Spotted on Craigslist:

• Eventually, something — a flu, a hurricane, our own government — will wipe out most of humanity. And, much to our surprise, that includes New York. [NYM]
• 50 Cent is man enough to cry. And to kill you for laughing at him about it. [Reuters]
• The dying New York Press attempts to revive itself via the modern media adrenaline shot known as a "blog." [Fifth Estate]
• Do we date too often? Too little? More importantly, do we think about this shit too much to ever get laid? [n+1]
• You know what suffix should be used more often? "-iggers." Not that we'd ever be caught saying "chiggers" aloud. [Fawny]
• A nice, Jewish lawyer needs someone to pretend to be his wife for a company function. And so a heart-warming romantic comedy begins. [Craigslist]
• The male nipple might be silly, but it sure does move copy! [Marketwatch]

From the always-interesting lost and found section on Craigslist:

• In more PETA news, the organization has kidnapped Anna Nicole Smith's dogs and forced them to protest Iams pet food. Anna Nicole, however, thinks Iams tastes great. [AP/Yahoo]
• Details has a major scoop: Colin Farrell drinks beer! And next month, Details water as being really wet. [Hollywood Machine]
• Best name for a college sex column: Cornellingus. [The Atlantic (subscription req'd)]
• Men don't read. They also can't listen, don't understand you, and never take you anywhere nice. [BusinessWeek]
• Voice gossipette Michael Musto cannot be blamed for Gawker's sins. [NY Blade]
• Has anyone yet figured out why Manhattan smells like pancakes? Is it terror sugar? [AP/ABC]
• Project Runway reject Austin Scarlett thinks blackface is always in style. [PMc]
• Shame on Daily News staffer Bill Hutchinson for failing to note that jailed rapper Lil' Kim's lyrics channel the genius of Biggie Smalls. [NYDN]
• Depeche Mode tickets can be yours for just a little breast grope. Okay, not really a little grope — it's got to be at least 10 minutes' worth of heavy petting. [Craigslist]

[UPDATE: Rick Rockwell has contacted us to deny any involvement with the below ad, obviously the work of an anonymous, troublemaking Craigslist miscreant with access to unflattering photos.]

Defamer is committed to helping cash-strapped, female U2 fans connect with the sensitive, anonymous Craigslist posters looking to test the limits of both their self-esteem and their devotion to their favorite band:

Bunking with a misogynistic fratboy compulsive masturbator wasn't quite your idea of a good living situation? Then perhaps this nice, friendly, TV-free Greenpoint loft is up your alley. And they're so multicultural!

On Craigslist, a young non-smoker looks for a drug-free roommate. Sounds innocent enough, until things get "honest:"

Again and again, the local edition of Craigslist has proven its utility as a virtual casting office, offering up on a regular basis exciting opportunities previously available only to those with a high-powered agent. The online community also recently made a successful foray into location scouting, and perhaps buoyed by that pilot program, now seeks to make a splash in the world of film finance:

• Paul Krugman shall run afoul of the new corrections policy yet again if he keeps this sort of talk up. [Chase Me Ladies]
• Attention girl in the yellow jacket: Craigslist is searching for you, and the Marines would like to recruit you. [ToTC]
• The true story behind the breakup of Paris & Paris: "Scrabble is hot." [Zulkey]
• American Apparel takes their '70s porn aesthetic and applies it to people who would've been old enough to purchase porn in the 1970's. Vague unease is an underutilized marketing tool. [Spunker]
• What the second-to-last correction here fails to explain is that while Mick Jagger did attend the London School of Economics, he actually studied Literature and History. [NYT]

If you were looking for someone you'd trust with your life — someone who need to be the very epitome of honesty, reliability, and loyalty — where is the absolute last place on Earth you would look?

Ah, Craiglist, where charity and random sex meet. Posted today:

Yesterday's Times weddings pages announced the nuptials of Clara Lora-Ospina, a clinical psychologist, and Kevin McCrea, a Boston city-council candidate. And how did the loving couple first meet?

Late last night, we were doing what we normally do after dark: Cruising the casual encounters section on Craigslist, looking for a tennis partner. What we found was so delightful, we simply had to share it with you. Alas, this morning, the page had been removed — good thing we took a screen cap last night, then.

Found on Craigslist today:

Who knew skipping Freshman Comp could stand in the way of finding true love?

More than one young woman has forwarded us versions of this email today, all of them prompted by the mention of "Ps41alum@aol.com" to dig through their inboxes for old replies to Craigslist ads. And several of them report they weren't even looking for sex. Here's the standard reply from Ps41alum, known better known as Us Weekly's Timothy McDarrah:

Yesterday's statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office said that Timothy McDarrah, the Us Weekly editor arrested for soliciting a minor for sex, was snared by the FBI in a Craigslist sting has at least one emailer concerned:

• Tyra Banks: Supermodel, television producer, daytime talk television clown. [Four Four]
• Sadly, the many faces of Tyra didn't lead to stellar premiere ratings; Martha Stewart and Judge Alex (whohuh?) had equally lackluster numbers. [Mediaweek]
• If you're a "party girl," you can live on West Broadway in lovely Soho, with other "party girls," for a mere $500 a month! Dealer fees not included. [Craigslist]
• The most frightening fundraiser ever. [HuffPo]
• Behold the scenes of Fashion Week, which look increasingly like recruitment posters for Al Qaeda. [Daily Transom]
• Get to know your new LES skyline. It'll compliment the forthcoming Starbucks quite nicely, we think. [Curbed]

• Principled, uncompromising Judy Miller now in negotiations to compromise and get out of jail — which Reuters doesn't mention till graf six. [Reuters via HuffPost]
• Media continue to develop backbone, as newsweeklies say no to FEMA request for no corpse pictures. [NYP]
• CBS News's non-opinionated, non-ombudsman, non-media crit blog launches Monday. We don't know how we'll last till then. [Mediaweek]
• Craiglist could kill the newspaper classifieds biz entirely. Plus casual encounters! [SmartMoney]
• TWX honchos go to fashion shows, and chief Dick Parsons is sad there's not Tyra. [WWD]
• Henry Luce III, son of Time founder and longtime Time Inc. reporter and exec, dies at 80. [NYT]