Email Author Jen Doll

2011 Stories by Jen Doll

• R.L. Stine: The Lost Interview

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​Sometimes in the nonstop world of blogging you do something that takes a little more time, and which you're very excited about. But because of the nonstop world of blogging, and because you wan More >>

• Rapping Train Conductor Plays His Heart Out on the Harmonica

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Who said train conductors were mean, boring stickler-ish types shushing you in the quiet car, punching your tickets through a thinly disguised veneer of hatred, and kicking you off the train after you More >>

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  Presenting the Most and Least Compatible New York City Neighborhoods

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​According to data released to us by OkCupid, some New York City neighborhoods are more likely to make connections on the dating site than others. This may seem intuitive in some ways, but it's More >>

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  School Has Trouble Spelling 'School'

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​Attenshun, streat crossang gards adn teechers and stoo-dents, and, peeple who paynte street sines. Spelling is still very important! Not doing it properly, or at least double-checking your work More >>

• 55 of the Rudest Things Rude New Yorkers Do

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Travel + Leisure Magazine has once again declared New Yorkers the rudest of all the rude peoples of America. Congrats New Yorkers. You know what they say...any publicity is good publicity, and More >>

• R.I.P., Uncle Chichi, You Old Dog

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​According to the New York Times, there is a sad bit of information to impart today. Uncle Chichi, a West Village toy poodle who may have been 24, 25, or 26 years old, who had been battling canc More >>

• How Well Do You Know New York Cityr Pat Kiernan Will Quiz You. [Updated]

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Pat Kiernan told us once, "Being a New Yorker is a state of mind. Not something on your birth certificate. The qualifications: some combination of knowledge of the city, love of the city, lengt More >>

• The Status Atlas Tells You What Brooklynites Are Tweeting on an Hourly Basis

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Ricky Robinett, the tech brain behind FakeGirlfriend.co (which, by the way, he's offering up for sale to none other than Kanye West), has unleashed a new app with the help of Brian Wrightson. I More >>

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  Headless Body/Topless Bar Murderer Wants Out of Jail

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Charles Dingle, now 53, the murderer behind the infamous New York Post headline "Headless Body in Topless Bar," wants out of jail and will ask a parole panel to free him this week from the Wend More >>

• Someone Made an Ode to the F Train

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Is the F train your trainr Do you hate it, or love it, or love to hate itr This "love/hate ode to the F train" from Matthew Wollin, 24, attempts to capture the mix of emotions, from appreciation to c More >>

• This Map Shows You Where to Find Single People in NYC

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​Should you be one of those people who assumes that your dating "issues" in the city stem from the fact that there are fewer men than women here, there's a map for that, and, no, we're not sayin More >>

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  The MTA Wants to Know About Your Subway Crush

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​In preparation for a Valentine's Day event (a "Love-in-Transit Party," to be specific), at which the New York Times' Alan Feuer will read poems based on Missed Connections and Sophie Blackall o More >>

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  How to Find Your 'It's Gonna Snow This Weekend!!!' Boyfriend

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​Have you heard!r In the first notable time since October-snow, there is supposed to be white stuff on the ground, flakes in the sky, frozen precipitation swirling about our nubile bodies and la More >>

• Jerome Isaac, Who Allegedly Burned Deloris Gillespie to Death in Her Elevator, Pleads Not Guilty

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​Yesterday Jerome Isaac was arraigned on murder charges in Brooklyn Supreme Court for the death of 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie, who, in December, he allegedly sprayed with flammable liquid and More >>

• Watch Barack Obama Sing a Little Al Green

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Yesterday President Obama was in town messing up your commute fund-raising. His fourth stop of the whirlwind tour was at the Apollo Theater where, as you see in the video above, he expanded his known More >>

• New York City Airports Are the Best at Being the Worst

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​We win! Once again, you guys! New York City airports are liked by few but used by many, which makes them generally problematic to all. According to Frommer's, and they know from travel, JFK is More >>

• Watch the Last 100 Years of New York City Subway Maps

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Today in subway porn we have a beautiful depiction of the ebb and flow and changing formats of the New York City subway map over the years. The only thing better than watching the map come of a More >>

• Manhattan Has the Most Hipsters, According to Not Very Scientific Survey

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​According to an important statistical analysis of New York City's hipster makeup, you may be incorrect if you've held to the common perception that Brooklyn is New York's hipster-est borough. I More >>

• For the Love of God, It's Not 'Downtown' Abbey!

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Have you seen the extremely popular British period drama called "Downton Abbey"r It's all the rage right now. It won a Golden Globe! People are talking about it, watching it, DVR-ing it, weepin More >>

• Second Avenue Subway Construction Is Not Bad for You, Says the MTA

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Ah, Second Avenue subway. We've had some ups and downs with you in the seemingly interminable time we've been waiting for your completion. You're noisy, some of us had to move because of you, t More >>

• Here Is the Inevitable 'Shit New Yorkers Say' Video

  published Jan 19, 2012

  Just when we thought the meme was dead, Eliot and Ilana Glazer present "Shit New Yorkers Say." Among the gems: "Where's the trainr" "They're filming Law and Order." "You have to go to Brooklyn, it's More >>

• Lamar Smith: SOPA Author, Copyright Violator

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Have you heard of SOPAr Of course you have. Have you heard of Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who in October filed SOPA -- which promotes harsher penalties and even jail time for people caugh More >>

• A Year in the Life of a New York City Bicycle, in 51 Seconds

  published Jan 18, 2012

  From our East Village blogger pal EV Grieve comes this bike video created by a branding company called Red Peak, which "conducted a unique urban experiment for Hudson Urban Bicycles." Basically, they More >>

• Meet Victoria Bekiempis, Your New Runnin' Scared Blogger

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​As Capital NY reported earlier today, I'm leaving the Voice (my last day here is the 24th of January) for the Atlantic Wire. Coming on in my stead is Victoria Bekiempis -- that's pronounced "Be More >>

• Powerful People Are Delusional

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Surely, you've heard that old chestnut that tall people make better leaders. That more presidents are tall. That tall people are smarter, hotter, funnier, more successful, better athletes, bett More >>