Some guy from New Jersey is auctioning off a New York phone number with a "coveted" 212 area code on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $1 million. Who on earth is terrible enough to pay that? No one, hopefully. But "Carmen" is giving it a shot! He explained how people's insecurities will make him rich to the Daily News:
Intrepid Daily News reporter Irving DeJohn has one of the better jobs in media. He gets paid to get "high" on video and dance like Gene Kelly! DeJohn convinced his editors that he should buy some salvia, a dorm-size bowl, and get high on the street. So, what happened? As you can see in the video above, DeJohn was underwhelmed by the experience, and lamented the fact that he didn't see any goblins or have the chance to float over the Empire State Building. That's understandable, since salvia falls under the fake drugs category. But, we've got a suggestion! Tell the culture desk that you need some PCP — You get dusted, fight a cop, and maybe even carjack a cab. You'll have a one way ticket to Central Booking! Not that's an experience.
There are times when taser justice is overkill — rushing a baseball field, riding a bike, being a grouchy granny, and so on. But some blatant violations of the law most certainly do deserve a tasering (sometimes with a macing on top). Violations like double parking your car, as 26-year-old Brooklyn security guard Jonathan Zimmerman did outside of his friend's house last April. From the Daily News:
Rejoice! The Barefoot Contessa recap is back! On today's brand new episode of Ina Garten's rich (in many ways), televised culinary compendium, East Hampton's HBIC sank her teeth into—and got some intense pleasure from—a cornucopia of good eats.
Real Housewives of New York star LuAnn "Crackerjacks" de Lesseps, an American countess, lives a life of rarefied class and privilege that us gutter dwellers can only dream of. So what is it like for her when she and her lordling children decide to see how the common man lives? Well, it is very frightening! But also enriching. In an interview with Brick Underground, the noblewoman discusses one such experience, riding a New York City subway car.
Oh, the poor Transportation Security Administration. There was the uproar over full body nudie scanners, which culminated when a TSA worker beat the shit out of a colleague over some small penis jokes. Then came the bro who sparked the ridiculous nationwide "don't touch my junk" thing. And just when TSA workers thought they were in the clear, a Post EXCLUSIVE chronicles some more recent failures.
W. Aldon James Jr. has been the president of the National Arts Club, a tony and pretentious group of New York City "arts" lovers, for 20 years. Lately he's turned crazy and, according to a former employee, very racist!
This video of a guy hacking into various video screens in the Times Square area with an iPhone would be pretty damn awesome if it weren't probably fake. Also, if you're going to go the trouble of hacking into the screens, why put up a boring video of yourself when there is a lot more exciting footage out there just waiting to be foisted on unsuspecting audiences?
It's been a while since we last heard news about Carl Paladino — Buffalo's millionaire slumlord-turned failed New York gubernatorial candidate. Well, the Buffalo News has an update on our favorite Tea Partier from the north! Crazy Carl has decided that he doesn't need to pay the campaign staffers, consultants and vendors who helped him run against Andrew Cuomo. According to ex-staffers interviewed by the paper, Paladino still owes out about $130,000 in various fees and salaries. According to ex-staffer Tim Suereth:
Carl Kruger is a Democratic state senator from Brooklyn. His vote against gay marriage last year was crucial in stopping the measure in New York. Funny thing: He lives with his gay lover, who's the bagman in their bribery racket.
70 year-old Dorothy Williamson, a former Queens resident, currently lives in an Upper West Side apartment for $99/week. According to the New York Post, she used some weird legal loophole which allowed her to become a permanent resident at the Imperial Court Hotel where she was staying as a "tourist." (To the chagrin of the hotel's management.) Sure, the room is populated with plastic furniture and resembles a tomb. But Upper West Side! 79th Street! You basically have to have $1 million in the bank just to walk on the sidewalk.
Ken "Accountant to the Stars" Starr has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for his $30 million Ponzi scheme, through which he bilked the likes of Uma Thurman and Martin Scorcese. Of course his ex-stripper wife will wait patiently for Starr, even though he will no longer be there to buy her $70,000 bracelets with stolen money.
You know the difference between the putrid air of the metropolitan area and the searing sting of fresh air out in the country. But which cities are the most toxic? A new study finds out.
