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Ed Koch Replies to All His E-mails in Longhand

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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Former New York Mayors Ed Koch (R) and David Dinkins look on before New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his annual State of the City address at Morris High School Campus on January 12, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Education reform was a significant part of Bloomberg's address. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Former mayor Ed Koch, as you may know, is very hip to the digital age. The man writes for the Huffington Post. He posts occasional film reviews on his personal blog. Some people even suspect he's the real person behind Hipster Runoff. But perhaps most impressive of all: Ed Koch personally replies to all of his e-mail. No one does that!  Even nonfamous people. Who has that kind of time? Well, okay, retirees. But many of America's elderly aren't quite as comfortable with digital correspondence as Koch. Except, as it turns out, he's not actually doing the e-mailing part himself. 

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Michele Bachmann Jokes About What She Learned While Running for President

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Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spoke to the crowd at CPAC today in Washington, telling them that running for president is just "one series of humiliations after another." Which we all know to be true. She also told the crowd what she learned from her campaign, poking fun at herself, (or was she making fun of the media?) proudly stating that she now knows where John Wayne was born and when Elvis's birthday is, while recycling a dig aimed at Rick Perry. So clearly she didn't learn any new jokes.

Dating Advice for Conservatives

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Browse through the CPAC schedule, and you'll find workshops about taxes and the Constitution and foreign affairs. One of these workshops is not like the others, though: "Conservative Dating," an informational talk by professional dating coach Wayne Elise open to "conservative singles." Before a few dozen mostly young conservatives, and about a dozen curious members of the press, Elise —  dressed in all black, Johnny Cash style, save for a white belt — doled out advice to conservatives on how to go on dates without being so ... you know, bleh. 

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NYU Kid Brags of Bench-Pressing, Pull-ups in JPMorgan Cover Letter

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The overdone, tone-deaf, and clueless missives sent by current and aspiring Wall Streeters are by now a classic genre online, laughed at across all sorts of blogs and e-mail chains. Typically there are the ones struggling to get a date and the ones struggling to get a job, the latter of which we sympathize with more because it's both bleak and cutthroat out there (plus women still want to date these guys, apparently), and besides, how does one make a cover letter stand out anyway? Here's one tip, though: Don't mention feats of physical strength. 

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The Mau-Mauing of Mitt Romney

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SPARKS, NV - FEBRUARY 03: Former Massachusetts Gov. and republican candidate for president Mitt Romney looks on during a business roundtable at Western Nevada Supply on February 3, 2012 in Sparks, Nevada. With one day to go before the Nevada Caucus, Mitt Romney is campaigning through the state. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

With Mitt Romney showing vulnerability yet again, it’s an interesting time to study the behavior of Republican elites. Most of them swarmed all over Newt Gingrich and denounced him as unacceptable after the South Carolina primary, when Gingrich had a window to win Florida and seize command of the race. In the course of doing so, many of them offered some kind words for Rick Santorum, who at the time was an also-ran. But you’re not seeing Party leaders try to rally around Santorum as the alternative to Romney. Instead they’re trying to jack up Romney for more policy concessions.

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Woody Allen Likes Playing the Ponies on Dates

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Director Woody Allen attends The Cinema Society & Thierry Mugler screening of "Midnight in Paris" at Tribeca Grand Screening Room on May 17, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Woody Allen thinks Mayor Bloomberg’s recommendation of a ride on the Staten Island Ferry for a first date isn’t a bad option, but personally he prefers the horses. “I always took my first dates out to the racetrack, you know, out to Belmont,” the lifelong New Yorker told Daily Intel at Wednesday’s amfAR gala. As with most of Allen's romantic preoccupations, Belmont showed up in his professional life, too; he filmed there for both Mighty Aphrodite and Melinda and Melinda. “It just worked out very well for me; it was a very good first date,” Allen said cheerfully. “But the Staten Island Ferry is also quite good,” he added diplomatically.

Did the Academy Award–winning filmmaker impress his dates by betting on winning horses? “No, but it didn’t matter. It didn’t matter.”

Will Bloomberg or Reuters Buy the Financial Times Eventually? [Updated]

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Chronic media luncher Michael Wolff, out of the trade game and now writing for the Guardian, says that both Bloomberg (the company) and Thomson Reuters are vying to purchase the Financial Times, according to a recent daytime companion of his. The source is in a position to know because they are a senior exec at Reuters, but not in a position to know everything because "he or she is not from the deal-making side." The idea that two companies made hugely rich off of their financial data, but also interested in building massive media operations, often think about buying a reputable business paper is not new (The Wall Street Journal might be another possibility for both), but Wolff articulates exactly why buying a newspaper is good for a brand, if not for a bank account. 

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