So much for a Saturday off: the House Republicans will meet in a rare Saturday session to try to keep the government open past Monday (NYT). How early is too early to leave New York? (Answer: never leave.) And then, how early is too early to write about it? (Gothamist) The drama behind the end […]

We’re all to blame.  (BBC) Too many cars are to blame.  And maybe cheese? (CNN) We’re gonna go ahead and blame Ted Cruz for this one. (NYT) Blame it on some Yankee dirt in your eyes.  (NYDN) Are you kidding me HuffPost?  Just an honorable mention?  After all we’ve been through?!  Blame listicles and the […]

A rumination on the nature of Williamsburg. Because that’s a new and innovative source of news (NYT). And they just keep doing it: the New York Times has found the saddest place in Manhattan! Using Twitter! You groundbreakers, you (NYT). An old white male professor is a sexist old white male professor. Shocker (The Atlantic). And […]

“I guess one of the heartening things is how open both students and administrators were about hazing on campus,” sez Wesley Morton, CC ’15 and treasurer of ZBT, whose super mysterious hazing, which neither students nor administrators were at all open about, led to the creation of the anti-hazing admin committee on which Morton now […]

One month into the semester and Bwog is already oversleeping. Brits stay positive. Medical center be fuxing with your private information. 1020 has upped the price of beers on the board by $1, notably Rolling Rock and Yuengling. According to a tipster, there is no water on McBain 6 and 7. Sucks to sucks.

Give: The Emmys happened last night, with some predictable wins and many upsets. (LATimes) Take: The siege on a mall in Nairobi is continuing on for the third day, with explosions and gunfire still erupting. (Washington Post) Give: James Levine is on track for a triumphant return to conducting at the Met.  (NYTimes) Take: Farewell, […]

Al-Shabaab militants have killed 59 and injured 175 in a mall in Nairobi.  30 hostages and some dozen gunmen are still inside the shopping center.  This is the deadliest terror attack in Kenya since 1998. (CNN) A suicide bomb in a church in northwest Pakistan killed at least 75 people, one of the worst attacks […]

Were you in line to buy a 5S or 5C yesterday morning? So were some homeless men in California who were promised to be paid $40 to do so. (USA Today) “They’re focused on trying to mess with me,” says Obama about Republicans and the bill they passed linking government funding to Obamacare defunding. (NY […]

In yet another bout of gullibility the Internet has collectively fallen for a fake Playboy site applauding consensual colleges and giving tips for having a good time between the sheets without taking advantage of other humans. It turns out that the list was an elaborate hoax organized by anti-rape organization FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, and […]

Breaking News: College students don’t always earn salaries they want; blame it on their alma mater. Columbia’s Andrew Delbanco reports. (NYT) The situation in Syria is still unclear, but it appears U.S.-funded weapons may now be reaching Syrian rebels. (NPR) An Egyptian court has frozen the assets of top Muslim Brotherhood officials, although the freeze […]

Important: U.S. and Russia came to an agreement about Syria’s chemical weapons—one week for information about its weapons. (CNN) Meh: NPR is having some financial troubles. Bwog will still be here for you. (Washington Post) Of regional importance: Bloomberg will remain neutral in the upcoming mayoral elections. “I want to make sure that person is […]

Saul Goodman, Breaking Bad‘s skeezy lawyer and resident snappy dresser, is getting his own spinoff series. The world can only hope this means there’s a possibility of a Huell-centric spinoff, too (Hollywood Reporter). Why Bwog doesn’t go fishing and, to be honest, is a little uncomfortable swimming in the ocean. (Grind) Looks like Miley and […]

Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus’ twerking wasn’t a hoax. But this video was (YouTube, HuffPo, Flavorwire). In other fails, NPR thinks President Obama’s speech on Syria won’t sway doubters (NPR). RuPaul and several Drag Race stars hit Grammercy Theater last Friday (including Carmen Carrera, Ivy Winters, and Sharon Needles). You better werk (NewNowNext). Bill de Blasio, shante you stay (New […]

Hang out with Michael Bloomberg before he disappears forever come Tuesday’s election (NYMag). Have you ever been a zombie elf? There’s a new college scholarship specifically for players of Magic: The Gathering, with funds specifically from older, more successful players of Magic: The Gathering. We bet the application questions are far more entertaining (NYT). There’s no […]

Apologies for the delay; Bwog’s hungover. World leaders continue to debate  taking action in Syria because, well quite frankly. (NYTimes, The Onion) JPMorgan has decided to stop making student loans.  Can we decide to stop paying too-high tuitions? (Reuters) Many of the final artifacts have been put in place at the September 11 Museum. (USAToday) […]