January 2011
"We need to reconsider how we think about what it... →
MOTHERFUCKERS, get it right. It is "splooge." That... →
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a tween-aged... →
"With Lil B, it's the method that matters. The... →
"I'm using the term "Minnesota mother" loosely. I... →
It's sort of amazing how well this all comes... →
Our Man in Cairo on the day's protests. →
Most sacred music leaves me cold, but...
I was all, 'High Windows,' 'High Windows!' But I... →
Aaron Neville is somehow frigging 70 today.
Actually, yeah, that is a pretty good story. →
“I was killed so you could eat me when you were... →
This New Yorker will not seem so random to some of... →
Our Government-Funded Mission to Make Haiti... →
"In Anna’s bedroom, decorated with the trophies... →
I will never understand some people. →
The Doree Chronicles: Favorite New York Fiction,... →
markcoatney:
doree:
- Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy - Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City - Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote, Summer Crossing - John Cheever, The Collected Stories - Junot Diaz, Drown - Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the…
Winter’s Tale, for sure.
Winter’s Tale is my favorite novel of all...
"It is widely credited for starting the 'too soon'... →
I don't care how much brighter they make them;... →
"(For the record, The Awl used to be so awesome,... →
Cost is no object
derasso:
I want to create an online fundraising service, like Kickstarter, that would allow you to raise money to prevent other people from unleashing their spectacularly awful artistic abortions on the world. (And to also crush your enemies.)
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I'm not saying we don't deserve it, but I also... →
"Here we see Cat standing on a bench. We can’t see... →
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"Sometimes I think there ought to be a coat of... →
Today In Ideas That Google Tells Me Someone Else...
“Kiddie Fiddler on the Roof”
New Cooking the Books, with Emily Gould and Doogie... →
"I agree my clients were not behind the barn door... →
How Twitter And Facebook Are Changing Internet...
“Buzz is a form of transmission. When blogging still held any currency, a book (like ours) would show up there in a way that anyone who happened upon it could readily understand and react to accordingly. I’m not sure if that always made for criticism, but the same principle was at play. While blogging communities did tend to work as self-contained enclaves, they still functioned in a...
Here's where Your Geeky Boyfriend Nate Silver...
“Mr. Loughner’s case so far seems to be no exception. Apart from his somewhat inscrutable state of mind, other facts and circumstances of the case are also unusual, such as the fact that he shot at least 19 others in addition to Ms. Giffords, something which is uncommon in an assassination attempt.” —Gee, do ya think it might have something to do with the fact that much more lethal—and...
The Problem We All Live With
Can I really be the only person who hates cashews? It is IMPOSSIBLE to buy a mixed nut combination that isn’t plagued by a superfluity of these mealy, rancid-flavored pieces of crap. Fuck you, cashews! Eat my ass! It probably tastes JUST LIKE YOU.
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"Jalapeno In Vagina" would be a good name for an... →
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In which I exercise some sound editorial judgment... →
Stupid thing that just fell out of my obviously...
I would like the lead singer of Aerosmith’s daughter to write a memoir just so some magazine can run a profile of her with the title, “We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order To Liv Tyler.”