January 2011
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Clean Plate →
So I’ve been obsessing over this new blog on Slate that documents the writer’s effort to eat well, as in developing wholesome, nutritionally sound eating habits. She photographs everything she eats as well as writes about all the struggles she faces like conflicting nutritional info, to drink coffee or not, etc.
I’m always interested in eating better, though I think my eating...
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“He had come to that stage of his life at age 38, and I was at that stage at age...”
– Out Magazine | FEATURE STORIES | Tom Ford and Richard Buckley Forever
A deeply romantic but also sobering story of Tom Ford’s relationship with his partner of 25 years, Richard Buckley. Reading Ford write about his love for Buckley and the depth of their bond, you can almost feel the...
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“It’s important to make sure that the sample doesn’t contain any...”
– Fecal transplants could be a cheap and effective treatment for certain infections. - By Emily P. Walker - Slate Magazine
Bizarre medical practice: fecal implants. Yes, they take shit from a donor and give the recipient a shit enema. Why? To repopulate the recipient’s GI tract with intestinal...
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“I had written a short research proposal for her a few weeks before, suggesting a...”
– The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Confessions of a hired gun who ghostwrites anything from college admissions essays to postdoctoral papers. Once again, it’s proven that America is a bunch of stupids standing on the shoulders of anonymous smart...
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“Want to have “wolverine” sex? Who doesn’t? Eat 4 Brazil nuts, 20 raw almonds and...”
– Timothy Ferriss - ‘The 4-Hour Body’ - Review - NYTimes.com
Well now you know. I wonder if I can triple my semen volume? I’m a girl, btw.
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““Cats do not talk,” according to its legal papers filed in Manhattan...”
– Suit dumps on Fresh Step kitty litter ads - NYPOST.com
[Insert Law & Order gavel sound effect!]
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“Q: You’ve sometimes expressed thoughts about the culture in which we live....”
– Justice Antonin Scalia - California Lawyer Magazine
I absolutely do not agree with Antonin Scalia on most things, but as far as personality goes, I actually kind of sort of reluctantly like him based on some Supreme Court podcasts I’ve heard. I do agree with Justice Scalia on deep dish pizza....
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“In the popular vernacular, it was a butt dial, the bane of many a chagrined cell...”
– Butt-dialing mistake sends SWAT team to Winnetka school - Chicago Tribune
In this case it’s not 911 that’s a joke. Whoever the joke is, it’s one of the greatest misunderstandings in history that highlights a cultural bias.
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“Salinger was relieved to find that Hemingway was not at all pretentious or...”
– Holden Caulfield | Culture | Vanity Fair
Salinger did his time in the Army during WW2, where he met and hanged out with Ernest Hemingway. Pretty awesome VF article illuminating Salinger’s war experience and how it shaped Holden Caulfield.
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“Franz Kafka was a fanatical Müller follower. He would do the movements, fully...”
– Franz Kafka, J.P. Müller: The exercise system that swept Europe in the early 1900s. (VIDEO) - By Sarah Wildman - Slate Magazine
You’d never have pegged Franz Kafka as a jock. Nor as the person who failed to invent the phrase “Ur doin it wrong.”
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“If you want to be an expert deceiver, master the art of self-deception. People...”
– The Lie Guy - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Ph.D dropout, an ex-jeweler and now a college professor. The first half of this piece is about lies you tell to sell something. The second half, reckoning with all the lies, trying to clean up your act, only to find academia...
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“Here’s a high concept: What if, out of L.A.’s new fleet of high-end food trucks,...”
– “Sunny’s Flying Pink Pig”: Filling Might Be Hot | Porn Valley Observed con Gram Ponante
(Link is SO TOTALLY NSFW)
A food truck-themed porn starring Ron Jeremy. Please tell me if this means the food truck trend jumped the umpteenth shark, or if it’s a dead trend phoenix rising from its...
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Imaginary Lines From an Imaginary 9/11 Sex and the... →
This needed to be longer.
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“According to Atlanta-based AIS Media, a survey of 500 people found that 27% of...”
– Study: 27% of Americans Use Facebook Mobile in Bathroom - Adages - Advertising Age
Where are you? Are your pants on right now?
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“The fundamental problem with the upcoming film No Strings Attached is not its...”
– Who Is the Person You’d Least Like to Imagine Sleeping with Natalie Portman? | VF Daily | Vanity Fair
The worst part of Black Swan was that they showed the No Strings Attached trailer beforehand.
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“Bonnie Jacobs, a McNeil spokeswoman, says the company is committed to restoring...”
– Will Johnson & Johnson Recalls Change the Firm’s Reputation? - NYTimes.com
If you’re going to make generic press statements like this, then don’t. Johnson & Johnson’s PR crises from product recalls to mysterious shortage are topped with this super boring, unfeeling,...
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WatchStar Trek: Funny or Die. On board the USS Enterprise of the mid-2000s, the men and women of the ship explored the frontiers of raunchy DIY comedy videos and the US Navy’s code on inappropriate behavior.
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WatchStar Trek: Funny or Die. On board the USS Enterprise of the mid-2000s, the men and women of the ship explored the frontiers of raunchy DIY comedy videos and the US Navy’s code on inappropriate behavior.
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“I also had been a part of one of those big romantic movies and — this is a...”
– Derek Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams Pen a “Blue Valentine” - Movies - News - IFC.com
State of love and romance in America. Men, if The Notebook isn’t your playbook, then no pussy for you. Next!
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“I also had been a part of one of those big romantic movies and — this is a...”
– Derek Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams Pen a “Blue Valentine” - Movies - News - IFC.com
State of love and romance in America. Men, if The Notebook isn’t your playbook, then no pussy for you. Next!
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“You have your servicers, who help the agents and set general meetings for...”
– Hunting the Next Hot Comic - NYTimes.com
Definite must-read for comedy fans, but also tons of analysis about networking, forming a pitch, sending in script first vs. setting up a meeting first, etc.
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“But researchers who studied 219 women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)...”
– Study Says: Laugh Your Way to a Pregnant Belly | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
Dear Science, please stop conducting creepy-ass studies like this one. Thank you.
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How To Make $10 Million From Just One Weekend Of... →
50 cent bought stock, talked about it a bunch on Twitter, the stock went up. That’s a bingo: $10 million in the pocket.
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“The label and management then decided to build our band up the grass-roots...”
– Tetelestai: Josh and Zac’s Exit Statement
Paramore is a shitty shitty band. This “exit statement” includes some of the crafty schemes major labels pull to make a band more indie-friendly.
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“The label and management then decided to build our band up the grass-roots...”
– Tetelestai: Josh and Zac’s Exit Statement
Paramore is a shitty shitty band. This “exit statement” includes some of the crafty schemes major labels pull to make a band more indie-friendly.
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“Then I got this idea that I could pretty easily run my signal through the wires...”
– Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free - Steve Wozniak - Technology - The Atlantic
The Woz, the person you should be following more than Steve Jobs. Must-read piece on Net Neutrality rooted in concrete and hilarious examples like wiring the whole neighborhood with your HBO feed.
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“Then I got this idea that I could pretty easily run my signal through the wires...”
– Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free - Steve Wozniak - Technology - The Atlantic
The Woz, the person you should be following more than Steve Jobs. Must-read piece on Net Neutrality rooted in concrete and hilarious examples like wiring the whole neighborhood with your HBO feed.
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“There was a period of remorse and apology for banks and I think that period...”
– Barclays boss says banks should stop saying sorry | Reuters
Fuck you, you fucking cunt. But it takes some balls to say this so maybe calling you a “fucking cunt” is too much. Fuck you, you cunt. There, all better!
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“So why do you encourage these people? Because now she’s had this success,...”
– Read Bill Murray’s Hilarious Speech to Sofia Coppola at the NBR Awards — Vulture
Bill Murray, can you be more perfect? Divorce me.
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“A comic offers the first sentence of a story, which lurches into a (hopefully...”
– In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm - NYTimes.com
I heart “Yes, and?” It’s a tried and true improv comedy trick, but, really, it should be a mantra, daily affirmation, whatever. The best, most spontaneous and joyous things have happened to me because I said “Yes,...
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“A comic offers the first sentence of a story, which lurches into a (hopefully...”
– In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm - NYTimes.com
I heart “Yes, and?” It’s a tried and true improv comedy trick, but, really, it should be a mantra, daily affirmation, whatever. The best, most spontaneous and joyous things have happened to me because I said “Yes,...
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“An hour later, whatever “glory” NPR may have gotten from its scoop, if that...”
– NPR’s Giffords Mistake: Re-Learning the Lesson of Checking Sources : NPR Ombudsman : NPR
Unconfirmed news tip + Internet game of telephone via social media = Egg all over NPR’s face. Never believe what you read on Twitter.
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“I didn’t remember Tron, because I’d never seen it. But I felt like I did....”
– False Nostalgia: How VH1 Ruined the Taste of a Generation | The Awl
VH1 “I Love the [blank]” as a form of pop culture self-efficacy. Paging Jean Baudrillard!
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“I didn’t remember Tron, because I’d never seen it. But I felt like I did....”
– False Nostalgia: How VH1 Ruined the Taste of a Generation | The Awl
VH1 “I Love the [blank]” as a form of pop culture self-efficacy. Paging Jean Baudrillard!
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“Diners, for example, will be expected to set and reset the cutlery on their...”
– Temporary Restaurants - Now You See It, Now You Don’t - NYTimes.com
I’d go out of my way to support a temporary restaurant like this, taking advantage of short-term, reduced rent offers and thinking sideways to cut overhead. I think this comes closest to the Situationist ideal: a...
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“The Dalmatian mix named Jackie was owned by Tor Borg, a businessman from the...”
– Heil Hound: Nazis dogged by Hitler-mocking mutt
The fucking Nazis actually investigated Borg and considered bringing charges against him for the dog incident. I think it’s hard to run a Thousand Year Reich if you can’t let a comedy dog who likes to wear sunglasses roll off your back....
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