"American apparel is a huge retail story," said Ms. Lipman in an e-mailed statement sent through a Portfolio spokeswoman. "Its sales are up 24% for the 3rd quarter at a time when the entire retail industry is in deep decline‹ plus Dov Charney (the owner) is out there on the eve of the biggest election in decades talking provocatively about the immigration issue."

Good luck, Ms. Lipman. We know you have other things to worry about. We hear that six people left Portfolio last month, and that none of them have been replaced yet. Worse, Lipman's boss, Si Newhouse, may be having second thoughts about his investment in the magazine in this economic environment, when even the best business titles have a hard time making money.

What are Newhouse's options? He could shut down the whole magazine, which would go down as a colossal failure. He could ease out Lipman herself, in favor of someone with better credentials (Joe Nocera?). Or, the magazine could just try to tighten up and trim some of the fat on its payroll, dumping some of the lesser writers (Matt Cooper?).

Regardless—bad time for a Dov Charney cover.

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McD's has launched UnSnobbyCoffee.com, a site targeted to Seattle-area consumers who are fed up with all those snobby coffee chains. Do such consumers exist in Seattle? McD's is betting they do, and they're trying to lure them in with a coupon for a free, unsobby espresso. From a "McCafe." On the site, you can also put together an absolutely devilish madlibs-style "intervention" note for a friend, telling them to stop buying those "hoity-toity" drinks and head on down to McD's for a "bootylicious" espresso beverage! Outrageous!

At the end of the day, most Seattle residents would rather have a coupon for free crystal meth.

Whether or not it is ethical to post photos of your herpes-donor on telephone poles and the internet is questionable. But so is "Drew's" behavior! "I think we have all been in the situation where we have already succumbed to this pre-sex near penetration and when a guy can't keep it up with a condom and you just want to get laid and he's like, c'mon it's basically been in you anyway, you have inevitably and against your better judgment said yes."

Ugh, indeed.

She goes on: "I am not innocent. I am partly to blame. But let's just talk about practicing versus preaching for a second. For instance... we all know that STDs can spread through oral sex. But does anyone actually give a blowjob over a condom? Really, has anyone ever done that? Has this ever in the history of sex actually happened?"

Well, no.

"And please, if anyone out there has ever seen a dental dam outside of 8th grade health class please fess up. Seriously, i wouldn't even know what to do with one of those things. Likewise, there are plenty of pre-sex moves that guys are always trying to work on you that involve all sorts of near-penetration that without a condom could spread all sorts of diseases. But we do it anyway. We all do. Don't deny it. You have let a guy rub his dick against you, not quite putting it in, but certainly loitering very very close to the goal posts."

This blog is clearly going to eliminate this kind of irresponsible behavior from Greenpoint and Williamsburg (and who knows, maybe even elsewhere in Brooklyn and quite possibly in lower Manhattan!) forever.