The piquancy of East Texas
The positively true story of how the nicest man in town murdered the meanest woman in East Texas, gave $2 million of her money away, and got caught when her son found the body under the pot pies. (via...
View ArticleThe Pelvic Mysteries
How can it be a surprise that you have a narrow pelvis? It's a bone. You can see it on an x-ray. You can feel it. This sounds like a fact determinable by means other than "will an x cm baby skull fit...
View ArticleTeam Columbia
I don't usually read Above the Law, but when I do, it's to watch law revue videos.
View ArticleMany happy returns
Sorry to have been MIA, but I was busy getting married, honeymooning, and such. It did give me some time to read:- the new Chathrand Voyage book (okay, not great)- the new N. K. Jemesin (very good,...
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Weekday Dinner: Steamed Cod with Asian Sweet Potato Purée
I have never made this with the added zucchini before, but it adds a nice creaminess to the purée.Ingredients:3 small or 2 large sweet potatoes2 zucchinis1/4 tsp minced fresh ginger1.5 lbs cod filets1...
View ArticlePublic art and curious restraint
I'm not surprised that there are budding vigilantes out to purge Penn State of its famous Joe Paterno statue. What surprises me is how seldom this happens. Surely other monuments could attract the...
View ArticleLove and Hate Reads
Hunter S. Thompson + Whit Stillman?UMC Brooklyn parents behave in a manner that would inspire CPS calls if displayed by the lower classes, hate themselves insufficiently for doing so.
View ArticleWhat is this I don't even
Your dating criteria are bad and you should feel bad.One commenter gently disagrees:It’s one thing to suggest that our sexual attractions relating to personalities, temperaments, interests, hobbies,...
View ArticleAsk a Clueless Frat Boy: Should I go to law school?
The author of a new Kindle book called "Learning From Precedent: Is Law School for You?" asks a bunch of non-representative, successful people about their law school experiences. Michael Bloch, who is,...
View ArticleLet me tell you the truth about Amelia Bedelia
Via Metafilter, the best idea ever:That was possibly more enjoyable than the movie, although I think it needed an "Avuncular Bane Voice" voice over at some point.Maybe I just want that voice to read me...
View ArticleThoughts on the false promise of magical realism
I was going to blog about my thoughts on the latest iteration of the magical-realism-versus-fantasy debate, but I realized that I'd already said what I'd planned on saying. But the post and comments...
View ArticleToo much of my wish list is on pre-order.
I haven't read anything that's seriously impressed me lately. Blood Song was all right, especially if you like Rothfuss and other similar brick-authors, but not grand. Sharon Shinn is deeply meh.I...
View ArticleRelational Identities
This is why it annoys me when your Facebook profile pic is of your kid:[T]here’s a danger in returning to an ideal where women's most important identity is relational rather than individual. If we want...
View ArticleA is A?
Phoebe asks, in light of my recent post,[A]re we under a moral obligation to use Facebook thoroughly, to represent our full selves? Or, conversely, is it fair to judge people on the basis of...
View ArticleThe Naked Truth
That San Francisco banned most public nudity and Ross Douthat took to the pages of the New York Times to decry the decadence of modern Americans who don't breed, all without a peep from this blog, is a...
View ArticleElizabeth Wurtzel, Spendthrift Heart
Elizabeth Wurtzel. She's rambling. She's narcissistic. Is she the perfect troll? Her latest piece for New York mag begins by bemoaning the mental instability of her landlord, who lets herself into the...
View ArticleRead it a couple of times, it'll make sense and you won't like it.
My Facebook feed has been full of cover shots of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. One woman was reading it on my bus this morning, intent on squeezing career tips into her commute. Any frequenter of used...
View ArticleEddie Rabbitt: multisensory experience
Why does rain smell good? (h/t) From the maker of perfume that makes you smell like a library: perfume that makes you smell like it justrained. I highly recommend a visit to the storefront in New York,...
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