January 2012
either learn the difference between you're and...
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)
Anonymous asked: not meaning this in a mean way: Katy Perry looks like her*, not the other way around, katy did a lot of research to look like an old movie star
Letter From Detroit
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INGRID NORTON writes us from the Motor City. I was sitting in the Telway diner around the edge of midnight. The Telway is a story in itself: a chrome island built during the 1940s, floating on a blighted stretch of Michigan Avenue. Telway is staffed by the Appalachian whites who long ago moved to Detroit for work and, more recently, to the suburbs to live. It’s open 24 hours...
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December 2011
11 Sounds That Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard →
Kara Kovalchik, mentalfloss.com
Who knew that some noises could eventually become as extinct as the passenger pigeon? Depending on your age, you or your kids or grandchildren may have only heard some of the following sounds in old movies, if at all. 1. Rotary Dial…
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Longform: Best of 2011 →
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Our second annual Best Of list is here.
The top 20 stories of the year, plus best lists on Arts & Culture, Crime, Essays, Media, Money, Politics, Science, Sex, Sports, Tech, and War
“your birth is a mistake you’ll spend your whole life trying to correct.”
– chuck palahniuk
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“I know that municipal libraries are feeling the pinch horribly. Feeling the...”
– A London secret shared « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry
I love Stephen Fry. Really.
“From the National Archives’ Text Message blog, the following letter...”
– ‘Your Father Will Not Be Home for Christmas’: Letter to 6-Year-Old, 1969 - Brian Resnick - National - The Atlantic
“How do the zookeepers know the couple wanted to adopt?
The male penguins, named...”
– The ‘adorable’ gay penguins who adopted a baby chick - The Week
“Thirty-one years ago today, John Lennon was shot to death in front of The Dakota...”
– John Lennon Death Anniversary Advice From John Fugelsang: Don’t Say The Killer’s Name (VIDEO)
“The Danish study that yielded this stat suggests that the caffeine in cola...”
– Can Food Make You Infertile? Foods to Eat and Avoid - The Daily Beast
