Everybody ready to drop the "anti-Wal-Mart" façade and embrace our cheesy sausage and trampoline-peddling masters? A new Marist poll shows that 64% of New York City residents support Wal-Mart's dubious labor practices and oh-so-low prices in their backyards, while only 31% oppose it. 68% of women as opposed to 60% of men approve of Wal-Mart, proving that humans' innate tendency to shop at Wal-Mart is a trait that likely originates in the womb. more ›

Martial arts master and star of movies and television, Chuck Norris, is suing a New York publishing company along with a Brown University student who established an Internet site that passes along purported facts about him. The Norris-facts phenomena is a longtime Internet meme and the actor says that he doesn't mind when sites continue it as long as they are non-commercial. Ian Roberts, the Brown student who operates one Norris-facts site, teamed up with Penguin publishing to market a book compiling the humorous two-liners. According to a separate site, the following are the most popular facts about Chuck Norris. more ›

Gutenberg! The Musical! may not have been about the Police Academy star, but tonight's installment of Inside Joke is. But before The Gute heads off to The UCB Theater to discuss the art of comedy, he sat down with Gothamist to discuss what he's hiding from TMZ. more ›

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. more ›

Today is Chuck Norris' 66th Birthday, and to celebrate, we went up to the corner of Lafayette and Spring street and photographed the awning at the Lafayette Smoke Shop. We're not sure if they're paying Chuck a royalty or not, but they totally should be. [Related: Chuck Norris facts, Chuck Norris' official website.] more ›