Nate Silver of 538 applied his mad quant skillz to ranking neighborhoods in NYC. I like that one of my old hoods, Sunnyside, Queens, made the list at number 3. It's all about the Irish bars.
Penelope Trunk writes that productivity is about finding space. I think productivity is about having my kids in school for five consecutive days without school vacations or medieval diseases.
It's no surprise to anyone that I have a weakness for political gossip. Ergo, I love the Sarkozy's. Between Carla's Euro-trash album and her bad plastic surgery, they're an awesome political couple. Now we have more. Rumors have them both messing around. Sweet!
Apt. 11d 
Do you think there’s actually something important in political gossip (I’m skeptical, at least about most of it. Who cares is what’s her name had plastic surgery?) or do you like it merely for the prurient interest?
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Hey! Whassamatta prurient?? I feast on this stuff. Larry Craig wide stance. The Appalachian Trail. John Edwards’ Love Child, and trying to barricade himself in the hotel bathroom. Toesucker Dick Morris. It’s all good.
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I’m with Dave and Laura on this. I’d like to point out that it isn’t just prurient interest. Sanford, when considered in light of the (much) earlier Wilbur Mills case, raises a significant international issue. Is Argentina trying to undermine our political system by seducing our politicians?
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You’d think that, as a former supermodel and current First Lady, Mrs. Sarkozy could afford more for a surgeon than some guy who rents an empty dentists office and advertises with coupons. Yeesh! I can see the expose in Vogue now: “The So-Called ‘Surgeon’ who Injected Cow Parts Into The First Lady of France!”
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There _might_ be legitimate issues related to some cases of bad personal behavior by politicians- abuse of power, misuse of funds, etc. But most of this, including the plastic surgery stuff above, isn’t like that at all. It’s just a smarter person’s version of watching Maury Povich, as far as I can see. I suppose one should be free to do that if one wants, but there’s no good in self-deception about what one’s doing.
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Can I first say that I love the word “prurient”? When I do my first amendment class, I always have to define that for the kids.
Matt, I have the maturity level of a 14-year old boy. What can I say? I also think farts are really funny.
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Is Matt part of the cover-up for the Argentinean Honey-Trap squad? Next on Maury.
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Hey, MH: how about Bill Clinton and Andrea Rincon? http://www.examiner.com/x-12767-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Former-Argentina-Big-Brother-contestant-claims-she-gave-Bill-Clinton-a-private-dance. Pfui on Wilbur Mills!
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If you are willing to buy real estate, you will have to receive the loan. Moreover, my mother usually takes a bank loan, which is the most reliable.
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