Another Reason I Love Monkeys

In case anyone out there was unaware, I love monkeys. Their goofy little faces and tenacious little fingers make my heart melt, and their social aptitude and capacity for logic never fail to impress me! So when I read this article, I couldn't help but giggle a little. Monkeys. They really aren't so different from us humans.

It turns out that a group of Chimpanzees studied in West Africa have been caught trading meat for sex. And it works! Apparently those lady chimps just can't resist it.

I don't about you, but anyone who offers me free food is a winner in my book.

New Yorker's...

At it again!

Well, by "New Yorkers" I mean Nassau County-ers, and to be more specific, Hempsteaders.

Anyway, I applaud you for thinking outside the box. This clever little group of folks has found an economical way to keep the grass in their parks nicely trimmed - they've adopted some baby Nigerian dwarf goats to graze away! These little guys are currently "in training," but once ready they will be released into the wild grasslands of Hempstead's parks to practice their trade.



Not only that, but they have simultaneously considerably upped the cute factor of their entire county.

L Train Blog: Best. Idea. Ever.

Ladies and gentlemen: The L Train has a blog.

That's right. No longer will L-train riders be forced to use Craigslist Missed Connections like the rest of the fools in New York who take the F/V, the G, the E, or god forbid the 1/2/3 line. Now, they can comment directly to each other- maybe even in real time-in a designated cool-kids only location.

Envision this: You are a cute girl, or a cute guy, whichever the case may be. You're on your way to work in the morning, praying that you make it on time for your 10 am meeting and wondering why people schedule meetings first thing in the morning at all, when all of a sudden the train lurches to a halt precisely thirty feet from where you would have been able to make your exit. Instead you are stuck in the train tunnel and as time ticks by, you get bored and scan the rest of the train car for other cute guys or cute girls or whatever. And lo and behold: there is one! Across the car from you leaning on the doors, pretending to read his or her book but really just using it as cover to avoid having to look directly into the eyes of the person on the middle pole facing them.

Just as you make eye contact and perhaps the other person smirks at you or whatever, the train starts again. Damn, you think, I would post this on Missed Connections but he/she will probably never see it because after all, it's so cluttered up with people from the Lower East Side and the Bronx and fucking Long Island (memo to Long Island: get your own Craigslist). Then, you remember that the L Train has a blog! Bingo! The very second you emerge from the subway station into the world above ground, you whip out your iPhone (if you're an asshole who owns an iPhone) and check LTB (I'm sure it will have some ridiculous nickname or other).

And there under Most Recent Comments: "Sexy Stranger in third car from front, just now" You knew it! He/she WAS looking at you! Quickly you post a comment of your own below theirs, "Saw you looking, let's meet for a drink."

"When?"

"Now?"

But...you check your watch. You're already late for your 10 am meeting. The hell with it.

"Coffee?"

"Drinks"

You arrange to meet at a bar near Union Square in ten. You L-train kids don't fuck around.

In Response to Lisa's Post

I want this sticker from Nut and Bee to put on all my dental instruments next year. Did anyone know how much I love inanimate objects with smiley faces???

Brett And Roxy's Awesome Dining Adventure

Last night Brett and I went to Miceli's in Hollywood for some much needed Italian goodness.

We obviously started off at the bar. Brett ordered a Peroni and I asked for their cheapest glass of Pinot Grigio. Then we talked about how dumb the general population was while we waited for our table.

As soon as we sat down, we ordered fried calamari. Pictured is Brett's smiling hand.
Then we pretty much inhaled our dinners while the couples next to us whispered mean things about us.

Italian to go in Chinese take out boxes!

Adorable animal products!

I stumbled onto http://www.nutandbee.com/stickers/ by following a link from http://shirt.woot.com/, possibly the most nerdy of my regularly requented websites. The stickers and buttons sections of Nut&Bee are my fave, but I am torn about buying them because I'm 95% sure I could draw them myself.

What led me to the site was a shirt featuring the delightfully whimsical narwhal pictured at left. As a sidenote, I just discovered this creature existed like six months ago. It looks completely made up and mythical, no? Sadly, they are significantly more cute in cartoon form than in person.

Plans For The Weekend?

Every weekend, we are forced to to make the decision of how to spend our precious 2 days off.

Well friends*, look no further!

SnuggieFest '09 commences this Saturday at 751 Ninth Ave for all those New Yorker's out there. Please be sure to blog about it on Sunday.



*By "friends" I mean Lisa.