Topic: sad

Boy At Sandy Hook Shooting Describes Being Rescued By Teacher

Boy At Sandy Hook Shooting Describes Being Rescued By Teacher

Well, I am crying now. It seems obvious to say, but the school shooting in Sandy Hook is just making me very, very sad.

I don’t really understand why things like the Sandy Hook shooting seem to happen. I know people have mental disorders, and there are insufficient gun control laws, and all the other explanations that we use whenever people decide to shoot down a bunch of unarmed people. Still, in some deeper way, I still do not understand how anyone can walk into a room of children and shoot at them without some fundamentally human part of themselves stopping them. More »

TERRIBLE FOOD NEWS

TERRIBLE FOOD NEWS

Were you excited about the new pizza Cinnabon? The “pizzabon?” Described as “a savory version of the famous, sizeable Cinnabon circle with melted cheese, pepperoni, and tomato sauce.” It sounds really exciting, if you like things that are disgusting, which I do. Well, fellow disgusting food lovers, be excited no more. More »

Gallery: (Some Of) Amy Winehouse’s Final Collection For Fred Perry

Gallery: (Some Of) Amy Winehouse's Final Collection For Fred Perry

Although we’ve speculated in the past that Amy Winehouse‘s fall 2011 collection was the last one she designed for Fred Perry, it turns out there’s one more. The British fashion house released 14 items from Winehouse’s spring 2012 collection for sale online today to coincide with with the release of her posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures. (The rest will be released closer to, you guessed it, spring 2012.) Much more colorful than the fall collection that came out shortly after her death, these pieces are inspired by “Amy’s love of 50s Americana and art deco Miami” and include lots of pinks, blues, and whimsical prints. The portion of the proceeds that would have gone to Amy will go instead to her posthumous foundation to help young people struggling with addiction. Out of respect for the recently dead, I will present the teaser collection sans my usual rough-and-tumble japery. More »