· $1400 for a SoHo loft — for 13 hours. [Craigslist]
· Genome of human zit sequenced. Seriously. [Boing Boing]
· Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, possibly world's best movie ever, opens today. [Gothamist]
· Ewan McGregor travels 20,000 miles, grows INSANE beard. [BBC]
· We got an odd tip this week: beginning August 1st, all employees of Bloomingdale's will be required to dress entirely in black. It's not really news — but do write me when Bloomingdale's employees actually are black.

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