All stories published by The Awl on October 23, 2013

All Stories published by The Awl on October 23, 2013

Heather Havrilesky in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Ask Polly: I’m 40 And No Man Would Want Me Now!

Hi Polly,

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Let’s Make Thanksgiving Better

I know just how you feel, Billy, but trust me, there's a better way

Okay, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings here, but Thursday takes us to five weeks out from…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

A Life-Changing Invention: The In-Window Cat Litter Box

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

A #WhiteBoyWednesday FAQ

#WhiteBoyWednesday — a thing that happens on Twitter! — brings many questions. How can you best enjoy white boys on Wednesday? We investigated.

Can you pander and post selfies?

@Swirlovin #WhiteBoyWednesday…

Choire Sicha in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

“Until We See People Prosecuted And Thrown Behind Bars I Don’t Think We’re Going To See Changes”

Today, one Countrywide exec was named as actively perpetrating fraud, and current owner Bank of America was mildly fined. It begins! Or… maybe it ends.

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

This Was What America Looked Like Once

There are a whole number of reasons I feel disassociated from the generations that came after me but I think the biggest factor in the weird sense of distance I have from them is that whenever I try to explain what life was like in a world of three channels they…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Let’s Laser The Hell Out Of The Moon

Now that NASA is using lasers to communicate with the moon, can we use those very same lasers to blow it the fuck up? The moon, I mean. I ask so little of you people, would it kill you to support me in my dream of seeing us destroy the moon? I mean, Christmas is coming. Come on. Just think about it is all I’m asking.

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Morrissey Sells More Than Bridget Jones And No You Did Not Step Into A Time Machine

“Morrissey’s long awaited autobiography has beaten the new Bridget Jones novel to top the best sellers chart in its first week of sale.”

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Symmetry, “The Hunt”

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

Bad Man’s Wife Good Mom

“Because of an editing error, an article on Oct. 12 about the increasing isolation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, especially when it comes to his insistence that Iran completely halt its uranium enrichment program and that there be no halt to the economic sanctions…

Alex Balk in The Awl

Oct 23, 2013

“[N]othing prejudices the way a reader comes to a piece more than its headline. Nothing is more likely to make him or her believe, even after reading the article through, that the author has said something he has not said and perhaps would never want people to imagine he has said.”