Ipecac chaser

Finally, booze that gives you the whirlies if you just think about drinking it. We give you smoked salmon-flavored vodka.

It’s available now in a special gift set that includes a couple of shot glasses and a barf bucket.

It was a dark and stormy night: A Seattle woman’s disquieting entry, which compares a passionate kiss with the drinking habits of gerbils, has won the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad writing.

For next year’s contest, The Buzz proposes a lifetime achievement award for the “Twilight” series, the latest film installment of which hits the multiplexes today.

As numerous wags have noted on the Internet, “Twilight” has much in common with soccer: It goes on for two hours, its billions of fans get very excited, and no one scores.

Custom fit: Cliff Lee took the mound for the Mariners on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

The timing was fortuitous for the New York ball club. As Lee rested in the dugout between innings, the Yankees’ tailor took measurements for his pinstripe uniform.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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