- And A.M. Rosenthal, NY Times executive editor from 1977 to 1988, died at age 84; the Times calls him "a principal architect of the modern New York Times" and he "expanded the weekday paper from two to four parts, including separate metropolitan and business news sections, and inaugurated new feature sections for weekdays: SportsMonday, Science Times on Tuesdays, the Living section on Wednesdays, the Home section on Thursdays and Weekend on Fridays." more ›

The snow has really started. But it's not like there is enough to play in yet, so why not sit back and watch this Valentine for Perfect Strangers as narrated by the Otto the cat? more ›

- You Can't Make It Up is sleepless due to Food Network on Demand more ›

So, after all of that, what was that smell on Thursday night? Nobody really seems to know. The Daily News asks You Can't Make It Up(speaking of, we nearly choked reading her Titty Barb Bob post), the Post called Canada (they didn't call back) and the Times wondered if the "good smell" was that of Bloomberg's sweet success. All to no avail. In the meantime authorities seem confident that the maple smell wasn't toxic and the consensus (from the papers) is that the source was either a boat on the river or a building in lower Manhattan. Which really narrows it down. more ›

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Can it be? You Can't Make It Up tells us there will be free TiVos handed out at the Javits Center:

"TiVo will be mourning the VCR's demise; please come to pay your respects and receive a free TiVo. Arrive with a remembrance of your VCR – a tape – and you will receive a free Series-2 40 hour TiVo while supplies last. more ›

Reader Amy pointed out this website, Sorry Everybody, where people have been contributing their apologies about the election. Of course, Gothamist was tickled to see that pandas were also apologetic. more ›