It’s September 30th, 2009 which, as you all know, is just three days shy of that life-altering moment we’ve all been waiting for: the release of the Cocoon by Chanel line. You know the one, it’s got Lily “fake retiree” Allen in the…

When I was growing up on the New Jersey shore, my local newspaper was The Asbury Park Press. A fine local newspaper. When I was in high school, the Press had, like many small papers, a weekly Police Blotter, reporting recent arrests and criminal activity…

Slate claims that no one wants to be a dentist anymore, and that everyone hates them because of the movies. (There may be some truth in that! But I think people hated them first. Mostly people hate them because people hate dental work and are suspect of anyone who would…

Some of you ladies sure seem pretty upset over this Roman Polanski rape (or whatever it was, maybe actual rape-rape) thing: “Maybe you aren’t aware-and really, thanks to author Robert Harris for pointing this out in today’s…

Two weeks ago, MTV’s Video Music Awards embraced the liveblogging concept, hiring Internet personality-construct iJustine to preside over mentions of the show on the microblogging…

“’This is the nightmare scenario,’ said Chris Yates, an aviation security consultant.” Sounds pretty scary! What exactly is he talking about? Al-Qaeda suicide bomber Abdullah Asieri, who attempted to assassinate a Saudi prince using a new, silent but deadly technique.

What Did Google Buy, and Why?

This map of companies purchased by Google is insanely useful because first you realize that you have no…

Because why not, here’s Jude Law on the Jimmy Fallon thing reciting Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” And this day started with such high hopes! [Via]

Nice one, E!: “Dennis Hopper’s reportedly taken an uneasy ride to an emergency room.” The report says that the actor was brought into the emergency room wearing an oxygen mask; how hard would…

Everyone who was hyperventilating about yesterday’s Senate Finance vote on the public option needs to take a deep breath: “[W]hatever clears the Senate will have to be reconciled with the House version-which may well contain a Rockefeller-style…

Commenter NicFit: “It must have been a real strain, everyone being so mad about this for the last 30 years.”

I rather enjoyed this Times Dining piece on the pepperoni rolls of Appalachian West Virginia. The roll, “a yeast-risen stub of white bread, seams bursting with coins of Hormel pepperoni, bottom tinged russet by the meat’s aromatic…

Just another day: Conservative website Newsmax is distancing itself from an article by a longtime columnist endorsing “endorsing a potential military coup as the only way to solve the ‘Obama problem.’” Here’s an excerpt.

“Christopher Christie is still ahead in the Garden State, but when he looks in the rear-view mirror, he sees the bearded visage of Gov. Jon Corzine getting closer,” says Quinnipiac’s Maurice Carroll of a recent poll showing the incumbent governor down by a mere four…