April 2009
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A "scientific paper inspired by YouTube videos of... →
My boss on Snowball the dancing parakeet, who scientists have studied extensively and concluded can indeed keep a beat: “Can you do some digging and find out where they got their funding?”
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So Long, Pardner →
My man Hendrik Hertzberg imagines what would happen if Texas Governor Perry had his druthers and led his state and the rest of the former Confederacy in secession, forming a new nation called the “Federated States” (I love the bit about a “free” New Orleans):
Despite Perry’s fighting words, there is no reason for the separation to be an occasion for violence. The globe is...
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52 Weeks 2 Find Him →
No, not God. A husband. My knee-jerk reaction was distaste. But Neenah sounds like a good person who’s approaching it like an adventure (and, let’s face it, a way to get attention).
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“Vodka doesn’t really lend itself to cocktailing.”
– A bartender at Vinegar Hill House (New Yorker).
M. is on a mission to end my decade-long love affair with vodka, a contemptible and near-useless spirit in his book. He groans when I order vodka martinis. (Sometimes I do it just to spite him.) We once chatted about what spirit we’d choose if...
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The first step is admitting you're powerless over...
Wells Fargo is requiring employees to donate $100 to charity every time they’re caught looking at their Blackberry during a meeting.
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“Our global just-in-time economy means we are dependent on others. […] A...”
– Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, explains why we are so vulnerable to worldwide pandemics.
NINE countries?!
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And if you like Bloody Marys...
Scramble over to Clover Club on Smith St. for the Barmen’s Bloody Mary, made with rye whiskey, Fernet-Branca, fresh-pressed tomato juice, and fresh basil. Oh my it is good. Brunch is fantastic, too.
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Spain Opens Inquiry on Guantánamo →
¡Viva España! They are the watchdogs of the world. Pinochet their asses, I say.
“Judge Baltasar Garzon said documents declassified by the new U.S. government suggest the practice was systematic.
Garzon said he was acting under Spain’s observance of the principle of universal justice, which allows crimes allegedly committed in other countries to be prosecuted in Spain.”
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Santogold & Lou Reed live on WNYC right now →
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Brothers Bloom has a tumblr. Told ya it was good. →
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Van Morrison, “Cypress Avenue” // via...
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“How will upcoming artists respond to the down-going economy? They will make a...”
– Peter Schjeldahl on “Younger Than Jesus” at the New Museum.
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