Northeasterners trudging through snow and slush on their way to work this morning, have hope: Staten Island Chuck did not see his shadow—or the (allegedly) deathly hands of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The Spring, Texas shooter who allegedly killed six of his family members execution-style fainted in court today. The Associated Press reports that Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, collapsed after hearing a prosecutor read the charges against him.
According to prosecutors, the man behind yesterday's grisly shooting in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas forced his way into Stephen and Katie Stay's home, tied them and their five children up, and made them lie face-down before shooting them "execution-style." Police arrested Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, last night…
Every year on the first day of spring, Rita's Italian Ice celebrates Persephone's joyous homecoming by hosting a hedonistic pagan orgy of flavors and colors and temperatures inside everyone's mouths. Right now, it's a balmy 34° degrees in New York, which can only mean one thing: spring has sprung. TIME TO GET FREE…
The King of the Groundhogs "Punxsutawney Phil" was awoken at the ungodly hour of 7:28 this morning, groggily emerging from his harem filled with lady-groundhogs ("Who are the lady groundhogs, anyway? Us? Are we the lady-groundhogs?"), and did not see his shadow, signaling to the absurdly-dressed array of…
A woman in Texas was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she allegedly shot her husband to save her cat.
I come from a place where the biggest event of the year is a cow parade on Main Street, but I have never seen a Holstein move quite like this. This herd, from a farm in the UK, had just been released from their winter barn. If the music doesn't quite do it for you, please do not worry, because yes, of course I made…
T.S. Eliot famously said that April is the cruelest month. He wasn't kidding. Here are the awful, torturous signs that the worst season—spring—has finally arrived.
It's spring. Which means inevitably that wherever you are, someone will be asking jovially what it is about sunny days that means everyone gets more attractive. We're sick of this conversation. So here's why.
[A little boy enjoys the warm late-winter weather and plays with geese in Riverside Park today. Which is along the Hudson. Where planes get goose attacked and have to land. RuhRoh. Image: ennuipoet's Flickr]
This man is just waltzing around SoHo, in this ridiculous Speedo thing, holding a Whole Foods bag. He is attracting attention. He doesn't seem to care. No apparent hidden camera crews indicative of a "punking." So. Spring? Attached is a camera phone shot of the weird naked SoHo dude. Two more after the jump!
Spring is here! Rebirth, regrowth, brand new things! Though, we doubled up here bit a from last week, with a few familiar commenters lurking once again on the best of the week list. Ah well. They were deserved. Perhaps they're evergreens, lasting the same all year round.
