Void Where Prohibited: The Second Annual Bad Idea Potluck Essay Contest

Yes! We totally did this last year! This year there is only one prize and there will be only one proper winner, but this year's prize is better than all of last year's prizes put together.

The Essay: Tell us about something you did because you saw it in a movie or on television. Then tell us why you aren't sorry. You can send your entries in by email, put them in the comments section, or even leave them on our Facebook page.We'll find them.

Winner will receive the following skateboard:

 Runners up in the tri-state area may receive beers.

March of the Dudecake

Meet Sigurd. He agreed to be March's pin-up boy on the condition that he could deliver this message in the public service from the Physical Culture Society of Williamsburg: It is nice out. Go to the park.

And speaking of public, enter this contest to win a sweet Public brand bicycle: Bike Contest.

First Annual Bad Idea Potluck Essay Contest

Write as much or as little as you want about your fondest memory of throwing up. Send a picture of yourself or don't. You can even just type it in as a comment after this post. Winners will receive an indie rock fun pak, hippie art or a paperback edition of The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Contest runs 'til 2010 but winners will be announced whenever I decide.