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..................................................................................Though I am celebrating today's inauguration along with so many others, I wonder and worry for the state of our collective funny bone. Who will we ridicule now that we have a president that we have actually elected? And Joe Biden? He is so unlikely to ever shoot a pal in the face that I just don't know what we will be doing with ourselves for the next four years.

Oh, wait.... yes, I do: We will all somehow be dealing with the mess we're in now. Though it's easy to feel like a sap who wasn't invited to the party but has to help clean it up after the bullies and their brethren have all gone home to sleep it off, I predict that even with our noses pressed to the grindstone, we will find things to laugh about. Here's to us: Cheers, big ears!

Rogue Art in NYC

Forget the long lines and high prices of Museum Mile. If you're looking for interactive bargain entertainment look no further than Barney's. This horny mannequin greeted me on my way down the escalator one afternoon over the holidays. Whether the sales people are bored from lack of customers or whether the customers are getting creative, someone has decided to improve upon the shopping experience and I for one am very happy about it. I predict that we'll see a lot more rogue art as the economy continues to tank.