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Each week, a handful of reader comments are selected for inclusion and veneration in the Gold Star Motel. Standards of excellence are arbitrary, fluid, and contradictory. The reward is strictly honorary (at best). This week:

Re: Leslie Bennetts' "Feminist" Mistake


Re: How That NYT 'Old Men With Babies' Story Went Down: An Imagined Conversation

  • Pope John Peeps II:
    "Let's get something straight. These aren't adorable "first time dads". These are revolting, rich old lechers who marry hot young things, unfold the prosthetic wang, and cram them full of drippy jizz in order to feel "lively" again. The NYT style section simply takes things that rich NYC families do, and no matter how self-indulgent treat it like the greatest thing in fucking civilization. If it were up to them, we'd all be octogenarian millionaires, living in the apartment you decorated when you were 12 with your adult children, 18-year old wife and 2 year old baby, sliding into your gay car to go on weekend Man-Dates with your buddies."


Re:Mergers and Acquisitions: A Book Party

  • Gorgeous George: "When reached for comment, Joshua Ferris remarked: 'We all went to Dana Vachon's book party, because it was the kind of thing you had to go to. Mostly we skulked about in the corner, getting obscenely drunk and telling anecdotes to one another about Dana Vachon that may or may not have had any basis in truth. None of us had actually read Dana Vachon's book, but we all agreed that it was terrible. Dana Vachon is a very likeable guy, which is why we hated his guts.'"


Re: The Lauren Conrad Sex Tape and Us Weekly

  • Face Meets Fist :
    "On the upside, it's good to see that the tunic is making a comeback. Giving the second century its due and all."


Re: Bay Ridge Milk Club