January 2012
23 posts
“As a general rule, if a headline asks you a question, the answer is no. Is this...”
– Jason Hirschhorn and Paul Carr
Jan 26th
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“The raiders came in quickly, catching the guards as they were sleeping after...”
– Today in amazing sentences.
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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“I wanted to let you know that Finnair is offering the chance to win two...”
– Early front-runner for the week’s best press release.
Jan 24th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 19th
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“Beginning on January 12, the Bureau of Unknown Destinations will offer temporary...”
– Probably will have to try out the Bureau of Unknown Destinations, which Farley is talking up.
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“The industry experts will not be in a position to comment or speculate on the...”
– Press release announcing a “media briefing” Thursday morning hosted by the Cruise Line International Association, featuring “a panel of experts [who] will discuss the regulatory safety regime for cruise ships and cruise ship operations.”
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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“We live in grim times, but fortune favors the bold. So if you are reading this...”
– China as a Destination for Job Seekers
Jan 9th
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“The result is that at the most security-conscious time in America’s...”
– Air Safety on the Cheap
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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“The Iyer essay is the most ludicrous, hilarious, parody-defying piece of...”
– Elements of Trolldom: Katie Roiphe and Pico Iyer
Jan 4th
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“It’s an intellectual-rights headache that has proven to be massively...”
– Neal Ungerleider on Tumblr In 2012
Jan 3rd
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December 2011
27 posts
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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WatchWatch
Sitting by Dickey Brook in Westchester County on Monday afternoon.
Dec 28th
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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WatchWatch
roadsandkingdoms: Roads and Kingdoms dines al fresco in the street stalls of Rangoon with acclaimed cookbook author Naomi Duguid. And a monk.
Dec 23rd
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My favourite country pub walk →
Writers and editors from the Guardian and Observer recommend brilliant walks in the countryside – with the vital ingredient of a welcoming pub along the way.
Dec 22nd
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“This was our fifth visit to Isla and one we looked forward to through the rough...”
– Chicago Tribune What insensitive, brainless ding dong is running the Tribune’s travel wire? (Wait, is “editor” even still a job at the Tribune Company?) This purported dispatch from Isla Mujeres manages to be utterly tone deaf, light on facts and full of cliches: call it the...
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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I wrote about why I refuse to boycott Kayak →
Dec 15th
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Why Indie Bookstores Shouldn't Be All Complain-y →
seedz: towirr: A gentleman named Farhad Manjoo just posted a proudly contrarian article on Slate explaining why independent bookstores are not only irrelevent but maybe even harmful. I work at an independent bookstore, so that’s an argument I’d be very very curious to see made well. Genuine question: To what extent are indie bookstores competing directly with Amazon? Obviously Amazon would...
Dec 15th
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Dec 12th
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The relative impressiveness of station names along...
Glenwood University Heights Morris Heights Cold Spring Yankees—East 153rd Street Tarrytown Garrison Scarborough Harlem—125th Street Riverdale New Hamburg Cortlandt Marble Hill Grand Central Terminal Ludlow Beacon Yonkers Greystone Dobbs Ferry Irvington Manitou Peekskill Poughkeepsie Ossining Croton-Harmon Hastings-on-Hudson Breakneck Ridge Philipse Manor ...
Dec 12th
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“I actually do a lot of dinner dates in Chinatown cause you get privacy, there...”
– Eddie Huang
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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