Arts and Culture

16 Apr 2010

The Library vs. The iPad

We are supposedly closing in rapidly on an era where printed materials will be yesterday’s news. Anybody heard of this new gadget from Apple, the iPad? Sounds like it could be useful. Possibly. Anyhow, I’ve recently headed in the other direction, spending more & more time at my local branch

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15 Apr 2010

The Ladies of ’90s R&B

A couple of weeks ago my best friend Abby and I were just sifting through old YouTube videos of Brandy, like you do, when we came across this particular gem that neither of us had ever seen before.  Go ahead and watch, I’ll wait. Brandy – I Wanna Be Down

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15 Apr 2010

Win A Weekend in the Hamptons

Q: What does a Broke-Ass need more than anything? A: A vacation. Q: And what is a destination that no Broke-Ass can afford? A: The Hamptons. Ah, The Hamptons: The crème-de-la-crème of exclusive beach destinations.  The place where celebrities such as Christie Brinkley, Nathan Lane and Mr. & Mrs. J-Lo

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14 Apr 2010

Giveaway: Theater Tickets for The Realm

Happy tax day tomorrow? You’re probably one of three things right now: pissed about waiting until who knows when for your New York State return, pissed that you ended up having to pay money or frantically getting your W2s together today. Well, we here at Broke Ass Stuart would like

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14 Apr 2010

DIY Porn: Instructables

Dear Instrucables, How I do so love you’. From your LED Bike Wheel Images to your Star Trek Funerals, your PMA about DIY truly rocks my socks! Many an hour have I spent lustily pursuing your pages, learning the Sidewider, planning to exercise, performing gummy bear surgery’Remember the time we

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
14 Apr 2010

Thursday Night — Tell A Story, Win Some Cash

Does the thought of speaking in front of a crowd terrify you?  Do you have nightmares about that one traumatic fourth grade incident you had when you were giving a presentation about a famous historical figure  (you chose Shakespeare, natch)  and you were so scared that you peed a little

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14 Apr 2010

Don’t Spend Diddly This Tax Day And Still Have a Good Time in New York

Call me unAmerican, but I’m tired of handing over my hard-earned cash to the government so it can make my financial decisions. As a new small-business owner, this is the first year since I started working way back in the mid- to late-1990s that I haven’t received some kind of

Mikey Rox - Cut-Rate Copywriter 0
14 Apr 2010

HumpDay Video Erykah Badu “Window Seat”

We here at Broke-Ass Stuart remember a kinder, gentler, funkier time when there was an entire network devoted to playing awesome new music videos. Men named Pinfield and women named Idalis would introduce block after block of original music videos from various genres interspersed with interviews with musicians and video

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