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Last month we asked our readers to write about “Family/Holidays,” a few weeks later we ran another “Rumpus Readers Report” that featured stories about “neighborhood.” Well we’re hungry for more of your writing, and this time we want you to…

Good news for those of us who like to tell a tale, “story-telling may help to lower blood pressure.” (via TheBookBench)

A little vintage photography magazine porn for you. Handwritten notes by graphic designers. (via Letters of Note.) While we’re on the subject, perhaps you’d like to know about postal carrier bands. Now let us ease you into your weekend with…

Seed Magazine on the pros and cons of your cockiness. I don’t really know why I find these literal New Yorker cartoons so funny. This article is about farming slime (slime that farms). The visual context of music. Bad news…

“Lately, as his friends settle into careers in private-equity consulting and cosmetics PR, Lenny has found himself questioning his profession.” No, Lenny isn’t a down-on-his-luck writer who has yet to sell his novel. He’s a flush drug dealer, and the…

Let us now take a look at the oldest book from the Americas. Do you hate your job? The lunchtime clock is here to help. NASA’s plans to make airplanes way radder (or something). Did you hear about the cat…

This is how some people choose to spend their time: cigarette ash landscape. By the same token: cotton candy room. Meanwhile, back in the 1930s, automatons engage in fisticuffs. In my mind all of these things are connected: Soviet safety…

JOHNNY APPLESEED ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Johnny Appleseed.

We’ll be keeping it light today. Have a good MLK Day.