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Jonathan Clements is leaving the Wall Street Journal. His “Getting Going” column is well read and well liked, so no doubt his presence will be missed.
Where is he headed? Citigroup has offered him a sweet gig as director of financial education, specifically for the “emerging affluent.” He is pretty much going to continue to write [...]

Man Has Sex with Picnic Table

I put this one in the category of “we can’t make this stuff up.”
A Bellevue, Ohio man has been caught in an, uhm, compromising position with his picnic table. Neighbors of the picnic-table pervert caught their philandering neighbor on tape walking out onto his deck, standing the round metal table on its side, and [...]

AM at Dinner: Slurp

Matt, Josh and myself, along with Mrs. Matt, were on hand for the opening of Lower East Side Vietnamese noodle house Slurp.
Matt had been anxiously monitoring its construction so we were excited to see what they had to offer.
First, let’s chat about the only reason to write about a restaurant: the food. There were some [...]

Wines of FreshDirect: A Recession Proof New York White

Times are tough and we here at AmericanMadness want to help our loyal readers. Continuing on the theme of “Recession Proof Your Wine Portfolio,” I present to you my latest discount find. Chateau Lafayette has produced a crisp, tight white wine with lots of pear and apple flavors. This Finger Lakes wine bring together the [...]

And That Makes 500

I was right. It didn’t take me to the end of the month to post 500. That last post did it (this one makes 501). Of course now the question remains how long until I hit 1000.
Today will hopefully also mark Josh’s 200th post (when he gets around to writing one more). We are just [...]

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