• Theories of Evolution — Baboons are avoiding pregnancy by eating a certain type of plum. Hot damn! Blue states win!

• When Whippersnappers and Geezers Collide — There’s an intern in another department at work who wears terry cloth shorts with 2″ inseams. Her hair is not wavy, it’s full on bedhead. She wears skimpy tank tops with teeny tiny straps. So, while I’d like to write off this NYTimes article as focused solely on the annoying habits of GenY and not so much on issues of, say, boomers failing to adapt to new technology . . . yeah, the kids aren’t necessarily alright.

• LA’s Best, Weirdest, Coolest, Dodgiest Arcades

Last night, I went to the Village Idiot for a farewell to Vanessa party. As a Los Angeles interpretation of a pub, it was spot on: ridiculously airy high ceilings, inadequate seating, and way more wine selection than anything else. They had three Craftsman beers on tap. I tried both the hefeweizen and the pale ale, both of which were pleasant. The pale ale had a lovely smoky finish. I would recommend the Village Idiot for only this kind of after work, centrally-located event. I doubt I’ll be back often.

LA Downtown News’ Best Eating & Best Drinking (via Curbed LA) — yay, Library Bar won Best New Bar. They have the yummiest Craftsman Biere de Blanco on tap in addition to many, many books.

Sassy: The Whole Thing — Fashionista scanned the entire issue of Sassy in which yesterday’s Chloe Sevigny editorial was featured. Best flashback ever. Mayim Bialik talking to Sassy was what got me into Elvis Costello.

I wish I had read more today that had less to do with Lindsay.

• Chloe Sevigny, The Early Years — Vintage Sassy editorial. I remember this one, because Chloe seemed so effortlessly cool. She does an amazing job as judgmental Nicki on Big Love. She’s the reason I [sometimes] watch the show.

• Let’s Do Lunch, Now That There’s Somewhere to Do It — Top Chef’s top judge Tom Colicchio brings Craft to L.A. Why? Because Bryan Lourd asked him to. right, then.

• Epic Comic Book Series Is Animated for DVD — Darwyn Cooke’s The New Frontier is now an animated movie. Cooke fought to keep Lois Lane and Wonder Woman in the film. Sidebar. When I was a kid, female action figures were, like, impossible to find. Target had Black Canary, Zatanna, Jean Grey and Emma Frost in stock this weekend. It was pretty sweet.

• Standards of Beauty: Why Is Straight Hair the Epitome of “Style”? — Jezebel responds to that NYTimes article.

• Working Girls — Also per Jezebel, 9 to 5 is Broadway-bound, and Allison Janney is participating in the workshop as Violet. epic.

On Thursday night, I went out to watch the Mets beat up the Dodgers (13-9). Sadly, my favorite Met, Lastings Milledge, had the night off. Also, I ate garlic fries.

On Friday, I went to the El Rey to see The Bird and the Bee with friends. Lowlight of the show was when a trashed Sia (seriously, girl looked like an epileptic Stevie Wonder) joined the bird for a bossanova cover of “How Deep Is Your Love” (I can scarcely believe it myself) during the encore.

After the concert, we went to a Ralph’s in Koreatown just about midnight to purchase the last Harry Potter book. No lines, plus I got Ziplocs & Lean Cuisines (5 roasted vegetable pizzas for $10, hot damn)! After breakfast and errands on Saturday morning, I read both books 6 & 7. Shitty ending.

Sunday was for more errands. IKEA. I just don’t ever want to go to IKEA again.

• 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations — go, Johnny Drama, go! I hope that “Dick in a Box” wins its category; it was better than the Scrubs song about the poo.
  

• SIGG bottles (via ljc fyi) — very elegant designs, any number of which would be delightful for my seriously messy workspace

• Save a Woman (And Her Dating Life) From Herself — seems thematic lately for various girlfriends

• Curls, Split! Ringlets, Be Gone! — Another elaborate, expensive semi-permanent hair straightening method is in salons. And yet, I still don’t have a product that actually keeps curls big, lively and frizz-free in oodles of humidity.
  

• The Pisher Kings — Gretchen Mol/Colin Farrell disease striking again for young LeBeouf?
  

• Bill & Hillary Clinton have never felt shame — nice photo

• Learn to live in a small space — My new apartment is significantly smaller than the last one (we’re down a bedroom and a dining room), but it’s also a lot nicer. However, figuring out where the everything goes is trickier.

• The Embargo Age Is Over: Scholastic Begs People Not to Read Harry Potter, Sues Retailers — In a stupefying display of wtfness, Scholastic asks those lucky people to whom retailers have already delivered HP7 to not freaking open the packages. Don’t push the button; the button is bad.

• Anya Hindmarch: The Interview — Fashionista talks to Hindmarch about that damned — but very well intentioned — bag. Nice to see that Hindmarch is just as bemused about its success as I am. My favorite bit is in the comments where someone states that bags sold somewhere in London were put into plastic bags at the point of sale.

Last night, I went with a small group of friends out to Seven Grand after work. Only not so much, because Seven Grand was closed from a private party. (Dear 7G, please put a freaking calendar on your website.) The doorman suggested we try the Golden Gopher, owned by the same people. The Golden Gopher wasn’t opening until 8, and it was 7. So we pressed on to Broadway Bar. They were open. I hadn’t been there before, but I enjoyed it. Not so much with the beers on tap, but, at least, they had Stella…

• Teens “say e-mail is, like, soooo dead” — a little bit makes me weep. I like having super fast access to backdata through email archiving. IM logs don’t work nicely enough, and sms logs? forget it. Teens: I shake my fist at you.

• Twiistup 2 in Venice Aug. 8th — Last night was the Geek Dinner, an outgrowth of BarCamp LA, at Galanga in WeHo. I met some interesting people, but more importantly, I had some crazy good food. I ordered the “garlic” entree with beef. Classic. Galanga is dry, so BYOB if you go. They do make a mean strawberry lemonade.

• Tiffany Bridge’s standup from last weekend — go Tiff

• It’s All Good in the Hood — Queen Michelle reports on hoods for F/W 07/08. I adore the white Chalayan.

• Fresh Fare Loves to Talk About Fresh Fare’s Opening — Downtown L.A. is getting its first supermarket when the Ralph’s [finally] opens on Friday. I also received my invitation in the mail yesterday; it cleverly included an application for a club card so one can make the sign up process that much faster. I thought I had found interim supermarket joy at the Vons on Vermont & 3rd the other day, but it took me three stoplight cycles to make a freaking left (which I would have needed to do from any exit point). The joy of Sierra Nevada on sale was stymied by the slowness of exiting. Do I not seem stressed for time?

• Suspiria cemetery screening on Jul. 21st — Ordinarily, I’d be all about a Suspiria screening, but cemeteries are kinda creepy and sitting cross-legged on dirt for several hours doesn’t particularly thrill me.

And what we’ve learned today, boys and girls, is that I’m a crotchety, old thing.

• Buffy Sing-Along Segment on NPR — Interview with Clinton McClung, organizer of the Buffy Sing-Alongs
  

• Sorkin takes the blame for Studio 60

• Medellin website launches — a Billy Walsh film starring Vincent Chase . . . I’m so there

• The York rocks Highland Park — because I could use an expensive new gastropub to frequent

• Gridskipper on LA Wine Shops

• Harry Potter leaked — looks authentic to me