May 2011
2 posts
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Captivating
May 17th
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May 4th
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April 2011
3 posts
Apr 22nd
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MONEY, CASH, HO'S by David Cho: The Awl is now two... →
davidcho: This will be a long thing about The Awl, so if you don’t care, please feel free to ignore. A few weeks ago, when we realized that The Awl’s birthday was coming up (an easily rememberable 4/20), we batted around some high level ideas on what we could do on the site to commemorate it. Eventually…
Apr 22nd
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Room with a Screw →
My 45-day quest to convince a craigslist scammer to write me a poem— and how she lost her mind and tried to become my friend.
Apr 15th
January 2011
1 post
JKZ →
Jan 31st
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April 2009
1 post
Apr 25th
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December 2008
1 post
december 01, 2008 | broken clouds | 50 °F [from wnyc.org. “broken clouds.” heartbreaking.]
Dec 1st
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October 2008
3 posts
“The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually,...”
– David Sedaris in The New Yorker
Oct 29th
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“I had no foresight I would get articles sent to me from friends where it’s...”
– Matthew Weiner on Mad Men
Oct 23rd
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Finally. →
Oct 7th
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August 2008
2 posts
“When assessing Phelps’s performance here, an iconic sports figure from the 1970s...”
– NYTimes
Aug 13th
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“Indirect communication, experts suggest, may be turning some people into...”
– NYT
Aug 2nd
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June 2008
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Jun 6th
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1. "fierce feminists" 2. "rampaging feminists" 3.... →
“For months, Hillary has been trying to emasculate Obama with the sort of words and themes she has chosen.” And with the sort of words and themes she has chosen, Maureen Dowd has been trying to…what? Undo the work of the women’s movement? Remind me I’m lucky to have a vote? If a man wrote this, he’d be pounced on for criminal misogyny.
Jun 4th
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May 2008
5 posts
How To Buy a Tanning Bed →
Is this really something people do?
May 29th
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Identity Crisis
What does it mean about me that 1. I have unearthed a Best of The Doobie Brothers CD that I had no idea I had and 2. I like it?  I was allowed (by the me police) to kind of like the Allman Brothers because of “Sweet Melissa,” but I don’t know how to feel about this new relationship. I also have to admit that the only thing I knew separated the Doobie Brothers from the Allman...
May 26th
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Carrier →
You can watch the entire trillion-part PBS documentary online. It’s about the lives of sailors on a giant aircraft carrier. I love it. It’s like American High but in the armed forces.
May 21st
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“Change You Deserve” is the House GOP’s freshly minted mantra —...”
– The Note
May 15th
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“She’s a tiny little pocket of wry humour and occasional hatred.”
– wrote Lyndal, in a recent email.
May 12th
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April 2008
6 posts
'I think too much of design is too dumb' →
An interview with one of my favorite designers, Tord Boontje.
Apr 29th
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Apr 16th
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Obama's Pronunciation of ‘Divisive' →
This has been irking me. I too loved the speech, and I totally agree with everything this post says. I know I’m a dork that I’m still thinking about a word in a speech from 100 news cycles ago.
Apr 15th
“Mr. Jagger and company are mischievous bohemian whippersnappers churning up...”
– I loved Shine A Light. Stunning, inspiring, exciting.
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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“Oxygen viewers have not settled into adult growth patterns.”
– Lauren Zalaznick, now president of Oxygen, in the NYT.
Apr 2nd
March 2008
2 posts
“Now my life’s a nightmare of efficiency.”
– Old 97’s, Adelaide
Mar 30th
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I know I’m not alone in adoring this. It’s too amazing for words.
Mar 12th
February 2008
5 posts
Testosterone →
One of the best This American Life episodes ever was rebroadcast this weekend. Riveting.
Feb 26th
“Op-Ed cannot harbor any aspirations about being encyclopedic. For this reason,...”
– Another post-it floating around on my desk. From the NYT editorial board, explaining their ethos a few years ago. It helped.
Feb 20th
There is something so charming about this.  →
Click, click.
Feb 19th
“Accepting the explanation that he didn’t see her is possible only for people who...”
– Gail Collins on The Alleged Snub
Feb 3rd
“Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived at Ms. Spears’s mansion...”
– AP
Feb 1st
January 2008
14 posts
“Those of us who live in New York found it rather peculiar that Giuliani was a...”
– Gail Collins, NYT
Jan 26th
Socializr →
What’s with leaving out a letter in your Web 2.0 application name? Following up on the previous post, this seems like a slightly better alternative to Evite which is mentioned in the Wired piece. I like when people say things suck and then offer solutions.
Jan 24th
Why Things Suck: Evite →
This entire Why Things Suck package in Wired is validating for someone like me who thinks many things suck. I think many things are awesome, but if we didn’t know suckage, how would we know awesome? I’ve been in hate with Evite for 500 years.
Jan 24th
“As a child, Mr. Mizrahi said, he dreamed of being a raconteur: the über-dinner...”
– One of a few oft-consulted post-its I’ve had on my desk for years.
Jan 23rd
Jan 18th
Now, With Comments
Try it out. You can comment on this humble little hodgepodge now. If it’s successful, I might have to move the whole enterprise over here. It’s just so easy. 
Jan 18th
R.O.U.S Lives! Or Lived! →
Jan 17th
Steve Martin/Robin Williams Smackdown →
Ben has an exhaustive, obsessive catalog of the two comedians’ movies by year, in effort to discover why two funny guys make so many unfunny movies. I love Steve Martin so much and am so repelled by Robin Williams that it’s no contest for me, but it’s an entertaining read.
Jan 16th
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Bernie Cries, a very short film shot on New Year’s Day 2008 in New York City. Directed by Melissa Kirsch. Starring Bernie. Cameo by Cusi. Commentary by Avi. Update: Bernie Cries video removed until I can post it from Eyespot without it automatically playing every time you open the page. If anyone knows, please tell me. 
Jan 14th
“How absurd. How depressing and disheartening and just plain dumb this whole...”
– Judith Warner, on Hillary’s almost-cry.
Jan 11th
Jan 6th
ListenI can’t get this out of my head. My head...
Jan 5th
Jan 5th
Modest Change: Cancel Something →
Most things Merlin Mann says seem to make sense to me.
Jan 3rd
December 2007
7 posts
“Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be reported to a...”
– NYT Oh no!
Dec 26th
Dec 24th
Ben's Best Music of 2007 List, Now Online →
Dec 24th