I don’t know who wrote this but make no mistake, YM is and will always be pro-lionization. The...
Oct 31st
Here’s one of those heartwarming stories about an exchange student from Turkmenistan in North...
Oct 31st
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad you didn’t become...
Oct 31st
NYTimes via Amy’s Robot: “Some 1,446 families entered shelter in September, city...
Oct 31st
Personally, I think Nate Hill is the shining example of “remix culture.” Lawrence Lessig...
Oct 31st
Gothamist has a really good Harry Shearer interview.
Has Colin Powell redeemed himself at all, in...
Oct 31st
It’s the last day of the Donors Choose Blogger Challenge and YM looks secure for the bronze in...
Oct 31st
Please, no tomatoes. The similarity was better when I...
Oct 31st
Where have you gone, Tamir Goodman? In the 1940s, they called it “Jew ball” -...
Oct 31st
“It’s totally not news that a socialite has her magazine column ghost-written for her. The...
Oct 30th
Chris Gage interviews Harry Shearer, who is playing at 92YTribeca with his band this Saturday, for...
Oct 29th
“I don’t want to sound cheesy, but I was watching the Obama campaign, and I was like, ‘I can...
Oct 29th
What’s that in the Highbrow-Brilliant quadrant of this week’s NY mag Approval Matrix?...
Oct 29th
Watch
Wyclef Jean and Hula Hoop Girl - Voodoo Fest 2008
I mocked Katie for taking me to this but it was...
Oct 29th
New Beginnings For Michelle
Actress Michelle Williams and producer/director Spike Jonze are...
Oct 29th
Can Obama Turn New Yorkers Into...
doree: That is the question I am asking in this week’s issue of The New York Observer! OK, but...
Oct 29th
spiers:
Emergency economic backup plan: dishwashing. I have...
Oct 29th
Remember the Design Won’t Save the World signage? Maybe it was wrong. Go here: Designism...
Oct 29th
Hey, it’s another edition of GPOYVW!!
That would be...
Oct 29th
I’m sort of grasping for what to say right now. You see, I giggled at this and then scampered...
Oct 29th
Thanks, Hez. (Don’t mind me, just practicing.)
Oct 29th
“There’s been countless adaptations of Milton Glaser’s iconic ‘I love...
Oct 29th
Know anyone who’s ever done this? I’m interested.
The Civilian Observer Ride Along...
Oct 28th
“I discovered a flaw” is the new “Mistakes were made”. Discuss.
Oct 28th
Watch
This video is not a Simpsons Mad Men intro spoof. It’s NoMeansNo.
Oct 28th
This was unintentional but YM has taken up residence on this Fimoc post. If you ever wanted to get...
Oct 28th
Kottke: “Crap! Apparently I’m missing a chili contest!” I would have rearranged...
Oct 28th
Since I’m the self-proclaimed Godmother of the New Sincerity, I think I’ve earned the...
Oct 28th
Rex votes for more Tumblettes and we’ll agree because that’s what we do these days.
Oct 28th
Oh, when I linked to this previous YM post (for like the third time), I remembered I found the...
Oct 28th
Blessed Week Ever:
Last Saturday, Jews around the world began reading the Torah once again. But...
Oct 28th
Today in Lionizing News!
· John Bogle (hey I know that dude) says eat the young: “As the...
Oct 28th
I, for one, am tired of lionizing bloggers.
Oct 28th
Damn Balk, if you’re trying to make us cry, it’s working! We recently met people who...
Oct 28th
One of the best things you can do for an impoverished community, especially one that used to depend...
Oct 28th
Watch
These guys are general contractors from Arizona who oversaw the site we were on and provided the...
Oct 28th
I still find Nick Sylvester, the YM blogger who almost was, to be one of the more entertaining...
Oct 28th
Choire: “This shit is SO OVER. Um… DeVry????”
I’m sure there’s a...
Oct 28th
I love my family because they know exactly how to rebut my...
Oct 27th
Yay! I am overjoyed at this. I knew all that time spent with Krucoff’s Caulk would pay off...
Oct 27th
Really been enjoying this blog lately and I rarely even cook for myself but what’s not to love...
Oct 27th
Interoffice Memo and More Radar Coverage: apparently, I’m going to now get paid by them for a...
Oct 27th
Here’s an October surprise: a Blottered post. Thanks(?), Malatron. The gun range beat is...
Oct 27th
From hope to despair in less than 5 seconds. I was heartened...
Oct 27th
This Is Radar. (Or, What A Difference A...
Baby Drama SNL: Missing Amy Poehler Where in tarnation was Amy Poehler on SNL this weekend...
Oct 27th
The walls of the Camp Salvage volunteer center in Waveland,...
Oct 27th
Caulktoberfest
Oct 26th
“Every January, the Kiwanis Club would assemble a stripped-down GM Suburban and park it on an...
Oct 26th
When in Biloxi Katie sez: ‘Play the body not the...
Oct 26th
Now that I think about it, I like Sufjan Stevens. I don’t care what anyone says.
Oct 26th
Katie Bathes
Oct 25th
YM is turning into a reformed alcoholic. More sanctimony, please. (Question: we can still bag on...
Oct 24th
Hey blogger with the blog that says the funny things about...
Oct 24th
Katie Bakes: ‘I’m so happy I’m...
Oct 24th
This is a picture of the guy from Mad Men except it’s...
Oct 24th
In one of the more
In one of the more colossal fuck-ups of my life, we missed our flight and the next one doesnt leave...
Oct 23rd
$20 and a hoodie for the 1st person to figure out the rest of this number.
Oct 23rd
Great interview with Chip Kidd talking about his new book, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman...
Oct 23rd
Hey my old YM chums! Here’s a very exclusive pic of...
Oct 23rd
Breaking: the MacGuffin is all aboard the New Jersey Transit. Developing…
Oct 23rd
Cunts Are Still Running The World
Oct 23rd
Today’s wisdom from the Prog Archives Message Board:
You know what album deserves way more...
Oct 23rd
Oh, someone asked so I’ll put it here. If you want to make a donation to the volunteer site in...
Oct 22nd
“I love all these guys,” she said. “Look, if I had to put my finger on it, I would say I am just a...
Oct 22nd
Once again, Denton leads and others follow.
Oct 22nd
Reviews of Things I Know Nothing About:...
Why does everyone pick on Portfolio? For one thing, noone seems to have anything nice to say about...
Oct 22nd
What I said: “If you want Mia to get us tickets for that concert, let me know. I’m totes...
Oct 22nd
This is the way you think you look when you dance to that song of Fugazi you like so well, but...
Oct 22nd
Did Katie really just talk me into this for Friday?? Wyclef, Joss Stone and Erykah Badu? Sheesh....
Oct 22nd
ninety9:
So what’s the over/under on Shelia quitting today? Pretty slim actually, post Downsized...
Oct 22nd
Cunts Are Still Running The World
On this day in 1934, bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd was gunned down by Feds in East Liverpool, Ohio....
Oct 22nd
I’m lucky enough to live across the street from P.S. 20 Anna Silver School, keeping my block a...
Oct 22nd
You really have to check out the comments on Peter’s latest campaign post. I think he has...
Oct 21st
Finally saw that Morrissey NFL commercial, via The Rumor Mule. OK, I will now go back to ignoring...
Oct 21st
Hey architards (I’ve been told that the suffix -tard can be used as a way to sound cool), if...
Oct 21st
How much has YM sucked the proverbial ass-blanket since it became a one-man operation a month ago? I...
Oct 21st
From today’s deals on Publishers Marketplace:
NON-FICTION: REFERENCE The Assimilated...
Oct 21st
“Dabbling in sincerity - another boring gamble.”
Been reading Bad Habits: A Love Story...
Oct 21st
New York vs. Real America
Broke Bankers Refuse to ‘Eat Shit and Die,’ Blog Instead [NY Press] Cordish abandons...
Oct 21st
Too ugly to get a job (yes, there’s a pic):
“I’m not tall. I’m not good-looking. I’m not...
Oct 21st
Ian MacKaye has been “taking on speaking engagements, delivering talks that take the form of...
Oct 21st
You Scratch My Blog...
NYC The Blog: NYTimes’ City Room Blog Removes Young Manhattanite From Blog Roll NYC The Blog...
Oct 21st
Conversations on Broadway: Charles Blow, Op-Ed columnist,...
Oct 21st
JTA’s Ben Harris reports from the Great Schlep and reels in the money quote:
“If I may say the color...
Oct 21st
So what extracurricular activities will Katie and I be doing in Mississippi this weekend? Apparently...
Oct 20th
36 Jews who have shaped the 2008 U.S. election. Interesting list that includes a man who’s...
Oct 20th
Some old woman is selling these paper dolls in Union Square....
Oct 17th
Watch
Hey man, I believe in you too. This guy is really, really into Paul Weller.
Oct 17th
Wait, Brian Van is released from jail on the same day of Rachel Sklar’s announcement to leave...
Oct 17th
I just checked the Talmud, bailing someone out of jail does not count as charity. Sorry, Brian.
Oct 17th
katiebakes:
johnmurray (regarding this)
This prick can stay home and educate his own kids then,...
Oct 16th
Not your grandparent's Y!
Do you like music? How about film? Perhaps comedy? Right, art and theater too? You’re in luck,...
Oct 16th
As my mother would say, “what kind of world do we live in?”
Jerusalem man suspected of...
Oct 16th
Hey, link-blogging is fun! I bet you’ve already seen this 100 times… Batman vs. The...
Oct 16th
This tirade against Nick Denton by economist Nouriel Roubini is the mostest superlative thing...
Oct 16th
Dashiell files his last Fleshbot post ever: Why Porn Matters.
Oct 15th
Rex pulls the trigger: “2009 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar photo shoot. A million words would not...
Oct 15th
Andrew Borin, 27, Video Editor/Former Jew Gang Member
What was it like growing up in Movieland?...
Oct 15th
katiebakes:
Krucoff, I’ll reblog your Radosh/Jacobs post if you admit to Tumblr that you genuinely...
Oct 15th
Funny dudes/writers Daniel Radosh, A.J. Jacobs and David Rakoff will be doing a talk at the Y this...
Oct 15th
Amazing site. Seriously.
Oct 15th
fek:
The second was a CNN item picked up by Big B earlier today. It’s a love story that...
Oct 14th
Outed? Relax, newfaceofevil! No one is questioning anything. We think it’s great and...
Oct 14th
OK, back to the new YM. To quote the great Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “When I was young, I...
Oct 14th
From Facebook: “Matt Harvey and Sheila McClear are now dating.”
YM deserves a...
Oct 14th
Dear Katie, when you’re done dissecting Gossip Girl to unearth the meaning of life, please...
Oct 14th
(via waksays)Honestly, we’re all Ryan Brown in this...
Oct 14th
Well, after a flurry of last minute voting, it was just announced that Donors Choose took 2nd Place...
Oct 14th
I meant to post this before, Emily Gordon’s Emdashes farewell. She’s one of the All Time...
Oct 13th
41 Nobel Prize winners. What’s in your wallet?
Oct 13th
Honestly, the Bank of Krucoff might have to institute a daily withdrawal limit. I’m a sucker...
Oct 13th
ninety9:
90 minutes to the Dow recording its largest one-day point gain ever. Which should return...
Oct 13th
I don’t know if these L.A. Moms include a Spears, Jolie-Pitt or just a bunch of Glendale MILFs...
Oct 13th
How much for the merkin? Sarah Palin Wig on Sheitel.com for $700. [via Haaretz via Eli]
Oct 13th
Who’s the mortal enemy of the Young Manhattanite? Los Angeles Moms, of course, and...
Oct 13th
Ah, the genteel Paul Krugman’s sweet voice talking prophetically about the American economy....
Oct 13th
Souls of Arab-American Folk:
Skip ahead a hundred years. In his latest book, How Does it Feel to be...
Oct 13th
Listen
Sleater-Kinney (Live on BBC) “Eye cream and thigh cream
How ‘bout a get high cream?...
Oct 12th
Nice headshot. From Unitas We Stand:
March 28, 1984....
Oct 12th
RUMOR UPDATE: Lock emails, “Wildly unsubstantiated.”
We’ll be following up to...
Oct 10th
While I appreciate the Obama supporters asking me for donations on 92nd Street and 3rd Avenue during...
Oct 10th
RUMOR ALERT: Lockhart Steele is considering the Mississippi trip. We’ll let you know when we...
Oct 10th
Looking for an American Kibbutz? (What? I am!) Try rural Virginia, though the term is Intentional...
Oct 10th
This Rice Bowl Kills Bread and Butter
Hey, another death of capitalism piece, this one from the British-based web magazine, 21st Century...
Oct 10th
If it’s Friday, it’s time for Kreepie Kats:
Pet owners are calling it disturbing and...
Oct 10th
Listen
I always end Yom Kippur by listening to Television’s “See No Evil.” (By always, I...
Oct 9th
YM does not promote consumerism but if Katie Deedy is involved, we’re buying. She...
Oct 9th
In publishing (be it journalism, blogs or books), it doesn’t matter if something is original...
Oct 9th
This Is A Youtube Video Of The MC5 Playing...
Oct 9th
This Is A Youtube Video Of The MC5...
Oct 9th
It’s official, the YM trip to help rebuild homes in Mississippi is happening the weekend of...
Oct 8th
New York’s Coolest Jews: Koch, Sklar, Matisyahu, Oxfeld, Roshan and Radosh.
Since...
Oct 8th
(via johnmurray)
To be honest, I imagine something more...
Oct 8th
I really wish someone in the media would do the “Let’s Explain the Financial Crisis to...
Oct 7th
Five Reasons Operation Ivy Should Reunite...
Oct 7th
I woke up this morning feeling like (maybe wishing to be) The Downsized Employee. Alas, I was not....
Oct 7th
Listen
I know, another old Fugazi song. Done and done but I’m in the mood.
Oct 7th
katiebakes: “I’d like to see Krucoff’s version of this.”
Would you believe the search...
Oct 7th
Last night, over green tea (no milk) and a trance soundtrack, we talked about horse racing. No one...
Oct 7th
Ritalin Reading tonight. I just heard about an unannounced special guest. You’d be crazy to...
Oct 6th
Straight Outta Dimona
Neal in Israel has more: The mighty Young Manhattanite has discovered Israel’s Black Hebrews (aka...
Oct 6th
I got addicted to The Jewish Channel over the weekend. (I tend to favor the Israel-related stuff....
Oct 6th
Emily Gould has been killing it lately with her recipes. (Shut it, I’m not stopping until YM...
Oct 6th
“The Downsized Employee does not want to give her old customers the sense she thinks she is so...
Oct 6th
Listen
Fugazi - “Merchandise”
Product placement is the future of entertainment? (Don’t...
Oct 6th
Alabama National Fair
Oct 6th
The Quotable Paul Johansen, assistant game management chief for the West Virginia Division of...
Oct 6th
Old Man Crump, the Lao-Tzu of Twin Falls: “See, when I was a kid I used to visit my Uncle Fred...
Oct 6th
Mary Francis (yes, that one) hopes to launch a progressive, secular radio station in Norman,...
Oct 6th
Cause of death: unknown. But it was probably the homeless...
Oct 3rd
From the YM email back-channel, Subject: Comedy jokes:
Oh yeah, I forgot Krucoff shut off the Tumblr...
Oct 3rd
A Day of Humanity and Peace
As much as I would love to watch and live-comment the debate tonight, I’ll be honoring Elie...
Oct 2nd
So, katiebakes.tumblr.com keeps directing me to broken links: here and here. Anyone else? It’s...
Oct 2nd
ninety9:
Good god. For this, we shut down the tum? For $75 I should get a beejer from Loren.
Ha,...
Oct 2nd
Last summer, Young Manhattanite made the leaderboard in the Donors Choose Blogger Challenge, besting...
Oct 1st
Depression in your 20s:
All the talk about economic woe is making the girl worry about losing her...
Oct 1st
I have only one thing to say to Ben Leventhal: dude, get me a date with Meghan Asha.
Oct 1st
Turning water into Red Bull, Nick Denton’s stint as...
Oct 1st