All stories published by The Awl on March 08, 2011

All Stories published by The Awl on March 08, 2011

The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

How To Split A Check At A Restaurant

by Neel Shah

David Cho in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

Here’s Why You Need A Sweater

So it’s March (surprise!) and you may be thinking, “Oh man! Thank goodness winter is almost over!” In fact…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

Quit Your Job! A Q&A with Erin McKenna of BabyCakes

The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

A Blueprint for a Takeover: Wisconsin Republicans Lied While the Kochs Schemed

by Abe Sauer

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

One Nuclear Bomb Will Ruin Your Whole Startup Bubble

Alex Balk in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

Mardi Gras In New Orleans

Dave Bry in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

The History Of Biological Warfare Is Long And Disgusting

“The award for most gruesome form of biological warfare goes to the Tartars. In 1346 they laid siege to Caffa, a bustling trading post on the north coast of the Black Sea. The relationship between Caffa’s Italian settlers and the…

Dave Bry in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

Cats Can’t Help Being Killing Machines

Alex Balk in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

George Michael, “True Faith”

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

FYI: Ash Wednesday is Tomorrow

Now that you know Mardi Gras is today, it stands to reason that you receive your yearly warning to non-Christians: tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, so don’t be alarmed when you see the mark of Jesus on people’s foreheads. (I know! Every year, it catches me by surprise!) Anyway, be…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Mar 8, 2011

Critic Raises Stakes In “When Did R.E.M. Lose Its Cool Card” Debate

This in amusing in light of yesterday’s discussion: “R.E.M. is in one of the longest middle periods in the history of popular music. (I’d say it started in 1987, with ‘Document,’ four years after the group’s first…