Tuesday, September 30, 2008

— New & Noteworthy —
Reading. Drinking. Friday. Brooklyn.

This Friday evening, at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Yankee Pot Roasters will be reading from and signing copies of their new book, Underrated, and helping readers determine with absolute confidence their underrated/overrated quotients.

Also, we’ll probably have some laughs about the previous evening’s vice-presidential debate.

Afterwards, please join us for drinks and merriment at The Gate, which we are told is a hip(?) dive bar, where all the kids hang out or something.

Friday, October 3^rd, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
267 7^th Avenue @ 6^th Street
Park Slope, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Gate
321 Fifth Avenue @ 3^rd Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kind of near Barnes & Noble
Like 8 o’clock or something?

Also: Hey, gang! Why don’t you befriend Y.P.R./Underrated on the Facebook!

— Fiction —

A Thorough Exegesis of the Opening Credits to Laverne & Shirley (The Wisconsin Years)

Ed Murray

According to Wikipedia, a "schlemiel" is a Yiddish word meaning "perpetual bungler" or "dolt." "Schlimazel" is also Yiddish, meaning "an extremely unlucky or inept person; a habitual failure."

— Poetry & Lyric —

William Carlos Williams Is a Really Bad Roommate

Mollie Wells

The legendary poet is an inconsiderate prick.

— Recycled but Re-Relevant —

Four-Year Flashback: Closing Statements from the Castaways’ Presidential Debate

What with tonight's McCain/Obama tête-à-tête being possibly canceled due to inclement fiscal weather, our collective appetite for debate remains unsated. Please enjoy this debatable article, from the 2004 election, and recall that it doesn't matter who wins the argument; only who steals Ohio.

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