• From Larry King Live to the New School. Jim McGreevey’s Pity Fest 2006 has really taken off. (Tues. 9/26) [New School]

• Don't let the fact that Zach Braff likes Regina Spektor dissuade you from checking her out. After all, it's not her fault! (Wed. 9/27) [NYM]

• Eric Clapton may be unfeasibly aged, but he’ll rock harder in his oldies than any of us ever hope to. (Thurs. 9/28) [Ticketmaster]

• Calling all babysitters: if you want to teach kids how to behave for a low, low, price, check this out. (Sun. 10/1) [Ticket Web]

• New York magazines asks if development in Brooklyn begs arson. We have no idea what the conclusion was, but we sense the next victim will be the Nets stadium. [NYM]

• You know that book Jim McGreevey wrote? The man depicted as his lover claims the story is full of lies. See, James Frey can be an inspiration. [NYT]

• The latest trend in New York City high schools? Chlamydia. (We blame 50 Cent.) [NYP]

• Here's to hoping New York's new blog, Grub Street, has better luck than Frank Bruni's diary of a food addict. Also, can we start calling food blogs flogs? [Eater]

• Here's to hoping Michael's doesn't use spinach in their Cobb salad. [ABC]

This week, New York magazines explains how a gay American is made. Via, of course, the personal essay of New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.

We haven't read the whole thing yet … not only because it's five pages, but because of that really creepy photo and the eerie way McGreevey describes his "gay in the making" experiences.

This is how it started. I leaned forward and kissed his neck. It was wrong. I wasn't an ordinary citizen anymore.

Weird. All this time we thought it just took one night at Barracuda, a few passion fruit martinis, and a Banana Republic polo to make an American gay.

The Making of a Gay American [James McGreevey, New York Magazine]