You weren’t the only ones with lots of things to say on the topic of On Repressive Sentimentalism, in which, well….
Tom Scocca: Wow, this n+1 thing is PROFOUNDLY ARGUABLE.
Dear Winnie Loeffler,
I’m sorry for making you feel uncomfortable.
This was January 1991, the first day of the second semester. You were in a good mood, maybe because you were to be graduating that spring. We had…
by Rudolph Delson
To while away the days until the publication of Sarah Palin’s memoirs on November 17th, Rudolph Delson is reviewing the American vice presidential literary canon.
Paris fashion week slides to a greasy halt. Largely it was a tepid affair, punctuated by the saddening Chanel…
by Awl Staff
Equinox is committed to delivering an unparalleled member experience. They have an expansive offering including an integrated approach to fitness, inspirational group fitness classes and the best educated trainers in the…
Actress, singer, model, Queen of France. And now… artist. Is there anything Carla Bruni can’t do? The work (see more…
by Seth Colter Walls
Strange now to think of you, Twitter, gone without RTs and bit.lys. Broken or frozen or whatever tkFAIL will ultimately come to be the agreed-upon online witticism for this glitch that is happening…
There is a a poll, for some reason, that says Americans are most irritated-at least, among a small array of choices-by overuse of the word “whatever.” Here are ten words way more annoying than “whatever”: Diaper. Endocrine…
The amusing, jarring, and potentially seizure-inducing website Three Frames is currently on an After Hours kick. So I…
In D.C., there’s always room for one more. So the news that Mary Cheney wants to go into business with her family at a new firm is unsurprising, because, well why not go face-down into the trough, you pigs? Said a coworker of Mary…
The Times takes a look at the effect that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s ad about rival Chris Christie’s massive blimposity is having on the electorate. With polls showing the beleaguered incumbent finally tied with his challenger…
Someone is paving the way for a bailout of the Federal Housing Administration, the agency that insures about 1 in 5 American mortgages. For some reason, a dude who used to help run Fannie Mae is pitching this idea down in D.C. at a hearing. And the FHA is all like…
A gentle reminder: Tomorrow morning, at about 7:30 Eastern, we are going to take our giant space cockbomb and FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF THE MOON. Set your alarms!
When he got back to his computer, Twitter was still broken. He pulled the blue plastic tarp off his laptop, then folded it and carried it out to the grocery cart and packed it and came back with their plates and some cornmeal cakes in a plastic bag and a plastic bottle of syrup. He spread…
And now we can go back to ignoring this very important story.
“Unfortunately, the bomb disposal unit have a job to do and it wasn’t possible to save Lionel. We’ve had a moment’s silence for him though, because he was no doubt blown to smithereens in the explosion.” -A spokesman for Britain’s Portland Coast Guard on…
Herta Müller, the Romanian-born German novelist whose Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet and Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett are just two of the titles listed under the “Works” section of her Wikipedia entry, has won this year’s Nobel Prize for…
“South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson has raised $2.7 million in an outpouring of conservative support that followed his shouting ‘You lie!’ at President Obama during a joint session of Congress and facing fierce attacks from Democrats as a result…”