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The Random Rumpus Interview with Todd Barry
There’s an ice cream truck near my apartment that sells cinnamon ice cream. I haven’t tried it yet; but when I do, I think it’s going to be my favorite.
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The Weightlifting Snowman in Pictures
Readers and listeners agree: the tale of the weightlifting snowman story is tops. Like the majestic phoenix arising from the ashes, this story was first written for the NY Times magazine (for John Hodgman, back when he edited the now-defunct True…
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Morning Coffee
It’s raining outside, everything is going to be ok. Let’s get straight to the point: a new David Attenborough series is a thing to be celebrated. Swedish architecture porn: Evolver! You are going to spend the next ten minutes watching…
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Pictures of Space that Look Like Pieces of the Heavens
Last week Alexis Madrigal wrote a fascinating article on Wired.com about terrestrial astrophotography; that is to say, photos of the night sky taken from the ground. Most such photos that you can find online are vividly colored, as if they…
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Taking the Hit
Mike Webster, “one of the greatest players in N.F.L. history,” went on to become a recluse who slept on the floor at an Amtrak Station. Terry Long, who played for the Steelers, “killed himself four years ago by drinking antifreeze.”…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #5
THE ROCKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Rockville Public Library.
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Stephen Elliott at Gawker
Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott discussed The Adderall Diaries in an open forum interview that took place in the comments section over at Gawker. The interview was moderated by James Frey. Why not swing by and check it out?
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Morning Coffee
50 years of space exploration (I’m sorry if you’ve seen this five times already, but man is it pretty). Yesterday was the 50th birthday of Goma, the first gorilla ever born in a zoo. DNA origami and nanotechnology. The BBC…
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #6
I don’t know if I’m supposed to snort it, smoke it, shoot it, or cram it up my asshole. All I know is it was pretty cheap, so I’ll probably have to do a lot of it right off the…
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Morning Coffee
Life falling short in the “technical drawings of german zeppelins” department? You’re welcome. Don’t pee on airplanes! Photomicrography. NY Times on kosher elevators and other elements of 21st century Orthodox Judaism. Ice Bergs make their own art.
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Lit Mag Editors Should Do This, Too
“… Professor Sandel says a “philosophically frank” university should tell those it rejects that “we don’t regard you as less deserving than those who were admitted” and that “it is not your fault that when you came along society happened…