New York’s currently: on a one-name basis with 500 people.
South Korea may send 10,000 troops to Iraq, probably for more U.S. support in dealing with its northern neighbor.
New Dem candidate Wesley Clark receives rave reviews from friends.
Half of Hamas’s $10 million budget comes from Saudis.
Brooklyn politics is a scrabble of party politics, pocket favorites, and fist-fights. Related: After two racial attacks this month, is Staten Island off-limits to blacks?
Finally: Turn your frankfurter into an octodog.
Find out if your address falls in New York City hurricane evacuation zones. Related: Walking directions to The Cracks of Doom.
William Wegman worries about his abs.
Excellent recent updates to Exploding Dog, including ‘How did this get my eye.’
North Brooklyn police blotter.
All-star line-up in the first issue of the New York Review of Books.
After dinner, everybody went back to Sofia’s room, and we watched MTV Europe. It was terrible, awful, like funeral music from another planet. Lillian Ross calls Bill Murray in Rome.
Vintage magic posters, 1890-1930.
Will delaying the California recall inspire fixes for New York’s decrepit voting machines?
The sketchbooks of typographer Joe Kral.
Wednesday is poetry-day with custom-written poesy for all $5+ donors [ note: as of 5:11PM, five poems written ]
