Ask Polly: I’m Almost 30 And I’m Terrified Of Losing My Looks

War Reporting For Bloody Dummies

by Chris Chafin

Leonard Cohen, “Save The Last Dance”

This made me smile. I hope it does the same for you.

“The Real Tooth Fairy” Fiasco: Sexism For Tweens Actually Isn’t Paying Off For Once

It’s Too Hot Today

“Another way to keep cool: a hat. But how do you know if you are actually wearing it correctly?” And: “Do you think anyone can wear a hat?” Some days I just don’t know anymore.

Behind This Door A Lady Will Make A Baby

What’s happening at the front door of the hospital where a famous British lady is going…

New York City, July 16, 2013

★★ The breeze gave comfort where it could in the morning. It flipped at a napkin and a menu in a restaurant’s…

Earworms

“After the British tourist returned from a vacation in Peru earlier this year, she started experiencing headaches, shooting pains down the side of her face and an unexplained discharge from one ear. Those symptoms, plus the bizarre scratching sounds she continued hearing, prompted Harris to visit a doctor soon…

The Best Way To Deal With Benefits (Pay, Don’t Go)

It’s Lou Barlow’s Birthday

Louis Knox Barlow has a non-significant birthday today (although I guess once you get up past 40 they all take on a certain degree of significance, what with the number of stops remaining on your trip to the tomb growing simultaneously smaller and more symbolic) but that’s a good…

Iowa Republican Thinks He Could Get Word In Edgewise With Chuck Schumer

“The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition gathered in Cedar Rapids Monday night to hear from the three Republican candidates for the Senate nomination. The candidates had trouble differentiating themselves…