Would you like to see 23 large photographs of American Olympians? Or perhaps 23 large photographs of non-Olympian Londoners??---See more posts by Edith Zimmerman34 comments
Dial-a-Poem, courtesy of MoMA. MoMA! Why dont you go with Howard Nemerovs "The Dial Tone"? A moment of silence first, then there it is; But not as though it only now began Because of my atten...
Hand-dancing, shiny clothes, and rhapsodically arched backs abound in the David LaChapelle-directed video from Ceremonials. (Out now.) Also, as one YouTube user puts it, "shes dued her hair and i...
The world generally agrees that anything more than momentary PDA goes against decorum, citing the public interest and the risk of distracting drivers or other operators of heavy machinery, etc. But, ...
A study claims we make harsher moral judgments of others in stinky or disgusting rooms — which makes no sense if you stop and think about all the stinky, disgusting rooms youve been in. How do ...
So. I had planned to save further BioWare love for later in the year after hittin’ Garrus in March, but then my sister-in-law-to-be played Dragon Age: Origins for the first time (first of five times ...
In college, I dated a girl who applied for a job at an Express store in the mall. Part of her training involved something called the "Express You! Street Verbage [sic] Guide"—an almost unbeli...
There are three rules for executing a successful Celine Dion parody. 1. Ya gotta have the pipes. 2. Commit. Commit. Commit. 3. Study the original. If you havent read it, Celine Dions Lets Talk About ...
Globsters One of the earliest recorded globsters – The St. Augustine Monster of 1896. Class: Unidentified organic mass Threat Level: 1.5 out of 5 screams. (They might be lifeless, but they are SO gro...
Here is an illustrated nonfiction piece by Antonia Blair, published in the current issue of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, about our collective fascination with feral children. Speaking o...
"With this [low-alcohol] wine, I am saying: ‘Relax, but don’t do it [drink] too much.’" —God bless crazy Dr. Ruth.---See more posts by Edith Zimmerman48 comments
Dating to the early 1800s, this 18k yellow gold-and-enamel Freemason’s ring is loaded with symbolism. The dealer consulted with London’s Museum of Freemasonry to decipher the motifs it features, thin...
Unemployed? Sitting around doing nothing? Cornell may have a new degree that is right for you: a BS in Watching Stuff Get Moldy or Fungal, as Long as You Make Sort of Cruddy Time Lapse Video of It. -...
The Wirecutter has a long and comprehensive guide to standing desks, except the trick about standing desks is that you usually dont know whether you have the inclination/endurance to stand at a stand...
First we came for the fairy-cakes. Then we took the pavement.---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe104 comments
If your new boyfriend says he needs to return some videotapes he might not be a serial killer after all, particularly if he lives in Jackson Heights.---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe31 comments
"Unlike stocks, an artwork’s price reflects numerous nonfinancial intangibles, like the pleasure of owning a painting or, perhaps more important, its ability to signal the owner’s vast wealth and...
First ladies and their foreign equivalents, naturally. Oh, and first daughters, because Alice Roosevelt Longworth is super-compelling, no? Yes. How can there be two parts? There can. Did you ever rea...
Heres all you need to know to enjoy this mix: So this one guy started an indie record label in the 90s. Back then, people used to get record deals by sending "demos" of their music to people ...
(Previously: Ask an Archivist.) You teased us with this in your first column, but how DO you find the hot old-picture guys? For My Daguerreotype Boyfriend, et al. Asking for a friend / ghost from the...
I didn’t realize that getting the keys to my apartment back from the guy who told me he was moving to Germany, then broke up with me, would be more painful than, well, that. It was. Herewith, the dam...
Screen tests for Gone With the Wind, while were still thinking about the book. Some of them are REALLY BAD. The original trailer. SWOOOOOON. A making-of documentary!! This video offers a 20 minute ed...
This post is brought to you by Milk. Who needs imitations when you can have the real thing? Check out gotmilk.com. Janes little brother, Andrew Golombisky, is a furniture designer currently working i...
Why not try one of these alternatives? The pomme dot com = a good apple, literally or figuratively. The zomb dot com = so tired and/or hungover, ughhh... The calm dot com = chill. The balm dot com = ...
Those young adult novels you cant stop reading may soon be labeled for mature content. You know, for the actual children.---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe132 comments
"Five years ago, today" "Do you still live in Illinois?" "Something Id like to ask you" "Join me for dinner?" "Me again" "Whats stopping you, right now?...
The Times Lens blog has an interesting slideshow of Iran-born photographer Kiana Hayeris project "Your Veil Is a Battleground" — pictures of young women partying, dropping their veils, ...
"This short three-page story chronicles Jeannies two brief romances with navy men, Bill and Bob." Was your long weekend/Fleet Week anything like Jeannies? Vintage romance comic treasure trove...
Hulk Canada Smash! (Dissent.)---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe121 comments
Good morning! Azealia Banks four-track debut EP, 1991, is currently streaming, in a sort of patchwork, on this website, if youd like to give it a listen. (Its also now available on iTunes.) It is goo...
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