Archive for December, 2007

The Shapeup

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

The Washington Heights barber wraps a young Latino in a cape emblazoned with day-glo palm trees, and nods into the mirror. They’re both silent and serious, the only sound is the boxing match on the wall-mounted television set. The young man is about to get a shape-up, a term referring to the removal of any [...]

Zoo visit

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

The male Hammerhead bird of South Africa has figured out that his girlfriend gets amorous when he presents her with items to spruce up the 300 pound nest the couple share atop a knobby tree in the “open” style bird house at the Bronx Zoo. He goes out again and again to find suitable gifts [...]

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