All Stories published by The Awl on August 07, 2009

Writing Sucks, If You’re Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

And how do you write, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh? “I straighten up the apartment while listening to Howard Stern. I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that’s what I tell…


Republicans and the Town Hall Strategy: “Political Terrorists”

2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein warns today in his Washington Post column that he is going to go “over the line.” This sounds exciting! But actually he just asserts some basic facts in this bullshit…


Kids In The Hall Reunite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsHxZ2n0Ig

Good news for Kids In The Hall fans: The troupe is filming “an eight episode, narrative based series — i.e. not sketch comedy — with a bit of a horror slant in which the Kids populate the entire town themselves.”…


Economy Turning Corner As Only Quarter Of A Million Jobs Lost

Moody’s economist Mark Zandi on news that the American economy shed a mere 247,000 jobs-the lowest number in a year!-last month: “The trend lines are positive. We are going from massive job losses to just big job losses on…


Fight! Fight!

Oh my God, you guys are having a huge throwdown in the comments over healthcare and town hall disruptions. I am excited that you are arguing over politics, instead of Mischa Barton or something!

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