November 2011
2 posts
Salon — Kindergarten Volunteer →
September 2011
11 posts
We Must Walk the Camino Together - The Morning... →
We must walk the camino together →
A modern description of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, including such details as walkie-talkies, G.P.S.es (Girl Proposing Sex), taxis and Wonder Bread.
Small-town gossip has found a niche on the... →
For anyone who romanticises rural life, remember that whenever you participate in rural life, everything you do will be remembered and discussed for years.
Fascinating social history through primary... →
“The newly published wiretaps give startling insight into Silvio Berlusconi’s...”
– The Manchester Grauniad
The rule against perpetuities comes from some... →
Lapham’s Quarterly has a description of Ben Franklin’s trusts, Peter Thellusson’s trust and the catastrophic trust attempted by Jonathan Holdeen that would have wrecked not only the U.S. economy, but the world economy.
New study shows that the most definite predictor... →
Oh, come on. Is there nothing we can do right?
A spike in child abuse has been observed to... →
The Onion — 8.4 million New Yorkers suddenly... →
“3 million New Yorkers reportedly left the city because they realized the phrase ‘Only in New York’ is actually just a defense mechanism used to convince themselves that seeing a naked man take a shit on a park bench is somehow endearing, or part of some shared cultural experience.”
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
1 post
History Cookbook - Cookit! →
I’m not sure I want to eat what Vikings ate for dinner.
April 2011
5 posts
Happy Holidays--NYC Style →
Still wish I'd been there.
20-something tall black bellhop: I challenge you, right now, to a salsa dance-off.
70-year-old short Latino bellhop: Go get a radio.
— Overheard in New York at The Peninsula Hotel at 5th Avenue and 55th Street.
March 2011
2 posts
20 awesomely untranslatable terms from around the... →
February 2011
10 posts
How the media's covered "the mad dog"'s clothing... →
1986: Colonel el-Gadhafi sometimes chooses a “stone-washed denim ensemble created for style, comfort and the unexpected” when traveling on a tractor, but opts for “a Cookie-Monster blue jumpsuit … with a tradition-true military hat and saucy swagger stick” when he’s looking for “playful comfort and ease”.
1987: Colonel el-Gadhafi … “sometimes...
The Onion: Open-minded man grimly realises how... →
CLEVELAND — During an unexpected moment of clarity Tuesday, open-minded man Blake Richman was suddenly struck by the grim realisation that he’s squandered a significant portion of his life listening to everyone’s bullshit, the 38-year-old told reporters.
Every bloody Web browser needs this alert
— courtesy Jésus Díaz
The Onion's American Voices: Chicago population...
Chicago population falling
Urban flight over the past 10 years has left Chicago with its lowest population since the 1920 census. What do you think?
“It’s probably just that the census has stopped counting dead people since there’s no Daley running for mayor.” — Liz Gillard, systems analyst
The Manchester Guardian: Top 10 books in second... →
Marital Rating Scale from the 1930s →
30 Literary Quotes That Just Might Get You Laid →
Overheard in New York: Marihuana, the cause of,... →
Pretty girl: I wish my boyfriend loved me more than he loves weed. Less-pretty friend: But you only like him for his weed. Pretty girl: Oh, yeah… Still. — Penn Station
December 2010
2 posts
Into the Wild — The Death of Christopher... →
Diminish Your Reality →
The technology horizon is brighter than ever—or maybe it’s just set that way in your preferences. Mr. Jack Arnott looks at the new devices and trends expected to take the tech world by storm in 2011.
November 2010
26 posts
The Manchester Guardian — Antony Beevor in defence... →
“History should never be used to inculcate virtuous citizenship.”
The Weekly Standard — I think we lost the election →
“Politics is like vivisection—disturbing as a career, alarming as a hobby.”
The Telegraph — The Vidocq Society: Murder on the... →
One of the most interesting lunch clubs in America.
The New York Times — The Onion strikes comic gold... →
“Let me get this straight: You want to interview the vice president about stories about him in The Onion?”
ProPublica — In dialysis, life-saving care at... →
The United States pays more per patient in dialysis care than any other nation yet has the highest mortality rate of dialysis patients.
Joanne McNeil — Overfutured →
It never rains in the world of Google Street View but few people live there.
Boston Review — Nir Rosen: Iraq's lost generation →
An anguishing but still heart-warming tale of how Iraqis are surviving this interminable war.
Foreign Policy — Delusion points →
A reminder for all Republicans and members of the Tea Party movement that really, George W. Bush’s Presidency *was* that bad.
Danah Boyd — Risk reduction strategies on... →
Interesting look on how teens are managing their privacy on Facebook.
Vanity Fair — The case of the vanishing blonde →
Amazingly interesting story about an implausible rape and assault followed through by a private investigator.
The American Spectator — The Arlington ladies →
These women, intensely private and avoiding publicity, make it their practice to attend every funeral held at Arlington National Cemetery, so that no funeral of a solder, sailor or Marine goes…
Discover — The insanity virus →
A new theory on the cause of schizophrenia.
The Stir — Foreskin can create bio-skin grafts →
While circumcision is becoming less and less common, it’s interesting to know what use these have. Undoubtedly, this will give anti-circumcision advocates both more ammunition and less ammunition,…
The Atlantic Wire — The trouble with for-profit... →
Interesting look at The Washington Post’s entanglement with Kaplan, with bloggers coming down on both sides.