• NYC's All-You-Can-Drink Specials — New York magazine runs down some liver-killing options for every weeknight, from the Brother Jimmy's sports bar the Doc Holliday's country/dive joint to the Sounkyo Sushi restaurant.

• I Hope That's Not the Apartment That's for Rent — Aaron Donovan finds a couple of hilarious window signs warning against the next-door drug dealers and the old prostitute (with a cellulite ass) who throws drug parties in the basement ... for cops.

• New York Airfares Blog — Daily postings on the cheapest flights out of town and how to find them. I was able to get $99 each way to L.A. next month (Song), so that kinda rocks.

• Sex Tech Conquers Nasty Past — The U.S. Patent Office Sex Inventions exhibition at the Museum of Sex in New York shows how the use of technology evolved from limiting people's ability to have sex to now facilitating it. Here's why people who celebrate the olden days can choke on a fat one: "One contraption encircles the penis and attaches to the pubic hair with little clamps. If an erection occurs during the night, the clamps pull the hair, which wakes the wearer so he can make sure he doesn't ejaculate." (Thanks, Shumpy)

• Best Yet Market — I'll throw this e-grocer out there again, because it's offering $25 off your first order of $75 or more. So go get yourself a case of beer, a ton of paper towels, heavy detergents, etc. — you know, shit you don't want to carry home. I did, and the service was great.

• Max Delivery — Not available yet in my neighborhood, they promise same-day delivery in under an hour for DVDs, food, drugstore items, etc. First two deliveries are free.

• Murder Memorabilia on Auction in New York — Among about 2,000 pop-culture and sports-related items in this weeks Leland's auction are a handful of lots with morbid associations, like a hand-written note by Scott Peterson and and a piece of fence from the grassy knoll in Dallas when JFK was shot. That would be a good auction to attend just to get pics of the buyers and add them to some neighborhood watch list.

News:

• Digital Rock Reinvention — Trent Reznor is pioneering new digital music territory by releasing a song for fans to remix, for free. One of the reasons I'm linking to this is so you can check out how ridiculous small news items look on bloated sites. Check out how this three-paragraph story is surrounded by a million links and ads.

• Playboy Mansion Opening to Paying Public — But apparently not until Hef kicks the bucket. Hope they clean all the spooge stains first. (Thanks, Art)

• So You Wanna Book a Rock 'n' Roll Star? — Forbes on rich mo fo's booking high-profile acts to play at private functions. In 2004, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal spent 30 million pounds on his daughter Vanisha's wedding party, which included a 30-minute performance by Kylie Minogue. I gotta look into this steel business.

• Potato(e) Kid: 'I Coulda Been Somebody' — An article on fleeting fame catches up with William Figueroa, who got some bad spelling advice from Dan Quayle in 1992. Now a 25-year-old Wal-Mart department manager and father of two, Figueroa laments not making more of his time in the spotlight. What did he expect to capitalize on, spelling-bee groupies? You spelled a word on a blackboard, for god's sake.

• The Muppet Show Season 1 DVD Slated for Aug. 9 Release — All parents should buy their children this show to keep Muppet magic alive forever. Also, all parents should keep their future porn sluts and crack addicts away from me at restaurants and on planes. Thanks in advance.

• Saddam Insists He's Still Iraq President — Gotta love this lead paragraph: "Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was 'OK' and considers both Presidents Bush 'no good.' He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq." See, ya learn something new every day. I always thought it was spelled F-R-U-I-T Loops. Well, however you spell it, Saddam IS Froot Loops.