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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #5: Trained
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Trained You will ask why I never tore her down with my famous claws and arrowed jaws why instead I sat about, moewed, and on occasion lept through fire.
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Morning Coffee
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Marshall McLuhan, and critical outrage. Seed Magazine on evolving towards extinction. The newly redesigned Zoo de Vincennes will change the way you think about zoos. I mean, maybe a little. As long as we’re talking…
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Morning Coffee
Johnny Cash in German. IS the Large Hadron Collider being sabotaged by ITS OWN FUTURE? A behind the scenes look at Swedish rug mill. Because, really, why not? One of my closest friend’s doesn’t have a sense of smell, if…
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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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Health Care Links
Is the public option in Reid’s hands? Ezra Klein weighs in on “The Insurance Industry’s Deceptive Report” Senator Snowe (R) helped vote through legislation to remake the health care system, but where does she stand on public option? “Nearly 100…
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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?