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Life is a Fragile Thing, Or So They Say
Life is a fragile thing. Or so they say. Or at least that’s how it seems to me these days. My body is weaker and more brittle...
sarafoss, 14 March 2012 |
New Jack White
The new Jack White sounds pretty good. Here's a sample.
Goodbye To All That
Ex-Goldman Sachs executive director Greg Smith fulfilled a dream I'm sure many people have: Blasting his former employer in an extremely...
A Snag in the Buying Process
Adam Rust is purchasing a foreclosed house and fixing it up for renters. This blog post is part of a series about that process. I...
On Ricky Rubio
I was really saddened by news of Timberwolves' point guard Ricky Rubio's season ending ACL injury. Rubio has helped revitalize a...
The New Misogyny
Is there a new misogyny? Kathleen Geier thinks so. Click here to find out why.
Watching "Pina"
Over at the DG, I review the Oscar-nominated documentary "Pina." Here's an excerpt: "The new Wim Wenders film 'Pina' was nominated...
Eric's February Favorites
If February is any indication, 2012 could be a pretty epic year for music. I found myself buying 3-4 albums a week - it was like...
Fertile Ground
Want to learn how to compost? My colleague Margaret Hartley explains how in her weekly column Greenpoint over at the DG. Here's an...
Film Capsules
Over at the DG, I write about some recent films I've watched, mostly on DVD. The list includes Harmony Korine's Gummo, and the new...
Reconsidering the Monkees
“Hey, hey, we are The Monkees, You know we love to please/ A manufactured image/ With no philosophies...” -...
Connecting with Friends
Over at the DG, I write about how much easier it is to connect with friends these days, and how much I still enjoy the random, unplanned...
Cool Staircases
Click here to see some pictures of cool staircases.
Top Reads of the Week:
Parenting: Cindy F. Crawford on her streaking children, and J LeBlanc on her son's many phases Movies: J.K. Eisen offers some...
Am I A Barbarian?
Maybe I'm a barbarian, but I'm not at all shocked by the so-called scandal currently rocking the NFL, the not-at-all surprising...
Do We Really Need Eight Hours of Sleep?
I've always heard that we need eight hours sleep a night. But recently I've been seeing articles suggesting that we might not. This...
Walking the High Line
Last weekend I had the chance to walk the High Ligh - a cool, relatively new park built on an elevated railway platform in Manhattan-...
My Kids Are Streakers
For the last few months, whenever I walk in the door after a long day at work, my kids are running around stark naked. I don’t...
Phases
Last night, I was holding my son and swaying in time to some early Beatles songs, an activity he loves. As usual, he was looking away...
Annals of Online Dating
The Awl has collected some horror stories.
Are You a Trollop?
Mother Jones provides a helpful chart .
The Case For "How Green Was My Valley"
I was hanging out in the podiatrist's office the other day, and decided to flip through a back issue of Entertainment Weekly while...
A 3D Menace
It’s difficult to understand why anyone would want to see Jar Jar Binks in 3D. Nevertheless, George Lucas is giving the...
"Savage" Barbecue Sauce
My former colleague Wade Kwon has written a smart piece about an Alabama-made barbecue sauce that features a racist logo, and can be...
Watching "A Dangerous Method"
Over at the DG, I review the new David Cronenberg movie "A Dangerous Method." Here's an excerpt: "'A Dangerous Method' is one of...