June 2010
6 posts
“Mr. Perkins had just returned from a drunken golf weekend with colleagues in...”
– “Trade Drunk. Refill. Lost $10 Million.” Julia Werdigier, New York Times, June 30, 2010.
““Waking up and plugging myself into the internet, I receive a receipt from...”
– “Breakfast, Lunch, and Winners,” Mike Smith, The Morning News, June 3, 2009.
“As for short emails: at this point in time, due to my arduous writing schedule,...”
– “Withdrawl Symptoms,” Grady Miller, The Bygone Bureau, June 23, 2010.
“Obama, who sources said has been more introspective and isolated in recent...”
– “Obama’s Weekly Video Addresses Becoming Increasingly Avant-Garde,” The Onion, June 23, 2010
“By midnight at Kitty O’Shea’s, much of Team America is completely shitfaced. Two...”
– “The Runaway General,” Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone, July 8-22, 2010.
“On Thursday, they said Gardner was spending time sleeping, reading the novel...”
– “ Utah executes convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad,” Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2010.
April 2010
1 post
“Still, the great thing about New Yorkers is their can-do attitude, and the...”
– “How to Stay Safe in New York City by Michael Bloomberg,” The Awl, April 1, 2010
March 2010
1 post
Burnt Nests: Tallahassee by John Darnielle →
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY that buying a house you’ve never actually seen close-up is a bad idea, but what does anybody know about our needs, anyhow? For us it was perfect. The peeling paint. The old cellar. The garden in the back. The porch out front. The still air of the living room. The attic….
February 2010
4 posts
“Suggestion for improving biathlon, that soporific merger of cross-country skiing...”
– “Boycott the Olympics!” David Plotz, Slate.com, Republished February 12, 2010
“I am not aware of any other case in which suicide was accomplished in this way,...”
– “Six Questions for Dr. Michael Baden: The Guantánamo autopsies,” Scott Horton, Harpers Magazine, February 4, 2010
“THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 2, 2010
The Honorable Harry M. Reid...”
– “Obama sends letter to Reid, saying, ‘There is no place better to have fun than Vegas’,” RGJ.com, February 2, 2010
“And in another vignette, confirmed by several sources, a senior U.S. official...”
– “China’s strident tone raises concerns among Western governments, analysts,” John Pomfret, The Washington Post, January 31, 2010
January 2010
4 posts
“Speaker A: Give it to him … Give it more, more, more … No,...”
– “Before Martyrdom, Breakfast,” Thomas Bartlett, The Chrinicle of Higher Education, January 24, 2010
“In the year 2010 you do not sleep on a bed. There are no beds, no tables, no...”
– “2010: Living in the Future,” Geoffrey Hoyle. 1972
“I actually liked John quite a lot, but — and I mean this in the most...”
– “The Near Assassination of… John Helmer?” Matt Taibbi, Taibblog, January 11, 2010
“In its last act of 2009, the Irving City Council on Thursday unanimously...”
– “Irving officials make Kraft Macaroni & Cheese official sponsor of Texas Stadium demolition,” Wendy Hundley, Dallas Morning News, January 1, 2010
December 2009
1 post
“A 175-pound black bear apparently died of an overdose of cocaine after...”
– “Cocaine and a Dead Bear,” The New York Times, December 23, 1985
November 2009
5 posts
“And whether you’re watching one of their movies (about coffee house melodrama,...”
– “Bored new World: How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music,” Chris Milam, PopMatters, October 26, 2009
“The head of Channel 4, Julian Bellamy, said Plane Crash would be “one of...”
– “Plane Crash TV: Channel 4 to Destroy Passenger Jet,” John Plunkett, The Guardian, November 12, 2009
“Noticing one child yielding a fake, rubber weapon dressed as “Friday the...”
– “Ocean City man charged with throwing knife at trick-or-treating children,” The Star-Ledger, November 5, 2009
“The sweets - 105 individually wrapped strawberry-flavored licorice twists - drew...”
– “Gotti Judge on Squabbling Jurors: Let Them Eat Twizzlers” Alison Gendar and Larry McShane, New York Daily News, November 3, 2009
“In its attachment to the past, the gentrification novel is only the most recent...”
– “Gentrified Fiction,” Elizabeth Gumport, n+1, November 2, 2009
October 2009
17 posts
“Unlike most campaigns, we are not accepting monetary donations. Carl Weathers is...”
– Carl Weathers for Mayor Official Campaign Site, accessed October 29, 2009
“I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some...”
– “It’s Decorative Gourd Season Motherfuckers,” Colin Nissan, McSweeney’s, October 20, 2009
“The bear, which was part of the Russian State Circus, killed Dmitri Potapov, 25,...”
– “Ice-Skating Brear Kills Circus Head,” Times Online, October 23, 2009
“Meanwhile, a Taliban group also sent two letters to the Lahore Press Club – one...”
– “Media May be Next Target,” Daily Times of Pakistan, October 16, 2009
“Thus, for example, we find that the Soviet Politburo did not even discuss...”
– “1989!,” Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of Books, November 5, 2009
“Yesterday, having drunk too much, I was intoxicated as to pass all bounds; but...”
– “I was Ready to Sink Into the Earth With Shame,” Anonymous, Letters of Note, October 16, 2009
“It struck a pose of epater la bourgeoisie, but was really just a guy tickling...”
– “The Basic Problem Here Is That You Are Wrong”: The Collected Letters of Tom Scocca and Keith Gessen”, The Awl, October 13, 2009
“A mythical Swedish town where men are barred from entering and women turn to...”
– “Chinese media tempted by fantasy of women-only Swedish town,” David Landes, The Local, October 5, 2009
“He rapidly became the leading left-wing critic of American foreign policy. He...”
– “Gore Vidal’s United States of Fury,” Johann Hari, The Independent, October 7, 2009
“There had been no federal help for the living or the dead, but now, at the 17th...”
– “New Orleans Lost in the Flood,” Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors, A New Literary History of America, 2009
“The reaction to Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, reinforces...”
– “Michael Moore’s Problems are Our Fault,” Matt Taibbi, October 6, 2009
“The debate, at the Trenton studios of the New Jersey Network, had its share of...”
– “In New Jersey, A Sharp, Scrappy Debate,” David M. Halbfiner, The New York Times, October 2, 2009
“We welcome anyone to visit our town! There are no commandos in the streets....”
– Two Rivers Trade Port Authority website, City of Harden, Montana, September 2009
September 2009
13 posts
“When the book arrives, I quickly skim, looking for my name. I find it on page...”
– “Margaret Atwood Didn’t Kill Me,” Rebecca Eckler, MacLeans, September 23, 2009
“Ertugrul Osman, who might have ruled the Ottoman empire from a palace in...”
– “Ertugrul Osman, Link to Ottoman Dynasty, Dies at 97,” Fred A. Bernstein, The New York Times, September 24, 2009
“Speaking at a luncheon organized by The Associated Press, Mr. Paterson said that...”
– “Reluctant Governor Explains: ‘I Did Not Sign Up For This’”, Danny Hakin and Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times, September 23, 2009
“On Saturday, Putin stared in silence at one of the leopards, which initially...”
– “Putin Brings Leopards Back to North Caucasus”, The Moscow Times, September 21, 2009
“I don’t mind ceilings, but I’ve never glanced up at one and thought,...”
– “The doctors were about to stick a needle in my spine. Then it hit me. What if I sneezed?” Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, Septemer 21, 2009
“Rand called her doctrine “Objectivism,” and it eventually expanded...”
– “Wealthcare,” Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, September 14, 2009
“But the greater sadness here has to do with New York and how the city sees...”
– “Off With it’s Top! City Cuts Tower to Size,” Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times, September 9, 2009