Subject: Beauty Pageants

• Daily Briefs: Commercial interests are taking the "Christ" out of "Halloween"

  October 20, 2008

• Sexxxiness for charity: A couple of Clothes Whore-ish events this week

    Tonight (12/2): From 6 to 8:30 p.m., Manhattan's Lounge (135th and State Line Road) hosts Silent Nightie, a "classy lingerie fashion show" featuring delicate underthingies from local boutique Clair de Lune (the picture of the gauzy nightie is from Clair's Web site). A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (SAFE), which supports the families of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency personnel. Ther

  December 2, 2008

• Best Crush-Worthy Local Celebrity (Female)

  October 18, 2001

• Sleaze Queens

  December 25, 2008

• Be Bad for Goodness Sake

  November 27, 2008

• Mexican Freedom Party

  September 11, 2008

• Ain't No Sunshine

  August 17, 2006

• Grizzly Bloodfeast

  Night of the living side projects

  October 30, 2003

• Eye of the Beholder

  Sandra Bullock showcases her comedic talent in the suitably amiable Miss Congeniality.

  December 21, 2000

• Marilyn Monroe and Studies in Crap unite to contemplate cleavage and toast Miss America

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Miss America Pageant Official Year Book Date: 1952 Discovered at: Timeless Treasures Antique Mall, Kansas City, Mo. The Cover Promises: When the night is at its darkest, the police commissioner of Atlantic City aims a beacon to the heavens to summon that great protector of the

  June 25, 2009

• Whip It

  October 1, 2009