Improv Everywhere - Mute Button

L Train Pole Dance

No idea what's going on here. Damn hipsters.

Brooklyn Maternity Shop Offer Discounts For Lesbians Moms Only

A lesbian-owned maternity shop in Brooklyn's Park Slope is offering a discount to lesbian moms only, although the owner doesn't ask patrons to "prove" that they are gay.

While a few people have looked "questioningly" at the placard advertising the unique discount, Paperno says the overall response to the lesbians-only promo is positive. "People are tickled by it," Paperno says, "And I love that response more than anything. It's fun." While some people may not share Paperno's sense of humor, she says her "girl's club" discount is one of the perks of running her own store. "It's not politically correct," Paperno acknowledges with a laugh, "but neither am I. Never have been, never will be. This is my store, and I can choose to do this discount for the people who need it most."

The Freepers are having a field day with this one.

BROOKLYN: Gay Man Beaten By Six Teenagers In Brutal Hate Crime

An openly gay Brooklyn man required ten hours of surgery and three metal plates in his face after a February 22nd anti-gay attack by a group of six teenagers. Via yesterday's Brooklyn Paper:

Barie Shortell, 29, was on N. Fourth Street on Feb. 22 at around 10:10 pm when he brushed past six teenagers wearing hooded sweatshirts. “Oh s–t, is that a guy or a girl?” one of the teens yelled. Shortell thought to himself that the slur was “juvenile,” but he crossed to Wythe Avenue just to be safe. But the group followed and shoved Shortell against a wall, fracturing his jaw, nose and eye sockets. He has no recollection of the attack. “I feel pretty confident they perceived me as a gay man and attacked me, but I can’t understand why they did what they did,” said Shortell. “I looked horrible. Blood was everywhere.”

At the insistence of the NYC Anti-Violence Project, the police have classified the attack as a hate crime, although no suspects have been apprehended. Today the AVP issued a press release denouncing the recent spate of hate crimes in NYC, which have taken lives in Staten Island and Queens this month.

The AVP points out a coming fundraiser for the above victim, who has no medical insurance. "The Barie Response is organizing a benefit for Barie to assist him in paying his medical bills. The benefit will be at on Wednesday March 23, from 7PM to 10PM at Blackout Bar, 916 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. While AVP is not sponsoring the benefit, we will be present to provide safety and outreach information." You can donate directly via the above link.

[Image via Advocate]

Atomic Tom - Don't You Want Me

When did Topher Grace get so hawt? By the way, the original Don't You Want Me came out thirty freakin' years ago. Now help Paw-Paw to his rocker.

Catpacks?

According to Buzzfeed, the latest silly trend in Brooklyn is the catpack - a meshed backpack for carrying your kitty around town. Sometimes I feel bad that Shelley never gets out of my tiny apartment, but I'm very confident that if I tried this with her, the screaming would be heard from here to Harlem. Maybe these are just for trips to the vet?

Quote Of The Day II - Mary Crangle

"There is no possible medical, nonsexual assistance that a partially naked person could possibly be rendering to another naked person in the position described." - New York state arbitrator Mary Crangle, ruling that two female high school teachers had been fucking in an empty Brooklyn classroom. The teachers claimed that one had been feeling faint from low blood sugar and the other was just, you know, making her comfortable. Both have been terminated.

Shrinkage-Fest 2011

Last Sunday's mid-blizzard dip was only a trial run for yesterday's massive attendance at the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge, where thousands endured the needle-sting of the 35-degree North Atlantic for the bragging right of having done so. Oh, the shrinkage! Like a frightened turtle!

(Via - Gothamist)

Coney Island Polar Bears Swim

In a blizzard, no less.

Red Honey In Red Hook

Beekeepers in Red Hook, Brooklyn say their hives are producing Red Dye #40-laden honey because their bees have been dive-bombing a nearby maraschino cherry factory.

Mr. Selig, who owns the restaurant chain Rice and raises the bees as a hobby, was disappointed that an entire season that should have been devoted to honey yielded instead a red concoction that tasted metallic and then overly sweet. He and Ms. Mayo also fear that the bees’ feasting on the stuff could have unforeseeable health effects on the hives. But Mr. Selig said there was something extraordinary, too, about those corn-syrup-happy bees that came flying back this summer. “When the sun is a bit down, they glow red in the evenings,” he said. “They were slightly fluorescent. And it was beautiful.”

The real point of this post, of course, is "Hello, hot beekeeper!"

Shit Robot - Take 'Em Up

Nicely understated electro featuring LCD Soundsystem vocalist Nancy Whang, who gets rotoscoped through the unlovely landscape of Bushwick, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK CITY: Cops Bust Heroin Dealers Via Google Street View

Brooklyn detectives were able to identify some local heroin dealers thanks to images captured on Google Street View, where multiple photos showed the group working the corner. Also, do dealers really still use that hanging shoes bit?

BROOKLYN: NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind Attacks Westboro's Shirley Phelps

At Westboro Baptist Church's picket outside a synagogue in Brooklyn yesterday, NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind lunged through the barricades to shove Shirley Phelps-Roper. She says she will not press charges. FYI, Hikind is a completely deranged anti-gay asshat, so you might want to hold your applause.

Rosie Perez For Fight Back NY

I adore Rosie Perez and want to gay-marry her accent.

Marriage Equality Rallies Cross Bridges In San Francisco And New York City

More coverage of the NYC event is here.

Spoiler Alert

Naturally they did this on the hipster-heavy L line.

(Via - Gothamist)

Dude, Look At The Tree

I knew the Gregory Brothers wouldn't resist this.

Dude, Those Were Totally Tornadoes

The National Weather Service has decided that NYC actually got hit by two confirmed tornadoes on Thursday evening. The city is applying to FEMA for disaster relief for parts of Queens and Brooklyn. About 15,000 residents are still without power more than a day later.

Dude, It's Fucking Funneling!

Gothamist points us to this rather hilarious clip of two guys in Brooklyn freaking the fuck out over yesterday's tornado/whatever. The comments on YouTube are a riot. "Fake and gay." I just think they have a really nice apartment. Anyway, stand by the inevitable auto-tuned remixes.

Possible Tornado Hits Brooklyn

Folks in the midwest will likely be unimpressed, but it was a pretty wild storm by New York City standards. One person killed, lots of cars and trees wrecked. The NY Times has plenty of photos.