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The Excellent Jewish Propagandist 27 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
by Alexis Coe Hello, would you like to buy something weird? Hammer Time is our guide to things that are for sale at auction: fantastic, consequential and freakishly grotesque archival treasures that ...
Aberdeen, Maryland to New York City, August 25, 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
by Tom Scocca ★★★★ The driveway was cool and dry underfoot. The children had not waited, with their own shoes secured, on anyone else's footwear before they bolted out into the morning. The trees ove...
The Best-Dressed Salads 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
1. Arugula Big Break: Arugula’s make-or-break moment came in 2006, when a deadly spinach e coli outbreak caused the nation to look elsewhere for dainty greens. Since then, it’s had a few ups and down...
Here's One For The Old Dudes 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
by Alex Balk The Replacements reunion tour kicked off in Toronto last night. I'm a little upset with myself for having reached the age where I no longer have strong feelings on whether or not they sh...
Space Splotchy 27 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
by Alex Balk It turns out space looks exactly like what that hippie artist was spraypainting on black velvet outside the Dead show at the Silver Bowl in 1991. [Photo: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCente...
The Best Of SNL's New Sketch Group 26 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
On Friday, we reported that SNL is hiring three members of the Los Angeles-based sketch group Good Neighbor for the 2013-14 season. Good Neighbor consists of writer/performers Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennet...
Woman Assesses Her Brand 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
by Alex Balk "I call my brand 'funcomfortable.'" says an actual woman with actual achievements, about herself and her work. 1 Comments The post Woman Assesses Her Brand appeared first on The Awl.
The Next Google: It's Like Google, But For Search 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
by Maria Bustillos It is no longer appropriate for search to be under the thumb of private industry. It's a critical part of the national infrastructure. So if I were a real pinko, I'd be advocating ...
Your Personality Disorder Is A Lot Less Cool Than You Think It Is 26 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
by Alex Balk Hey, guess what, you're not an introvert, you're just a self-obsessed jerk. I mean, I personally am still an introvert, but I'm a little more sensitive to the crushing intensities of lif...
What Was Brooklyn? A Deeper Look At The Corcoran Tumblr 26 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
by Choire Sicha We generally leave our daily trolling of the Corcoran "10 a.m. special" Tumblr to our own Tumblr but this is special. Today's Corcoran "special" is a $1.05 million two-bedroom apartme...
