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Some great interviews this week: with Lena Dunham, Philippe Lioret, Carlos Cuarón, and James Toback. We searched for an unassailable masterpiece, talked about phobias in 2666, and followed Dan Baum’s…
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Our Robot Overlords are Coming
And we’re helping them learn. Okay, that’s a bit apocalyptic, and I for one welcome our new robot overlords, when they eventually show up. The link is to the latest…
The Benefits of Tickling
Cabinet of Wonders takes an in-depth look at tickling as pain relief, and at the medical benefits it can provide. At my wedding, one of my groom’s vows was a…
Brian’s Saturday Morning Links
Not enough sleep? Echoes of a faint hangover? Then it’s time for Saturday Morning Links. Dahlia Lithwick and Doug Kendall point out that conservative politicians who are upset about empathetic…
An Oral History of Myself #3: Dan
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with. Because I left home at thirteen and spent four years in group homes, my social network was significantly wider than…
Morning Coffee
Passive-aggressive notes. Bird’s eye view photography is pretty rad. Jason Hawkes has figured this out. The Big Picture has figured out that Jason Hawkes has figured this out. Dinosaur comics.…
The Rumpus Book Blog Roundup
Good news! The book blogs can tell the future, and it is only a little bit terrifying! The future, apparently, is full of digibooks, Twitter, book pirates, and “video poetry.”…
The Rumpus Interview with Carlos Cuarón
During an assembly-line interview process last week, I sat with writer and director Carlos Cuarón to talk about his new film, Rudo y Cursi. We met up at a self-described…
Work, Change, Pride
Having to face the strain and fill time in between jobs has, for many, become a matter of survival. On this topic, Charles Darwin had this to say, “It is…
The First 110 Days
We sort of skipped past President Obama’s first 100 days last week due to the looming horror of the dreaded SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC, which now looks about as lethal as…
Morning Coffee
The controversial hobbit-like Homo Floresiensis were a seperate species after all. And thus the world is a little more magical. My Home Birth: A Graphic Memoir from SMITHMAG. Made of…