Chats With Random Men #9: Anil
Russian singer Alina Simone continues her random Facebook chats with men, this week discussing constipation and pregnancy with a Turkish fan:
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Sophie Yanow
Sophie Yanow grew up in a small Marin County town where people picked up their mail at the local post office. Her first encounters with comics were with Calvin and…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
People spend their lives trying to build time-space invisibility cloaks. Smelling Lawrence of Arabia’s copy of Ulysses. Not actually related at all: perhaps you would like to buy Churchill’s car?…
RECESSION SEX WORKERS #12: Miss Marty, Mother of Strippers
New Orleans has a textured and macabre history when it comes to the sex industry, particularly regarding house moms–that hybrid of manager, referee and babysitter.
We’ve Met?
Interesting news for those of us who are forgetful of faces: it seems that good reading skills may be to blame. (via TheBookBench)
FUNNY WOMEN #38: Actual Invented “Findings” from Harper’s Magazine
Scientists have identified the gene that inclines individuals toward excessive Post-It use. Three out of five British women misread the word “aviator” as “vibrator” after prolonged exposure to violent news…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Full body scanners have been causing a lot of, well, rumpus. UCSF professors are worried about their effect on your health, and three-year-old girls are getting groped by TSA agents.…
Settle the Basin You Bear on Your Head Somewhat Righter
Illustrations by Jean de Bosschère for The History of Don Quixote of De La Mancha (1922):
Autonomika, Autonomika!
Today Maddie Oatman interviews Brooklyn-based musician Aaron Wolfe, who records beautiful cover songs, writes about how the songs relate to his life, and then posts both the cover and the…