“Wasps may have stung me in the testicles – but I love them anyway.” To bees, you are perfect.
This Hornet Will Be the Last Thing You See Before You Die
It's no secret that Earth has got a lot of problems and, if you live here, you already know that I am talking about wasps. There are so many wasps here. Each one is a problem. According to recent reports out of China, 21 people have died as a result of wasp stings over the past three months in the province of Shaanxi…
Florida Entomologist Finds 'Jurassic' Nest with Over a Million Wasps
When entomologist and bee removal expert Jonathan Simkins was alerted to the presence of a larger-than-average yellow jacket wasp nest on privately-owned hunting ground in Central Florida, he expected to have his work cut out for him.
Lilly Pulitzer Dies; WASP Housewives Everywhere Run to Hoard Floral-Pattern Sun Hats
The grand matriarch of monied, blonde WASP summertime, Lilly Pulitzer, has died at 81. The vivid-print fashion designer and Standard Oil fortune descendant shuffled off to a wine-and-cheese croquet match in the sky on Sunday, presumably after a tasteful Episcopalian service and cucumber sandwiches at the Breakers.
The Big Fish Are All Dead and So Are We
Wasp wands! Greenhouse gases! Ecological disaster! Pill mills! HIV photography! Mind driving! Baby blaming! Bone marrow prices! And the lions of the sea, revealed! It's your Monday Science Watch, where we watch science—for the time being!
Guy Scoops Up a Handful of Wasps
This guy is either really brave or really, really stupid. Maybe the lack of audio is a deliberate attempt to hide his screams of pain. Seriously, who in their right mind grabs a handful of wasps?!
Too Many Jews on the Supreme Court, Says Pat Buchanan
What if, instead of gay-baiting Elena Kagan, conservatives religion-bait her? "If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats," former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan gripes.
Wealthy Wasps Not So Into Blacks, Gays, Jews
Much like the Amish and freaky polygamist cults living in the Nevada desert, members of America's wealthiest—and Waspiest—households don't pay any attention to the annual glitz-fest on Oscar night. At least that's what band-aid heir Jamie Johnson says in his latest column on "the secret lives of the super-rich" for…
WASP Code Cracked
When WASPS use acronyms like NOCD, PLU, and WOG—which they do—what the hell do they mean? Thank God for Jamie Johnson, double agent for the rich! He was born one of them, a Johnson & Johnson heir, but reports back regularly from the front lines of old money in Vanity Fair (and his documentary Born Rich, which many…
A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style
Last night at the J. Crew store, under glaringly bright lights that seemed to turn the racks of salmon colored slacks lambent and day-glo, WASPs gathered to toast themselves. The occasion was the publication of the new Assouline book "A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style" which does what its subtitle suggests.…
World's Most Famous Arena to Host World's Most Boring Sport
For too long in this city our WASPy meatheads have been deprived of a venue in which to indulge their tribal ritual of watching groups of sweaty men run up and down a field carrying giant, not at all phallic, sticks and tossing balls back and forth. The Observer reports that our great shame is now over: "New York…
WASPdate: For the Stifled Snob in Us All
We have no idea if a blog calling itself WASPdate is done with any ounce of sincerity — posts about Palm Beach and snifters strike us as a bit too perfect — but it makes us want to wrap ourselves in a St. John's knit and weep:
