RAMMSTEIN - "Du Hast"

The summer this was all over the radio I worked for the DPW in a small Jersey shore town. We'd ride the municipal trucks all around the borough, and every time "Du Hast" came on we would key the CB mic up to the speaker and broadcast the song to all the other vehicles. And headquarters. And the superintendent's office. And town hall...

Bribery, Gucci Knockoffs and Black-Market Kidneys

He found a particularly receptive ally in Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, according to prosecutors. The 32-year-old Cammarano, who won a runoff election last month, was accused of accepting money from the developer at a Hoboken diner.

"There's the people who were with us, and that's you guys," the complaint quotes Cammarano saying. "There's the people who climbed on board in the runoff. They can get in line. ... And then there are the people who were against us the whole way. ... They get ground into powder."


Once again, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and her gift cards are made to look positively amateurish.

Fish, or Cut Bait?

Time to address the nightly question: three hours of iPod solitaire, or one lorazepam and 30 minutes of iPod solitaire?

And it's winter in New Jersey
And it's Christmas in New York
With a giggle and a stare
And a bottle and a fork...

LUNA, "Superfreaky Memories"

With A Cherry On Top

Dispatch from Captain Winky, New Jersey-based Industrial Hygienist:

[This] is the 1st time I have ever looked at someone’s blog. You should be honored.

Aye, Captain. Aye...