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As a bleeding heart hippie liberal who thinks we should all ride bikes everywhere and have free health care, I tend to treat Fox News Station the way I would a senile great-grandfather. Lots of eye-rolling, "uh-huh"s, and the occasional desire to shove an ether soaked rag in his mouth. However, on this blog I …

Bars are opening across the country and many restrictions are being dropped -- and it just so happens to be the holiday that most inspires people to get complete hammered drunk. What could go wrong? If you're a single dude looking to go out and enjoy some drinks to celebrate this Irish holiday - let …

Every once in a while, we at the BCU offices take a moment to reflect over the past few weeks. We think about all the interesting and intriguing things we've seen, from videos of guys sticking quarters in their belly buttons, to important news about the current state of young adult relationships, to awesome photos …

Craiglist's "casual encounters" section is a virtual candy store of weird fetishes, transsexual prostitution, and gay dudes who refuse to accept their gayness and instead rely on "mutual touching, I'm not gay" experiences. And yet, even I was surprised when I came across this ad for an orgy (I'm sorry, "friendly adult party") at the …

A recent LIFE slideshow listed the ways that New Yorkers are able to spot a tourist -- from how slow they walk to how they gawk at celebrities. As a person who is planning on making a trip to the other coast this year, I felt a little miffed (codeword for annoyed as s***), because …

I guess I should probably restate that subject line as "Reflections on Comic-Con 2010 from Someone Who Went for the Last Five Minutes of One Day," but that's just not as catchy, is it? I'll be honest, my experience of this year's SDCC International was... less than stellar. I spent most of the weekend slinging …

As a server who has worked in the Gaslamp district for three summers now, I feel as though I have a bit of insight that could potentially help those Downtown industry-newbies who are about to experience the wrath of the 150,000 person convention this year. If you're reading this, and you have not yet mentally …