Karyn
133 posts
It bothers me when people berate cab drivers. In New York, the city would slam to a stop without these people who sit behind the wheel twelve hours a day and take you where you need to go. Critics say they drive like maniacs, they don’t know where they’re going, they’re always trying to scam passengers, and they don’t want to go to Brooklyn or Queens.
Back in the day, when I was devoid of both driver’s license and car, Butch would wait for me when I got off the commuter rail train in the bowels of Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was not a part of town where a young woman should be alone. Rarely did a cop bother to show up when the train came in. I was often asked if I was “selling” when attempting to cross the bridge over the Merrimack to the desolate downtown, where I could save two dollars on a taxi cab. That’s when I began hopping into Butch’s taxi. Continue reading
I am so sick of Weinergate. It’s time for the next Congressional penis to go postal and wag about in an inappropriate manner!
Anyhoo. Continue reading
Smile, kid! We’re about to take your first mug shot! Continue reading
Let’s see. I got the gays, pot, homeless people, Jesus, and people who like to swallow pencils. It’s news-o-rama!
I dreamed Judge Judy Sheindlin and I were driving in my grandmother’s green sedan, smoking my grandmother’s Tarryton 100s. Judge Judy told me she liked me so much, I could never appear before her in court, because she wouldn’t be fair. Judge Judy just wanted me to know.
Judge Judy went on the air in 1996, not long after profiles about her hard-nosed family court style appeared in the LA Times and on 60 Minutes. Judge Judy scared the shit out of everyone in family court in New York. She didn’t care who you were. She was infamous for ripping people to shreds — lawyers, experts, litigants. Judge Judy didn’t discriminate. Continue reading
I want you know I have lived my last moment worth living, having turned into a vegetable after last night’s GOP debate.
Anyhoo. Continue reading
Great Cesar’s Ghost! What are we newsy types going to do in a post-Weiner world? Continue reading
I am truly ashamed to be a journalist right now. Continue reading
Not to go all Jezebel on your ass, but: this really pissed me off.
In Vanity Fair’s VF Daily blog, which is usually very funny thanks to writer Juli Weiner, Emma Gilbey Keller wrote the Anthony Weiner scandal was his wife’s fault because she travels too much and doesn’t spend enough time with him. A select quotes: “Lighten the load and stay home.”