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
The raiders came in quickly, catching the guards as they were sleeping after...
– Today in amazing sentences.
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.
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.
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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.”
We live in grim times, but fortune favors the bold. So if you are reading this...
– China as a Destination for Job Seekers
The result is that at the most security-conscious time in America’s...
– Air Safety on the Cheap
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The Iyer essay is the most ludicrous, hilarious, parody-defying piece of...
– Elements of Trolldom: Katie Roiphe and Pico Iyer
It’s an intellectual-rights headache that has proven to be massively...
– Neal Ungerleider on Tumblr In 2012
December 2011
27 posts
Sitting by Dickey Brook in Westchester County on Monday afternoon.
roadsandkingdoms:
Roads and Kingdoms dines al fresco in the street stalls of Rangoon with acclaimed cookbook author Naomi Duguid. And a monk.
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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.
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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...
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I wrote about why I refuse to boycott Kayak →
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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...
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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
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I actually do a lot of dinner dates in Chinatown cause you get privacy, there...
– Eddie Huang
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