by Jolie Kerr and John Ore
by Jeff Johnson and David Roth
Long Island-based Republican megadonor and hedge fund honcho Robert Mercer (and his wife, Diana) gave more than $100,000 in the 2010 election cycle to people like Michele Bachmann. (Also his three daughters donate big-time as well, at least in…
So, yes, there is this:
According to a…
Guess who just won the Internet? These discussions about “The expurgation of the clitoris in the diary of Anne Frank,” drawn from “The Clitoris and a Partial History of ‘Tiny Revolts.’” Word. (via)
They came slowly, the franchise films, the grandchildren of the serials. The other night I was in the theater trying to see The…
Maybe there’s a simple explanation for the whole Berlusconi thing: “What you have to understand before you read coverage by any Anglo-Saxon reporter about the women seen at Berlusconi’s party is that many Italian women, but Roman women in particular, dress like hookers.”
“My corner of Connecticut was covered in ice today, until news broke of Sen. Joe Lieberman’s impending retirement. Magically, a warm glow spread. It was a delicious feeling: the end of the reign of the politician I despise most.”
“Musician Boy George has agreed to return an icon of Christ to the Church of Cyprus that came into his possession after the 1974 Turkish invasion.” — Boy George has better policies on art repatriation than most American museums do!
Save the date: February 1, in the city of Los Angeles, in the neighborhood of “Echo Park,” at Taix. Awl readers are gathering to drink and discuss their feelings, beginning at 7 p.m. More info will follow in the comments.
Dig in: “Scientists in New Mexico have successfully bred a bell pepper to a jalapeno to create a new, larger, medium-hot version of the jalapeno. What’s the point? Poppers, my friends. Poppers. The breeding program was…
“I think we can safely say it’s not car trouble, and he’s not sick. This doesn’t look good.” — Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, discusses the absence of the mysterious stranger who for nearly 60 years would leave three roses and a half-empty bottle of…
Today a person was totally annoyed by some minor downtime on a free Internet service, and immediately took to another free Internet service to complain about it. “Ugh, OMG, I’m so annoyed, this stupid thing suuuucks!!!!”…
“While it may seem humorous to survey people about their Facebook usage while in the bathroom, the results underscore the proliferation of consumer social media usage and their strong need to stay connected. For businesses and brands, social media offers an opportunity to engage…
What are you doing tonight? I’ll tell you what you’re doing tonight: You’re heading over to McNally Jackson to see Awl pals Matthew Gallaway and Sasha Frere-Jones discuss Matthew’s new novel The Metropolis Case and debate the current state of affairs in Tunisia…
“Your naked pictures will end up on the internet.”
“The rich are benefiting from soaring stock markets, cheap money and rapid growth overseas. The rest of America is still weighed down by unemployment, poor credit, falling real-estate values and slow domestic growth. Economists call this a…
President Obama’s plan to make the Chinese government lift its trade restrictions apparently involves the prolonged starvation of visiting President Hu Jintao.
“Males will do better if they seek out females that are less likely to kill and eat them, and these more obliging females will get more mates.”
