Email Author Jen Doll

2012 Stories by Jen Doll

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  Science Does Not Want Your Fat, Dead Body

  published Jan 10, 2012

  As we are reminded regularly, much of America is overweight or even obese, and this is bad, bad, bad. Not only is it unhealthy for our bodies; it means our pants are uncomfortably tight. But beyond t... More >>

• Rick Santorum Sweater Vests for Sale for $100 a Pop

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Do you want to not only vote for but also look like Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorumr If so, you are in luck! Rick Santorum has leveraged his viral fashion-backward menswear choices int... More >>

• NYC Cab Driver Arrested for Alleged Rape of Passenger

  published Jan 10, 2012

  New York City yellow cab driver Gurmeet Singh, 40, of Queens, has been arrested by the NYPD in connection with the alleged knifepoint rape of a 26-year-old female passenger. Singh has been charged wit... More >>

• Al Qaeda Wants to Be Your Friend on Facebook

  published Jan 09, 2012

  According to a recent study from the University of Haifa, your latest friend request on Facebook may be from a terrorist organization, for, like the rest of us, they have shifted their Internet activi... More >>

• Psychic Staten Island Monkey Picks Newt Gingrich to Win New Hampshire Primary

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Drum roll, please. Grandpa, the so-called psychic monkey of the Staten Island Zoo, has chosen his pick to win the New Hampshire Republican primary and it is...Newt Gingrich. Regardless of Grandpa's ps... More >>

• Here Are Some Guys Walking Around NYC and Rapping About Plaid

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Where pastels and Nantucket reds were once the stuff of viral "rap" videos, now, in 2012, we have an ode to plaid, by way of the "Plaid Rap." Why now, why plaidr Michael Krivicka, who came up with th... More >>

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  Texting While Walking: The Proper Technique

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Casey Neistat, the guy who brought you that video on bike lanes in which he willingly crashed into whatever happened to be parked in said bike lanes for PSA purposes, has brought us another informativ... More >>

• No Pants Subway Ride Is Over, Put Your Pants Back On

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Of Improv Everywhere's many pranks in public places, perhaps the most well-known repeat prank is the one that brings humanity into the subway, around the world, to remove its pants. The No Pants Subwa... More >>

• Facebook 'Business' Cards Are Here

  published Jan 06, 2012

  What do you get for the person who has everything, including a Facebook accountr A Facebook "business" card, of course! We're not sure if these are more or less insufferable than the Facebook shower c... More >>

• Here Is a Picture of a Giant Rat Supposedly Found in a Bronx Foot Locker

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Have you witnessed the latest giant dead rat of New York City, as photographed in what appears to be a Foot Locker stock room in the Bronxr It is a beaut! Actually, it is horrifying. The picture was t... More >>

• The MTA's Evening Shutdown of 4, 5, and 6 Trains For Track Repair Starts Monday

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Back in November, it was announced that the MTA would implement a new measure, which they're calling "FASTTRACK," in order to repair lines that are constantly running and, it seems, constantly in need... More >>

• A Psychic Spider Monkey From Staten Island Will Predict the New Hampshire Primary Winner

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Following in the vaunted footsteps of Paul the Octopus (RIP!), Grandpa is a spider monkey who lives at the Staten Island Zoo who has been instilled with the ability to, occasionally, choose a banana o... More >>

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  Bank Robberies Have Almost Doubled in the Last Year in New York City

  published Jan 06, 2012

  While the general message from the Bloomberg administration has been that crime is down, that people are healthier, that everything is groovy, the New York Times City Room blog reports on a crime incr... More >>

• The NYC Subway from Birth to Now, in One Gif

  published Jan 06, 2012

  It's been a good few days for subway nerdists -- earlier in the week we were all agawk over the "Lost Subways" map of NYC, which showed the subways that would have been but weren't. Yesterday we saw w... More >>

• Something Nice Happened on the Subway

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Check out what happened on the subway, which is news, because it involves two people of different races and genders joining together in a dreaded place of lo mein fights and death threats to create b... More >>

• Is This Painting Squirrel Actually Paintingr

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Animals doing human things! We enjoy this immensely! In the same vein as "Deer Prefers Beer" and "Moose Learns Valuable Lesson About Moderation," except, of course, artier, there is Winkelhimer Smith,... More >>

• Scientists Determine that People on eHarmony Want to Get Married

  published Jan 05, 2012

  How do you date successfullyr Some might say it's only when you stop dating, a/k/a, find someone and settle down, or whatever people do. Others might say that it's as simple as going on a good date, o... More >>

• Lamont Pride, Alleged Killer of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, Says He's Sorry

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Lamont Pride, the 27-year-old man who allegedly shot NYPD officer Peter Figoski in the face, killing him, when Figoski attempted to stop a home invasion in Cypress Hills last month, has told the court... More >>

• A Christmas Tree Set a Car on Fire in the East Village

  published Jan 05, 2012

  As Myles wrote on Monday, it's high time to throw away your old, dead Christmas tree. But while doing so, please dispose of it properly! According to the blog Strollerderby, a Christmas tree was seen ... More >>

• The Best (and Worst) Days for Online Dating in NYC in 2011, According to Data From OkCupid

  published Jan 04, 2012

  We were wondering: Could there be truth to the idea that, say, after a natural disaster, or on a long holiday weekend, there might be a stronger inclination to turn to the sex of your choosing and mer... More >>

• Michele Bachmann Is Out; We Remember Our Favorite Bach-Moments

  published Jan 04, 2012

  After finishing sixth in the Iowa caucuses (good ole "Mittens" Romney is the front-runner), Michele Bachmann is suspending her presidential campaign. She just announced this, officially, in a press co... More >>

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  Aw, the 1% Feels Poor

  published Jan 04, 2012

  There's an UrbanBaby thread making its way around Internet circles, inspiring a sense of both depression and horror. It is about money, and how we feel about what we make, particularly in New York Cit... More >>

• This Week in the Voice: Air Safety on the Cheap; Are Unpaid Internships Legalr

  published Jan 04, 2012

  In the Voice's first issue of 2012, Nick Pinto writes about airport security contractors, like Prince Jackson, who make minimum wage and have no health insurance or sick days -- yet are responsible fo... More >>

• New Jersey Children Are Being Armed With Umbrellas to Protect Against Seagull Shitstorm

  published Jan 03, 2012

  A townhouse development in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, is facing an unprecedented scourge from above. Thousands of seagulls have appeared, Alfred Hitchcock-like, except that instead of terrorizing citiz... More >>

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  Look at All the 'Lost Subways' That Might Have Changed Your Life

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Have you seen WNYC's "Lost Subways" Mapr It shows 11 planned subway lines that, had they ever been built, would have added to the current 842 miles of track in the New York City system. Among them: An... More >>