Thursday lunchtime linkage
Nuts to your New York nostalgia [The Daily Beast] How Brooklynites lived in 1978 [Messy Nessy Chic] Here comes a…
Men outside of BK can grow beards: The Times is on it!
Science has wondered for decades now: can men grow beards? Despite ample evidence through the centuries that yes, the male…
Punk rock MTA employee is the hero we deserve
Everyday New Yorkers can be heroes without a badge or running into a burning building. Take for example, MTA planner…
Mellow Pages turns down ExxonMobil’s sponsorship offer. Would you? [UPDATE]
[UPDATE: Here's the strange story of how this went down] Two days ago we told went over the story of…
Get back to the future and 19 other weekend ideas
1. See a talk on war, and how it's hell, from the survivors' points of view at Perspective Talks: Brooklyn…
Cat needs saving, you need friendship
Update: The Craiglist poster says she found homes for both this cat and a second one that magically appeared where she…
Who needs spring? Win cash with your best winter picnic
Speaking of keeping some perspective on the season, we firmly support efforts to keep up the good fight against winter,…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Your parents won't listen to your rap demo, but the NYPD might [New York Times] Whole Foods' knife-sharpening station is…
Get your free Mad Men haircut today
You want to be Don Draper, but there's just one problem: Who's going to take your unbridled chauvinism seriously when…
Let’s keep some perspective on the weather
I took this picture on July 27, in front of Alchemy in Park Slope, in the dead of the heat…