Some genius engineer at CNN today left a live mic on Kyra Phillips as she went to the BATHROOM during Bush’s 1-year Katrina Anniversary speech. Over the President’s speech, you can hear her speaking about how difficult it is to find a good man, but how it’s doable. Audio is here. And Kyra, even though you’re married, be careful about talking in the bathroom about your husband’s sister. Calling her a control freak will not make for a good Thanksgiving dinner. Transcript here. Kyra, if this winds up in a divorce for you, may I just say that I’m a good, kind man, who happens to be single. (PS: Yes, Kyra is the one who confused US Ambassador John Bolton [...]

PR: Public Relations. Or… PR: Personal Record. Sunday, August 27, 2006 NYC Half Marathon, Presented by Nike Official Time for one Peter Shankman: 1:52:23. Bested my old half marathon time by more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Can’t move now, but so totally worth it. Go me! :) PS: PR (as in PR) for this was insane – WABC covered it live, as did every other NYC station in all their news programs. Props to NYRR’s PR team!

Journalists charged with aiding suicide Lovely story of a bunch of Indian Journalists who offered matches and diesel fuel to a man who was thinking about commiting suicide, then broadcast him doing just that on National TV. All of a sudden, Jerry Springer doesn’t seem so bad.

Via PopBitch, one of the best gossip email newsletters out there… SoHo House last week, a couple spotted having sex in the pool in front of the other guests. Classy. Ugh. So did SH ban the couple? Doubtful. They’re "members." I always preach that it’s always about the customer, right? But… When does a company, (be it SH or McDonalds) take the unpopular step of saying "OK, this will lessen our cool points, but in this case, the customer isn’t always right? We’ll let you get away with a lot, but you can’t cross "this" line?" Different lines at different places, I suppose. Which is fine – just curious which companies actually have the guts to implement specific policies when [...]

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