A short while ago, a tall, well-dressed, middle-aged man strolled into Butler and started handing out candy canes to disheveled students. Grinning and making polite conversation, he proceeded confidently from the café to the third floor. Bemused bookworms naturally sent a flurry of tips, having cottoned on to the fact that this was not another […]

In case you missed it, SantaCon participants gathered in large Santa-costume-clad groups across the US and went on a pub crawl. Bad Santa! (CBS) In other “Holiday Season” news, lobby decorations have become an increasingly contentious topic in apartment buildings across the city. (NYT) New Jersey’s black bear hunt is a boon to taxidermists and […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… (Gothamist) NPR suggests you listen to annoying Christmas music. Richard Nixon wasn’t racist or anti-Semitic…. oh, wait. (NYT) A man got trapped between a train and the platform at Union Square. Scary! (New York Post) Update, 2:04 PM: Mark Madoff, son of Bernie Madoff, committed suicide this morning. […]