In order to laugh with this guy, he’d have to be laughing.

Most of the advice John Mariani gives in this “How to Take a Woman to Dinner” piece on Esquire is antiquated crap—don’t go Dutch? Stand when she leaves and returns to the table? That kind of behavior is for after you’re in a relationship, not at the beginning—but I did like this one bit of [...]

Sounds like Netflix has finally picked a side…it’s Blu-ray. 
Netflix Inc., the online movie rental company, said Monday it is switching exclusively to the Blu-ray format for high-definition DVDs, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba Corp.
Full Story [SFGate.com]

Esquire.com is running a short piece on Singaporean tailor who can turn out custom designer knock-off suits for about $600 a pop. And his employees seem to make a pretty fair wage, too, albeit not what would be paid to Saville Row cutters and sewers. [Esquire.com]

At a news conference in Brooklyn, state Atty. Gen. Andrew M. Cuomo said the arrests served as a message that “organized crime still exits. . . . We like to think it’s a vestige of the past. It’s not. It is as unrelenting as weeds that continue to sprout in the cracks of society.
Seems the [...]

Tom Petty’s performance at the Super Bowl was really sad for me. One great rock musician looking just tired and worn out — where was the hat? Where was the trademark sly and mischievous look? Petty looked bored and pissed he had to resort to playing this type of gig.I remembered that this documentary of the Traveling [...]

Sure, it’s not the best stand-up ever, but it’s worth it to get a taste of that sweet, sweet The Techno. [via POETV]

As you peddled away crying, I realized that I had over reacted. I was having a bad day and had just spent a lot of money on a new paint job, but pulling a gun on you was out of line. I’d like to make a formal apology in person. Over a bottle of wine [...]

All I ask on this most special of days is that you tell me what I have to look forward to in this coming decade. A sign passed to me lo just three nights past: a single ivory eyebrow hair arcing up past the others, stiff and proud.
My prediction: My the end of this decade [...]