"Should be ready to: train busker singers on trains to sound better, give a homeless person a makeover and set them up on a big date, make people wipe their germs from poles, get a transit employee to catch a rat for you to keep as a pet, find the worst smell and seek out its source."
Crazy subway writer [Craig's List via 601am.com]

Aaron Bailey notes a trend (evidenced by Craig's List and GreatBoyfriends.com; two=trend) in posting personal ads on behalf of friends. So, question: friends who post personal ads on your behalfthank them or kill them?
Noticing a trend [601am.com]

For New Yorkers who wish to squeeze a bit of last minute naughtiness into their schedules before the big man arrives tomorrow:
Personals: Santa [Craig's List]

A Manhattan corporate soldier is looking for an entourage. Potential candidates "should be extra cool upon confronting clients, ex-girlfriends and buddies from high school." They should also "be able to write and compose theme music, preferably with clever lyrics. Super fly fashions only."
Company posse needed [Craig's List]

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without random hook-ups and gratuitous casual sex. Our favorite line: "and since i'm so definitely not a christian I'd like to celebrate with SODOMY."
Christmas [Craig's List]

John Podhoretz, proof that online dating can work miracles, did have the advantage of being Jewish. Here's a cry of despair from a single goy, eliminated by New York's ruthlessly selective dating machines: "I don't like music enough, I'm not artsy enough, I'm too much like a banker, but not enough like a lawyer, and I am definitely NOT Jewish enough, or at all for that matter."
My trials and tribulations [Craigslist.org]

An ad on Craig's List: a group of Irish guys in New York offering to liven up any party they're...

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