So awesome. When I did a search for “Obama wins in...

It sounds like the string of words in the...

Field of beisbol.

Fancy restaurant cookware and stovetop.

“Dear Us Reader, When I heard that Brad Renfro died, I...”
— The ever-sensitive Janice Min,...

If only there were a helmet to help me knock...

Coming up on the 5th anniversary of...

I came across this very funny/tragic and well-produced video satire while checking my daily Google...

When I Googled “homegrown terrorist&