if you could change one thing about yourself, which of his ex-girlfriends would you kill?Thu Feb 03 20:10:11 via TweetDeck
Kate Rileybubblebathos
“My parents raised me with rules and standards, which I gradually learned to break over time. I can remember my mother remonstrating with me, probably in the middle-school years, for my overreliance on ‘holy crap.’ It was no doubt a relief to…
I cannot with any degree of authority answer the pressing question as to whether Knifecrime…
“That such a strong drought should follow the ‘One in 100-year’ drought of 2005 only five years afterwards in 2010 is exceptional, and of concern. The 2010 drought appears to have been more widespread than in 2005, and this may have…
This is one of my favorite corrections ever: “A report on Wednesday about the launch of Google’s Art Project was illustrated by a painting, The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and a detailed close-up of a scene in the background. The article and caption stated that this…
You know what to do, folks: let’s get organized and let’s get him. Also please take care of yourselves on the streets, as always.
Here are a few thoughts on the decline of that stretch of 8th Street known as “Shoe Row.”
This is clip is specific to Houston, but, really, it could be anywhere. Good Lord, the last twenty years really blew by, didn’t they? Also, they really blew.
Despair though you might at the idea of the Black Eyed Peas, do not forget that Super Bowl halftime shows used to be like this. [Shudders.]
In today’s most shocking media news: “Publishing giant Conde Nast is likely to finalize its 1 million-square-foot lease at One World Trade Center by March, developer Douglas Durst told Crain’s today.” One meeeeeelllion square feet! God, they must be getting…
The “real” unemployment number fell from 16.7% to 16.1% in January. The “actual” unemployment number went down to just 9% — even though there weren’t a lot of jobs created in the month. The current number of unemployed people is now…
by Chadwick Matlin
“Even though all my stripper friends are gonna be mad at me, I think we can stimulate the economy with a tax on strippers. They make all this money and don’t pay taxes. I’d take that cash and put it into a fund where it supports youth…
• Suggestion: Let’s regulate Facebook
Exciting news! Awl pal Elizabeth Spiers has been named Editor in Chief of the New York Observer. Presumably we will have more to say about this when the half of the editorial team that follows this topic obsessively returns from lunch, so stay tuned.
You know what? Miracles really are all around us.
Sad news for those who rush to the New York Times Magazine every Sunday just so they can hate-read Deborah Solomon’s annoying Q&A;’s: She won’t be doing it anymore. Relatedly, I guess, I did enjoy this quote from the current edition of “Questions For,” from…
