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Happy Monday! Let’s just get this out of the way: there’s nothing magical about breakfast, claims the New York Times this morning. (It should be noted that the article-writer is a known breakfast-skipper; but not to worry, this article will shoot to the #1 most emailed in no time.) According to studies…
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The Awl was started in 2009, at least four Internets ago. It was edited by Alex Balk and Choire Sicha. It was subsequently edited by Matt Buchanan and John Herrman. It is now edited by Silvia Killingsworth. Its prior mission statement read as follows:
The grapefruit-flavored dessert contains 0.7 percent oriental raisin tree fruit juice, a traditional hangover remedy cited in a Korean medicine book from the 17th century that is included in popular hangover potions.
★★★★ Grudgingly, by noon, the clouds permitted some sort of daylight through. Out on Amsterdam it was cool…
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