Asylum http://www.asylum.com Asylum http://www.asylum.com/media/feedlogo.gif Asylum http://www.asylum.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Greeting Card Designer Pole-Dances As Marketing Ployhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/10/jill-anne-pole-dancing-greeting-card/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/10/jill-anne-pole-dancing-greeting-card/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/10/jill-anne-pole-dancing-greeting-card/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Other than sending warm wishes to that special someone on International Pole-Dancing Day, the greeting card and exotic-dancing industries rarely intersect. But one enterprising and flexible lady has found a way to combine the two forms of "art" on ... Read more

 

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]]>greeting cardsGreetingCardsInternational Pole-Dancing DayInternationalPole-dancingDayjill-annepole-dancingLaura Leu2010-12-10T10:30:00+00:00Catholics and Atheists Duke It Out in Holiday Billboard Battlehttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/06/catholics-and-atheists-duke-it-out-in-holiday-billboard-battle/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/06/catholics-and-atheists-duke-it-out-in-holiday-billboard-battle/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/06/catholics-and-atheists-duke-it-out-in-holiday-billboard-battle/#commentsFiled under: ,


Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Holiday Billboard Battle at the world-famous Lincoln Tunnel! In the New Jersey corner, hailing from evolved apes, the welterweight champions of religious jokes ... the Atheists! And in the New York corner, from ... Read more

 

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]]>atheistsbillboardscatholicsholidaylincoln tunnelnew jerseynew yorkreligionLaura Leu2010-12-06T18:00:00+00:00Take a Ride Into New York's Secret Subway Stationhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/12/take-a-ride-into-new-yorks-secret-subway-station/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/12/take-a-ride-into-new-yorks-secret-subway-station/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/12/take-a-ride-into-new-yorks-secret-subway-station/#commentsFiled under: , ,


As we've learned, abandoned subway stations are awesome. However, reaching the closed-up train hubs of New York City often means sneaking into unauthorized areas, where you'll face rat posses and possible jail time. But, now you can view the ... Read more

 

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]]>6 line6Lineabandoned train stationAbandonedTrainStationcity hall stationCityHallStationhiddenMTAnew york cityNewYorkCitysecret stationSecretStationsubwayLaura Leu2010-11-12T10:30:00+00:00Union Bedbug Replaces Union Rathttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/union-inflatable-bedbug-affinia-hotel/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/union-inflatable-bedbug-affinia-hotel/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/union-inflatable-bedbug-affinia-hotel/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It was only a matter of time before New Yorkers grew so accustomed to rats that the inflatable union rat -- festering nipples and all -- just wasn't menacing enough to draw attention to employers' misdeeds. So now scorned union workers have upped ... Read more

 

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]]>affinia hotelAffiniaHotelbed bugsbedbugscapital buildersCapitalBuildersinflatable bedbuginflatable ratInflatableBedbugInflatableRatpainters disctrict council no. 9PaintersDisctrictCouncilNo.9union bedbugunion ratUnionBedbugUnionRatunionsLaura Leu2010-11-10T12:00:00+00:00How to Become a Fast Food Legendhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/white-castle-cravers-mcrib-legend/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/white-castle-cravers-mcrib-legend/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/10/white-castle-cravers-mcrib-legend/#commentsFiled under: , ,


If the two things you desire more than anything else in life are cheeseburgers and recognition for not exerting yourself mentally or physically, there's a place where your passions meet: in the realm of fast food legends. Next week, White Castle ... Read more

 

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]]>Craversfast foodFastFoodHall of FameHallOfFamein-and-outWendyswhite castleWhiteCastleEmerald Catron2010-11-10T11:30:00+00:00Juggling Marathon Runner Leads to Discovery of 'Joggling'http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/09/joggling-juggle-nyc-marathon-perry-romanowski/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/09/joggling-juggle-nyc-marathon-perry-romanowski/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/09/joggling-juggle-nyc-marathon-perry-romanowski/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Over 45,000 people huffed and puffed through the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. The event included incredible running feats by a double-lung-transplant patient, a rescued Chilean miner and Superman. But none of these heroes compares to one ... Read more

 

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]]>clownsing new york cityIngNewYorkCityinternational jugglers assocationInternationalJugglersAssocationjogglerjogglingjoggling world championshipsJogglingWorldChampionshipsjugglingmarathonnyc marathonNycMarathonperry romanowskiPerryRomanowskiLaura Leu2010-11-09T11:30:00+00:00Mario Celebrates 25th Birthday With Fans and Creator Shigeru Miyamotohttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/08/super-mario-bros-25th-birthday-nintendo-world-store/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/08/super-mario-bros-25th-birthday-nintendo-world-store/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/08/super-mario-bros-25th-birthday-nintendo-world-store/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


If you were in Manhattan yesterday afternoon near Rockefeller Plaza, you may have noticed a line spanning blocks and dotted with numerous red and green flat caps. Hundreds of fans gathered at the Nintendo World Store to celebrate the silver birthday ... Read more

 

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]]>miyamotonintendo world storeNintendoWorldStoresuper mariosuper mario brosSuperMarioSuperMarioBrosJustin Massoud2010-11-08T12:15:00+00:00Missed Connection With 'Beetlejuice' Character Ends in Heartbreakhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/missed-connection-with-beetlejuice-character-ends-in-heartbreak/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/missed-connection-with-beetlejuice-character-ends-in-heartbreak/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/05/missed-connection-with-beetlejuice-character-ends-in-heartbreak/#commentsFiled under: , ,


We've heard this story before: Guy makes googly eyes at a pretty lady on the subway. But, before he can muster up the cojones to approach her, the train stops at her destination, and she's gone forever. With his love unrequited, the fellow pens a ... Read more

 

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]]>beetlejuicejjkrissykristiekristyL trainLorimer StreetLorimerStreetLTrainlydiamissed connectionsMissedConnectionssubway romanceSubwayRomanceLaura Leu2010-11-05T11:30:00+00:00McDonald's Honors McRib Superfanshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/04/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich-fans/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/04/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich-fans/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/04/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich-fans/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Behind every great man, there's a great sandwich. When done well, a hunk of meat slapped between two slices of bread can ignite passion from within, inspiring man to move mountains, swim oceans and unbutton his pants -- all for the sake of the ... Read more

 

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]]>Adam WinerAdamWinerAlan KleinAlanKleinJoey ErwinJoeyErwinLegendsMcDonaldsMcRibMcRib LocatorMcribLocatorMr. McRibMr.McribRoad TripRoadTripsuperfansLaura Leu2010-11-04T10:30:00+00:00The Underbelly Project -- A Secret Art Gallery Beneath the Streetshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/the-underbelly-project-secret-subway-street-art/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/the-underbelly-project-secret-subway-street-art/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/the-underbelly-project-secret-subway-street-art/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Deep in the belly of New York City lies a ghost town of a subway station, where the trains don't run, but street art thrives. For the past 18 months, 103 artists have been covertly sneaking into the space to create and display their work on the dank ... Read more

 

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]]>artgraffitijeff starkJeffStarkmtapacrevokron englishRonEnglishstreet artStreetArtsubway artSubwayArtsubwaysswoonthe underbelly projectTheUnderbellyProjectworkhorseLaura Leu2010-11-02T15:00:00+00:00Old Town Bar Celebrates Its Urinals' 100th Birthdayhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/01/old-town-bar-celebrates-its-urinals-100th-birthday/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Today, the urinals at New York's Old Town Bar & Restaurant (left) turn 100 years-old. In honor of the milestone, the bar's co-owner Gerald Meagher is throwing them a party. (We hate to piss all over someone's birthday party, but in this case, ... Read more

 

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]]>birthdaycentennialmanhattannew york cityNewYorkCityOld Town Bar RestaurantOldTownBarRestauranturinalsLaura Leu2010-11-01T09:00:00+00:00Boo(ty)! For Halloween, Coco's Butt Gets Carved Into a Pumpkinhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/sexy-pumpkin-patterns-cocos-butt/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/sexy-pumpkin-patterns-cocos-butt/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/sexy-pumpkin-patterns-cocos-butt/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


If there's one thing we love about Halloween (other than sticking razor blades in apples before handing them out to the children), it's pumpkin-carving. And here at Asylum, we're no strangers to gourd art. We've seen pumpkins as cyborgs, vaginal ... Read more

 

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]]>Buttcocoextreme pumpkin carvingExtremePumpkinCarvingHalloweenIce-Tmaniac pumpkin carversManiacPumpkinCarversPumpkinsLaura Leu2010-10-28T16:00:00+00:00Landmark Status Granted to Manhattan Tree Househttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/manhattan-treehouse-lawsuit-melinda-hackett/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/manhattan-treehouse-lawsuit-melinda-hackett/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/28/manhattan-treehouse-lawsuit-melinda-hackett/#commentsFiled under: , ,


There are some things worth fighting for, like world peace, your right to party and not having your tree house torn down because you live next to a whiny little b*tch. Manhattan resident Melinda Hackett fought for just that (the tree house, not ... Read more

 

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]]>Greenwich VillageGreenwichVillagelawsuitlegal dramaLegalDramamanhattanmanhattan treehouse lawsuitManhattanTreehouseLawsuitMelinda HackettMelindaHacketttree houseTreeHouseLaura Leu2010-10-28T09:00:00+00:00'Ghostbusters' Fan Builds Proton Pack From Scratchhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/nelson-lugo-DIY-proton-pack-ghostbusters/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/nelson-lugo-DIY-proton-pack-ghostbusters/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/nelson-lugo-DIY-proton-pack-ghostbusters/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Dr. Egon Spengler would be so proud. Or maybe he'd be filing suit for copyright infringement. Either way, we are impressed with one New York man's dedication to building his very own proton pack from scratch. It took magician Nelson Lugo, 37, one ... Read more

 

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]]>Comic-conDIYepic win burlesqueEpicWinBurlesqueghostbustersnelson lugoNelsonLugoproton packProtonPackLaura Leu2010-10-27T11:30:00+00:00WWII-Era Ammo Cache Discovered in Brooklyn Bayhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/live-shells-brooklyn-bay-uss-bennington/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/live-shells-brooklyn-bay-uss-bennington/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/27/live-shells-brooklyn-bay-uss-bennington/#commentsFiled under: ,


Well, things just got a little more explode-y off the shores of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Divers found a hoard of possibly live ammo in The Narrows and Gravesend Bay, which might have been sitting there for the past 56 years. Eight WWII-era copper ... Read more

 

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]]>ammo discoveryAmmoDiscoveryartillerybay ridgeBayRidgebrooklynGravesend BayGravesendBaynarrowsshellsworld war IIWorldWarIiWWIIEmerald Catron2010-10-27T10:30:00+00:00Giants Girl Makes Bid for Gridiron Glory With Underboobhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/tehmeena-afzal-new-york-giants-sexy-video/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/tehmeena-afzal-new-york-giants-sexy-video/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/tehmeena-afzal-new-york-giants-sexy-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Remember Obama Girl? Amber Lee Ettinger was just another sexy Maxim cover-girl wannabe until Barack took America by force two years ago. She hitched a ride on his coattails and rode them straight to the top of the modeling world. Tehmeena Afzal ... Read more

 

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]]>boobboobsfootballmodelmodelsnew york giantsNewYorkGiantsTehmeena AfzalTehmeenaAfzalunderboobBrian Fairbanks2010-10-26T16:00:00+00:00The Five Best Statues for Gropinghttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/the-five-best-statues-for-groping/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/the-five-best-statues-for-groping/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/26/the-five-best-statues-for-groping/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


It was brought to our attention that the Botero statue of "Adam" at the Time Warner Center in Midtown New York City has a shiny, golden wiener (left). Perhaps it's not newsworthy, but the rest of the statue is a significantly darker, less shiny ... Read more

 

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]]>adamcrazy girlsCrazyGirlsfondlingjulianne houghJulianneHoughmonumentsronald mcdonaldRonaldMcdonaldstatue gropingStatueGropingtime warner centerTimeWarnerCentervictor noirVictorNoirwilliam pennWilliamPennEmerald Catron2010-10-26T13:30:00+00:00Jump in the Rant Van to Complain On-the-Gohttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/21/rant-van-jonny-christy-sheehan/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/21/rant-van-jonny-christy-sheehan/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/21/rant-van-jonny-christy-sheehan/#commentsFiled under: , ,


This van is trolling the streets of New York City, inviting strangers to step inside and get comfortable. And oddly, it doesn't end with any anyone receiving bad touches in their bathing-suit area. The Rant Van is a mobile complaint machine, ... Read more

 

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]]>brooklynchristy sheehanChristySheehanJonny SheehanJonnySheehanrant vanRantVansoap boxSoapBoxLaura Leu2010-10-21T11:30:00+00:00Insane Fan Storms Yankee Stadium Field to Allegedly Kill A-Rodhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/grim-lerogue-alex-rodriguez-arod-cameron-diaz-yankees/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/grim-lerogue-alex-rodriguez-arod-cameron-diaz-yankees/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/20/grim-lerogue-alex-rodriguez-arod-cameron-diaz-yankees/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Say you've got a massive crush on Cameron Diaz, but you're also a die-hard Yankees fan. Why not kill two birds with one stone by heading over to Yankee Stadium to cheer on your team, while also running onto the field to off Alex Rodriguez, the ... Read more

 

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]]>a-rodalex rodriguezAlexRodriguezcameron diazCameronDiazcrazy fansCrazyFansgrim lerogueGrimLeroguejohn roganJohnRoganstorming the fieldStormingTheFieldyankee stadiumyankeesYankeeStadiumLaura Leu2010-10-20T13:00:00+00:00Jimmy McMillan, Candidate for Governor, Thinks the Rent Is Too Damn Highhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/10/19/jimmy-mcmillan-rent-is-too-damn-high-kristin-davis/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/19/jimmy-mcmillan-rent-is-too-damn-high-kristin-davis/http://www.asylum.com/2010/10/19/jimmy-mcmillan-rent-is-too-damn-high-kristin-davis/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


During last night's New York gubernatorial debate, seven candidates faced off on tough issues, like taxes, social programs and, according to the awesomely mustachioed Jimmy McMillan, the fact that rent is just too damn high. In fact, McMillan's ... Read more

 

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]]>gubernatorial debategubernatorial racesGubernatorialDebateGubernatorialRacesjimmy mcmillanJimmyMcmillanKristin DavisKristinDavisNew York Mayoral CandidatesNewYorkMayoralCandidatesRent is 2 Damn highrent is too damn highRentIs2DamnHighRentIsTooDamnHighLaura Leu2010-10-19T13:00:00+00:00