I was recently reading an online article by The New Yorker‘s David Grann. It was a very interesting story about assassinations, secret plots, and systemic corruption in Guatemala. You should all spend your next three lunch hours reading it.

A little ways down the first page, just a few inches away from a picture of a dead body, was this cartoon (which The New Yorker does not want me to post on my blog).

I know The New Yorker‘s cartoons are a famous tradition. I also know that many people, including Elaine Benes and myself, are confused by them. They aren’t funny. They don’t have any relation to the articles they appear alongside. They aren’t funny.

Do any of you have any information about the endurance of these cartoons? If so, could you also explain why someone would pay over $100 for a print … Read More »

So apprently the new look sweeping the hipper parts of New York City is “The Elaine,” as in, Elaine Benes on Seinfeld. Yes, trendy women are rocking floral dresses, blouses with lace insets, and denim jackets with fringe. I guess this is no worse than the other ridiculous trends Chloe Sevigny has started, but really, this is a trajedy. Elaine looked dorky and square in the early ‘90s, and her look is no better today. So let’s keep our heads about us, middle America, and sit this trend out.

This is Elaine saying, “Seriously?” to those New York girls.

Some notes from the article in the New York Times about this trend:

Chloe Sevigny says she doesn’t have a TV. Those people drive me nuts. People who broadcast the fact that they don’t have a TV only do so because it … Read More »