10 March 2004

  • New York's currently: scrambled, cheeseless
  • Sniper John Allen Muhammad receives death sentence in Virginia courtroom; Lee Malvo awaits sentencing today.
  • New poll shows 51 percent of the U.S. favors legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples, while support for state-by-state decision on same-sex marriage is back up.
  • The young couple from Brooklyn did a scene from The Princess Bride, with [him] turning in a fine Wallace Shawn impersonation, complete with lisp. Movioke night in the East Village brings out the actor in you.
  • Man killed in induction ceremony at Masonic lodge in Long Island; death believed accidental.
  • Lance Arthur has part one in his product and technique guide for the groomed man.
  • CD.C. says unhealthy eating and inactivity will overtake cigarette smoking in 2005 as the number-one cause of preventable death in the U.S. Related: A compiled menu of fast-food restaurants' nutritional information.
  • Palestinain militant and mastermind of 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Abu Abbas, dies while in U.S. custody. Related: Family of sole Lauro casualty Leon Klinghoffer says Abbas avoided justice; in 1996, Abbas termed Klinghoffer's death a mistake.
  • U.S. teenagers who vow to abstain from sex display same rate of STDs as sexually active teens.
  • Intense: beautiful panoramic photos of various locales in Great Britain.
  • 37 StabwoundZ is not from the good people at 37signals. Probably.
  • Eating racoons, mealworms, nutria, and scorpions ('in there as a hidden secret') at the Explorers Club anniversary dinner.
  • Let art into your life, but not all art: The Museum of Bad Art.
  • Mr. Choire Sicha on Mr. Anderson Cooper, Superstar.
  • Veterinary-center assistant houses monkeys in his Manhattan apartment, loses them to animal-control raid, vows to bring them back home.