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“Okay, so Cheney is Ozymandias. Does that make McCain the...”
— Ana Marie Cox

Jul 31st

“My goal, then, is to run a sandwich restaurant so exclusive,...”
— New Yorker

Jul 31st

Profiles in Courage

FlyerTalk on Delta’s new frequent flier award mimimums: “No, this is not a...

Jul 31st

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I know I look pretty crappy sometimes.

Jul 30th

Let's start a meme!

alexbalk: Category is “Songs That You Can No Longer Hear Without Somehow Imagining Them Playing...

Jul 28th

mollylambert: I lost a follower today, perhaps it was the...

Jul 28th

mollylambert: Pinky the Gay Albino Dolphin

Jul 27th

Yikes! There’s also video from inside the cabin...

Jul 25th

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katiebakes: nickdouglas: Keith Gessen: Keith Gessen Movie Features Not Quite All The Happyish...

Jul 25th

Now I Can Whine in Peace

I’m not the biggest Bill Simmons fan—as a New York sports fan, he’s tough to take...

Jul 25th

NYC Cares

Walking down Sixth Avenue today, I passed a blind panhandler receiving change from a pair of...

Jul 25th

brooklynmutt: It’s the 25th anniversary of the pine tar...

Jul 24th

"Neoconservatism in foreign policy is best...

Jul 24th

maura: This is the second time in, what, six weeks or so...

Jul 24th

I Never Realized Estelle Getty Was An...

lowlife: Obituaries of Estelle Getty from The Guardian, the Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung and the...

Jul 24th

Hundreds of thousands of Germans at a political...

Jul 23rd

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Jul 23rd

brianvan: When even Disney’s idea of mass-market nightlife gets gentrified out-of-existence, you...

Jul 23rd

Puzzling.

maura: alexbalk: Correction of the Day: “Because of a production error, some copies of...

Jul 23rd

Sabre fencers are the linebackers of the fencing world:...

Jul 23rd

mollylambert: I want to do a big neoclassical painting of...

Jul 23rd

Philadelphia Streets Unsafe for Manhole...

This was a problem in Albania when I was there, so it’s hardly a surprise that Philadelphia is...

Jul 23rd

Bottom Feeders

No matter the publication, no matter how little space I have to say it, I will always take the...

Jul 23rd

Terrifying schnitzel, Plzen

Jul 23rd

Phone booth, Karlovy Vary

Jul 23rd

John Edwards + Lovechild = Fun for the...

lowlife: Time just ran a list of Barack Obama’s top VP picks. John Edwards (who, incidentally, my...

Jul 23rd

I was such a sophisticated child

twentysomethingtales: The following, transcribed from my ‘97-‘98 diary (I believe that would make...

Jul 23rd

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I’m kinda shocked at how well this song holds up today. I’m also confused why it would...

Jul 22nd

“It was a menopausal bachelorette party, and here is my take...”
— Julie Klausner, in her review...

Jul 22nd

michaelorell: I bought this awesome hat this weekend. I...

Jul 22nd

Hide and Seek

Looks like somebody wants into the EU! Seriously, we just FOUND this war criminal, walking around....

Jul 22nd

Ryanair, Please Come to JFK

Ryanair denied that it is paying the price for expanding too quickly today as it confirmed plans to...

Jul 22nd

Rats!

Today the building where I work had the giant inflatable rat perched outside. I felt...

Jul 21st

“I can only tell you that standard male dress in the Kingdom,...”
— Tony Bourdain

Jul 21st

Red and Green Envelope

Watching several people stuff Netflix envelopes into mailboxes today, I wondered: when Netflix goes...

Jul 21st

Hellboy Huh?

My Dad just recommended Hellboy 2 to me. “I really liked the first one, and this was even...

Jul 21st

Sweet Tooth

I swear, I will cut every time a writer calls a building a “confection” (or any other...

Jul 18th

Here's another fun inclusion in an agent...

katert0t: “I have no doubt that [this submission] will become a highly $ucce$$ful book series.” ...

Jul 18th

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toomuchawesome: In honor of Mamma Mia!, which I will not see for the obvious reasons, here’s the...

Jul 18th

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Uh, this is the trippiest video for Rockin’ Robin I’ve ever seen. Was Terry Gilliam...

Jul 18th

How Are Things Like This Allowed to...

Grand Sichuan ran out of string beans last night. Now, I’ve ordered a lot of Chinese food in...

Jul 18th

YES

doree: There is so much wonderful and good about Choire’s post on Radar about this latest kerfuffle...

Jul 18th

Burt's Bees

How is it that no one, I mean NO ONE is writing about the first season of Evening Shade of DVD?...

Jul 18th

lowlife: You know what’s disgusting? English fast food. As...

Jul 18th

Lobster Roll, Chebeague

Jul 17th

Nighttime track work, Ujezd

Jul 17th

“If there’s a flaw in the burger, it’s that after all these...”
— Alan Richman

Jul 17th

hitsong: Yeah yeah, it’s P-Town Bear Week, you crazy...

Jul 17th

mollylambert: You want her broken with her mouth wide open ...

Jul 17th

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toomuchawesome: (via Gawker) Sigh. On the plus side, cartoons remain important in society. Come...

Jul 16th

alexbalk: Seriously, CAN I GO BACK ON VACATION PLEASE? ...

Jul 15th

“AV Club: Was it tough voicing Doug and Quailman? Billy...”
— AV Club

Jul 15th

“He once introduced Benazir Bhutto as the prime minister of...”
— Hitchens

Jul 14th

“I’ve been writing since I was a kid in Russia. My...”
— Gary Shteyngart

Jul 11th

what is the opposite of ruthless?

thegreenfieldsofthemind: ruthful? ruthy? New England author Ruth Moore?

Jul 10th

brooklynmutt: Manny’s call from the Wall During the...

Jul 10th

Oof.

Jul 10th

I am one of the rare breed of American...

Jul 10th

azizisbored: I love the Dark Knight, but this is a bit of a...

Jul 10th

I’m still trying to figure out what that machine on...

Jul 8th

Really digging these illustrations by Jan Kallwejt.

Jul 8th

Entitlement indeed.

Jul 8th

hitsong: I went to a hippie school which is much the same concept as Montessori. Lemme guess:...

Jul 7th

Our precious offspring: The Noise Edition

Jul 7th

fact one.

designage: the first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was fred and wilma...

Jul 7th

With all the improved pub grub, don't get the...

Jul 7th

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I still love this video.

Jul 6th

Matt Gross: I've seen a million faces and...

Jul 6th

(Not All That) Wanted

Last night, through a rather circuitous set of circumstances I saw Wanted, aka that trailer where...

Jul 6th

Finally—a computer that meets ALL my needs.

Jul 6th

Wow, that was fast.

Jul 4th

Hate those possessed toilets most of all.

Jul 4th

One of the less subtle drink names I’ve seen.

Jul 4th

Remind me why there wasn’t a traveling Thai massage...

Jul 4th

lowlife: The World’s Best Marathon Signs Somewhere in that...

Jul 2nd

Small European Car of the Day: the Seat Toledo. Pretty sure...

Jul 2nd

brooklynmutt: The Face of Red Sox Nation SawxBlog via...

Jul 2nd

Years ago, I played a game during my visits to Prague: Spot...

Jul 1st