Jim Berhle's cartoon kitties face a bleak Oprah-less future where the only thing left on TV is European soccer and trailers for sexless vampire movies.

From Rhett & Link, the guys who brought you the ad that all ads should probably be like, comes this new spot for the Central Florida Zoo. Their relentless honesty requires it to focus totally on excrement. (Adfreak)

Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts." The new $11 billion operating budget is actually just an ominous warning that in a year—or ...

Italian novelist Umberto Eco, the go-to intellectual for journalists worldwide, has deconstructed the human obsession with all things listy. The bottom line for editors: Your listicles help readers brush off a terrifying universe of infinite chaos. In this manner, the listicle is not a depressing instance ...

The heretofore anonymous founder of Regretsy, the blog that appropriately mocks your dumb arts-and-crafts projects, has been outed. Because she got a book deal! New blog-to-book trend: Saying right up front the book will be more paltry than the blog. Speakeasy reports that the Regretsy mastermind is ...

"30 Rock" often uses serious, "real-world" issues as fodder for their very silly plots. Tonight it was global-warming, and Al Gore stopped by to change all the light-bulbs! In this episode Kenneth badgered the staff of the "Tracy Jordan Show" into going green, and at the very end he runs into everyone's ...

Welcome to the last live blog of Season Six. To help us survive the final hour, I propose this fun diversion. Let's vote on who looks better in an apron: Tim Gunn or Erica of Glad bag fame. To view both options, click here. Then cast your vote in the comments section below this post. That's the place ...

Ew, guys, seriously: Stop groping women on the subway. Complaints of sexual abuse in New York subways are up four percent this year, to 587. According to City Room, NYPD Chief James P. Hall told City Council today that sexual harassment was the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway." The average ...

(There's nothing to hide the flaws in an extreme closeup of secretary of state Hilary Clinton taken during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Kabul today. Image via Getty)

In case you didn't hear, developers are turning '80s and '90s Chelsea superclub Limelight into a shopping mall during the worst economic downturn in recent history. There will be brownies and a sneaker gallery! It's even worse than we imagined. Retail developer Jack Menashe masterminded the whole transformation. ...