All Stories published by The Awl on May 24, 2011

UK Press Struggling to be Free, One Affair at a Time

They’re just ungagging the press right and left over there in Ye Olde England! Now? “Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law has lost a legal battle to stop the press revealing he has two love children with his mistress.” Oh golly! Love children! Children of love. Unlike all those other nasty children of hate.


Fine, I’m Already Boycotting the ‘Hunger Games’ Movie

Lenny Kravitz. My word. He went directly from The Rugrats Movie to Precious and now is supposed to be in Selma and The Blind Bastard Club AND he is going to be playing the helpful hairdresser/wardrobe designer Cinna in The Hunger Games


Vegetables Are Bad For You

I don’t know why you’d want to, but if you are eating vegetables, please do me a favor and rinse them very thoroughly before consuming them. They are covered in doody, and will probably give you an antibiotic-resistant strain of E. coli. Better to avoid altogether, or, if this is impossible, bread and deep-fry prior to eating.


Tennis Vids of the Day: Novak’s 40 Match Points; Nadal Sweats!

For those who are into doing some deep analysis, here’s a nutty compilation video of Novak Djokovic’s last 40 match points. Related: Here’s video of Rafael Nadal nearly biting it in an endless match against… unseeded and…


If You Must Wear Shorts, Avoid These

No matter where you come down on the great debate about men and shorts, I think we can all agree that these are entirely unacceptable. (But, you know, THEY ALL ARE.)


Your Blind Allegiance To Steve Jobs Can’t Save You Now

Hey Mac user, I’m sorry to inform you that you’ve got one less thing to be smug about: “Apple has long boasted of the Mac’s immunity to viruses and malware. But the computers, once marketed as more secure than those running on Windows…

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