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Joshuah Bearman

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Joshuah Bearman has written about CIA missions, jewel thieves, deranged private investigators, aspiring Fabios, bitter rivalry among dueling Santa Clauses, and the metaphysical implications of being the world's greatest Pac Man player. His article for Wired became the movie Argo.
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In Afghanistan with The Walrus

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • February 8, 2009
Aren’t pleasant surprises great? Especially when they are a bright spot in the otherwise dark horizon print publishing? Somehow, I had missed entirely that there was a magazine called The…
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  • Features & Reviews
  • Other

Story Time!

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • February 4, 2009
Sometimes you just want to come home from your haircut, curl up with Judy, and sit in the last sunshine of the day reading a good short story, a story…
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  • Other

If The Real World Was Like Grand Theft Auto It Would Look Like This

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • February 3, 2009
This is a real picture. I encourage clicking to enlarge for full effect. With the little compass and map and everything? The Smoking Gun has discovered that what Google Street…
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  • Art

Just in Time! Special Valentine Unit

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • January 29, 2009
Brandon Bird has the perfect cards for that special someone. If that special someone is addicted to watching Ice-T always get his man. And if that man is Bob Saget.
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  • Media

And I Thought Facebook Was Mostly For People To See My Awesome Status Updates

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • January 29, 2009
And they are totally awesome, as I’m sure most of you already know. I mean: Joshuah Bearman Blames It On The Rain?!?!? Come on, how cool is that, right? Well,…
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  • Other

What State Likes Ninjas The Most

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • January 8, 2009
Hawaii. Then Oregon, Washington, and California. Hmm. The western bank, as it were. Perhaps because of
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  • Features & Reviews
  • Film

Counter-Revolutionary Road

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • January 6, 2009
An economy + link by Josh Bearman There is much to say about Revolutionary Road. I’m talking about the film, which I can’t stop thinking about. There is also much…
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  • Other

How A Truck Driver Learned to Build An Atom Bomb

  • Joshuah Bearman
  • December 26, 2008
If you’re like me, and you only just picked up last week’s New Yorker, then you’re in for a pleasant surprise
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