• To some, apparently, the five-second rule applies even on the subway. [Tien Mao's Little Read Book]
• One could argue it's redundant to grammar-cop a neighborhood that is itself grievously misdefined, but, still, all those extra apostrophes in Coney Island really are unforgivable. [Banterist]
• When Alex Balk sets out to test his hypothesis, we want to be his research assistants. [TMFTML]
• David Patrick Columbia goes to Buckingham Palace, where he becomes likely the first person ever to describe Prince Charles as "looking impeccable." [New York Social Diary]