Life's burdens are nearly unbearable for rich New Yorkers. The New York Times reports on the downside of doormen.

Montreal tourism officals have announced a new, $23 million branding campaign to bring more visitors to their sexy, European city. One ad proclaims, "the longer you kiss, the Frencher it gets."

Here's how not to die on a bus in South America.

The blog awfulplasticsurgery.com delivers the goods, with a focus - natch - on celebrities.

Headline from last week's Inland Bulletin (Ontario, Ca.): "School Resource Officer Serves As Example That Not All Cops Are Bad.

"Blue State," a film in production, starring and financed by actress Anna Pacquin, is "a romantic comedy about a disgruntled Democrat who actually follows though on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected." Since it's still in production, I have a tip. For a touch of cinema verite, they should weave in a plot line revolving around the reaction of the protagonist to Canada's election in January 2006 of conservative prime minister Stephen Harper.

TECHNORATI TAGS: BLUE STATE, ANNA PACQUIN, CANADA, STEPHEN HARPER, NEW YORK, DOORMEN, MONTREAL TOURISM, AWFUL PLASTIC SURGERY, POLICE

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at April 9, 2006 10:09 AM