Daryl K is back, according to today’s NY Times. And good for her, she has to be the nicest person in the biz. Her label is re-launching their mysteriously named K189 product line. Forget the Time’s explanation of the name. Here is the real story.

Ms. Kerrigan’s first address in NYC was 234 East 2nd Street (I lived in the same tiny building at the time). Remove “East” from the address and you are left with 2342. Her first store was at 208 East 6th Street, again, remove the “East” and you are left with 2086. Subtract the second number from the first thusly: 2342-2086=256. Take the result and subtract 64, the year she was born, and you are left with 192. Oh yeah, she lived on the 3rd floor on 2nd Street, so subract three and there you are. Wait a second, we both lived at 221 East 2nd Street…nevermind.

Well, the addresses are accurate anyway. The actual explantion is in the article — too bad its origins were revealed and the “33″ factor vanquished.

Up in Boston, fashion hardhead Cam Brown enters his 20th year in a crusade to win a 30 dollar bet by stubbornly wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants every single day for 40 years.

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