Yet who has declared first?

Dude, you can't declare first WHEN. YOU'RE. NOT. FIRST. The only "try" that is allowed is when you legitimately think you're first and are racing to make that golden post.

And it is especially lame to cheer "first!" when you've been beaten by a substantive post.

LAT! when's the interview with the pimp going to be published? you know we want it!

Um, am I the only person who finds calling this black guy "the pimp" really offensive? What rock did you crawl out from under if you didn't realize that a certain economic class of black men has a sartorial style that tends towards the extremely colorful and snappy? I'm not sure if this is to be chalked up to ignorance or racism.

yep, you're the only one.

I call a spade, a spade.

9:54: How do we know that The Pimp is African-American? His race is not mentioned in Lat's article.

Is that just your (perhaps racist) assumption? White pimps can dress flashy too.

I think it's pretty clear that the guy's black, but if anyone wants to contradict that then go ahead. The reason it's clear to me is that I've seen plenty of working-class black guys dressed to the nines like that, and I assume that's who this guy is.

For more on the connection between black history and black fashion:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/1998-09-30/news/head-wraps-and-zoot-suits.php

See also, the zoot suit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit

Race and gawdy fashion are correlated?

WHAAAAAA-OOOWWWWW

I think Dumbledore is gay because J.K. Rowling isn't yet ready to relinquish the spotlight.

As soon as her star begins to fade again, we'll suddenly discover that Hagrid had an addiction to prescription drugs.