by | June 27, 2011 · 1:52 pm

Bikers’ Rights! And Other Reasons Why I Could Never be a Hipster

Hipsters Patrick and Brian. It's Patrick's birthday, and to celebrate Brian wore the American flag. Obvi.

Last weekend was magical. I headed to Brooklyn by way of the Lower East Side to celebrate the impending nuptials of one Miss Katie Poff. We ate barbecue, we went shopping, we laid out by the pool, we even watched some episodes of Laguna Beach on DVD.

After watching the sun set over the East River and behind the skyline of Manhattan we did some shots of Goldschlager and headed out to the bars. It was at this exact moment that I was almost rundown by a violent hipster bike-rider who was angry that I had so brazenly taken my stroll into the bike lanes of the unreasonably wide Williamsburg roadways. “Bikers’ rights!” he yelled as he whizzed past me, ringing a bell situated on top of his handlebars. “I’m pretty sure I’m allowed to exist anywhere!” I screamed, adjusting the bachelorette masquerade mask on top of my head and refusing to move. My indignation then led me to actually run into a swerving hipster who just so happened to get caught up in the fracas. “That was dick of me, I’m sorry,” I told her. She just shook her head. Let the hipster hating begin.

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by | June 23, 2011 · 2:06 pm

The Unintentionally Hilarious Southie Reaction to Whitey Bulger’s Arrest

I’m sorry. I’m just obsessed with this today.

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by | June 23, 2011 · 10:12 am

The End of an Era: Whitey Bulger Arrested

First bin Laden, now Bulger. According to reports, the notorious Boston crime-ster was picked up in California this week after more than 15 years on the lam. And the saddest part of the whole thing is that, now, Martin Scorsese has no more material for his movies.

According to Boston.com, “Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, surrendered peacefully Wednesday night in Santa Monica, California, when agents showed up at his home. The capture was the result of a tip from FBI television spots that began airing this week. His capture ended a manhunt that spanned the globe.”

Bulger, whose life is said to be the story behind the film The Departed, was a mobster turned FBI informant. Since the 90s he’s been listed on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for the murder of 19 people, among other charges. Bulger was the purported leader of South Boston’s “Winter Hill Gang,” and in an interesting twist, his brother, William, was president of the Massachusetts State Senate and head of the University of Massachusetts. That’s Boston for ya.

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