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Hallmark Cards Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2012

    "Reserved for Mothers Today" Stickers Invade the M Line

    It's that special time of the year again, when everyone steps back for a second and sends shout-outs to our most maternal partners in crime. Here at Runnin' Scared, we feel obligated (out of love, of course) to make sure the mothers who give birth to us bloggers are treated with the utmost respect. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Were Your Parents Proud Of You?

    Are they still? I'm sure the answer is yes, unless you're Christina Crawford. But we often convince ourselves that our parents weren't really supportive of us because it's easier to fall into a self-victimizing frame of mind that plays into our I-wasn't-loved-enough-as-a-child shtick. We lose sig ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 1, 2012

    Sachal Vasandani

    Are they still? I'm sure the answer is yes, unless you're Christina Crawford. But we often convince ourselves that our parents weren't really supportive of us because it's easier to fall into a self-victimizing frame of mind that plays into our I-wasn't-loved-enough-as-a-child shtick. We lose sig ... More >>

  • Art

    October 5, 2011

    Boom, Bubble, Bust: Matthew Barney + Jenny Saville + Mickalene Thomas

    New York goes retread. But maybe there's a little hope

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Hallmark Is Making 'Sorry You Got Fired' Cards Now

    Making lemonade of the world's lemons, Hallmark, card purveyor, bringer of joy to the people who are having birthdays, graduating, getting married, having anniversaries, or thanking each other, now makes unemployment cards, apparently. Said one Hallmark store owner, "The cards are flying off the she ... More >>

  • Film

    June 22, 2011

    The Comedy of Manhattan Parenting, Wasted, in The Best and the Brightest

    Making lemonade of the world's lemons, Hallmark, card purveyor, bringer of joy to the people who are having birthdays, graduating, getting married, having anniversaries, or thanking each other, now makes unemployment cards, apparently. Said one Hallmark store owner, "The cards are flying off the she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2011

    Mother's Day 2011 at Hill Country Barbecue

    ​What's Mom want? Meat, meat, and more meat, and a respite from cooking Sunday dinner. Hill Country Barbecue was filled with moms this afternoon. It's one of the few places big enough that you could walk right in and eat on Mother's Day -- one of the great "greeting-card holidays" invented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    It's Monday, And Already Many Record Store Day Items Have Been Resold On eBay

    Money, honey. ​The "Hallmark holiday for music nerds" festivities of Record Store Day are a little less than 36 hours past, and as predicted, the speculators and collectors were out in full force on Saturday. And some of them are already seeing returns on their waiting-in-line investments! eBa ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 13, 2011

    Pop Goes Dad in Born Bad and Urge for Going

    He ain't the man in two new productions

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Martha Stewart Will Get Her Bake On

    Martha Stewart is pissed that people don't consider her a TV chef. As she tells New York Daily News, "They exclude me when they talk about TV chefs...I have more credentials as a TV chef than anybody out there. I actually know how to bake and cook and create and edit recipes."

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Hallmark's old-school list of what girls can be: model, actress, mom

    ​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. What Girls Can Be Author: Dean Walley, words; Maria Hughes, art Date: None given; pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Terroir Pledges Allegiance to Chris Cannon

    Terroir​ In the wake of the Chris Cannon/Michael White divorce, the merry pranksters at Terroir have made their allegiances very clear with a tribute to "our hero" Chris Cannon so hilariously unsparing it makes Ricky Gervais's Golden Globes commentary look like a Hallmark card. Cannon's year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    City Plans to Save $1M By Slashing Spending on...Paper

    ​In case you were wondering what, exactly, City Hall hemorrhages its money on, the Daily News reports today on an internal memo sent to city workers, announcing that the Bloomberg administration plans to save $1 million by printing double-sided copies and not sending out holiday greeting cards ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Annoying Homophobic Movies

    ​In the new movie The Extra Man--SPOILER ALERT!--Paul Dano plays a guy who likes to try on women's clothes. At the climax, he dons full drag for sex with a woman, at which point he realizes that this is awful and "I just want to be a man!"

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    When Tourist Attractions Disappoint

    via Wikipedia​Ever make a special visit to a world-famous tourist site--a wonder of the world, renowned for its majesty and historical importance--and just go "Eh"? That happened when I recently caught up with the Liberty Bell for the first time since elementary school.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    A Hamster Eating Popcorn Upside Down on a Piano

    ​I usually detest cute animal stunts--as well as Hallmark cards, Precious Moments figurines, and Wizard air freshener--but I can't resist this darling little rodent who so dexterously nibbles on a popcorn kernel upside down with her legs up in the air, only mildly disrupted when a piano key i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    The Weekend In Clubbing: Ed Banger, "One Night Stand," Rain Machine, Fertile Ground, And More

    ​It's Valentine's Day weekend. I'm not one to buy into Hallmark holidays (publicly, at least), so we'll treat this weekend like any other. Excuse the cleverly named soirees and sexual innuendo. On Friday, lonely singles and teenagers unite at the One Night Stand warehouse party in Brooklyn. E ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 22, 2009

    GOOD TRADITIONS NEVER DIE

    Come on, you have to watch it at least once this year

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 4: Blue October, "Jump Rope"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. As in "Blue October, I want to fucking strangle you with this jump rope right now."

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Adorable Halloween Costumes For Pets!

    ​>Just for one madcap moment, let me step away from my usual reports of nocturnal debauchery and diva bitchery and show you some shots of cute dogs in costumes, send to me by the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services for some reason. Yes, let me turn into a one-man Hallmark st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    What's Your Favorite Old "Story Song"?

    ​I used to love those kitschy story songs that filled my youthful eardrums. You know, the elaborate ditties with cheesy, involved narratives--basically shlock short stories set to irresistibly catchy pop music. Among the classics of the genre are: "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Free Burgers for Cabbies at Ben & Jack's Today

    We didn't know Taxi Appreciation Day was a Thing -- we never see cards for it at the Hallmark store -- but it apparently is celebrated yearly on various days in various jurisdictions. For example, the Mayor of Toronto declared one on June 9, 2003; Syracuse had one by mayoral proclamation last June 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Golden Girls Moving To One More Lanai

    In the future, there will be Cher, cockroaches, and The Golden Girls. The beloved '80s sitcom about four cantankerous and slutty but lovable old broads has played so long on Lifetime that I've gotten my AARP card along with the characters. And now I've been informed that they're moving to the Hall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Catholics Are Easily Aroused

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    The Rudest, Most Patronizing Moment in Last Night's Debate

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2008

    Lee Ann Womack's Country-Siren Schizophrenia

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Bad Taste Alert: What Sarah Palin Probably Likes

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2008

    Fireproof Appeals to the Indoctrinated

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2008

    Weekend Peek-In: Pre-Labor Day Summary

    It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    Back to School With the Butthole Surfers

    They're collaborating with teenagers now. Terrible idea. Wonderful idea.

  • People

    May 2, 2006

    MILFs Gone Wild

    Jenny McCarthy and others on quickies, pregnancy and "the sexy-mom mystique"

  • Columns

    August 9, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Jenny McCarthy and others on quickies, pregnancy and "the sexy-mom mystique"

  • Books

    June 28, 2005

    Books

    Jenny McCarthy and others on quickies, pregnancy and "the sexy-mom mystique"

  • Music

    May 17, 2005

    Dallas Cowboy Gets Big and Rich; Nashville Teddy Bear Trash-Picks

    Jenny McCarthy and others on quickies, pregnancy and "the sexy-mom mystique"

  • NYC Life

    February 8, 2005

    Where Is the Love

    V-Day options from wine to Red Stripe

  • Music

    July 27, 2004

    Battle of the Bad

    Rhyming shit with itself vs. whining about your ex-girlfriend

  • NYC Life

    April 27, 2004

    Yo Mama: Radical Moms Rise Up and Reclaim Mother's Day

    Rhyming shit with itself vs. whining about your ex-girlfriend

  • People

    April 27, 2004

    Mothers I'd Like To . . . !

    Rhyming shit with itself vs. whining about your ex-girlfriend

  • News

    February 17, 2004

    Blackness as Folly

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • Columns

    January 27, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • Columns

    November 4, 2003

    Horoscope

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • Theater

    July 15, 2003

    Paradise Regained

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • Theater

    November 19, 2002

    Seasons on the Brink

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • Books

    July 23, 2002

    Dread Poets Society

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • Film

    August 21, 2001

    Circle Jerk

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • Music

    March 27, 2001

    Must Be Some Way Out of Here

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • Film

    September 12, 2000

    Eternity and a Day

    Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 1999

    Mommie Dearest

    The Hidden History of Mother's Day

  • Film

    February 16, 1999

    Message in a Bottle

    The Hidden History of Mother's Day

  • News

    October 28, 1997

    Wishing You a Happy Heritage

    The Hidden History of Mother's Day

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