February 2012
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Google AdWords ads allot 25 characters for the title, and 35 characters each for the two lines of body copy. Writing them is like writing the world’s least inspiring haiku.
Feb 8th
Feb 7th
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Occupational hazard
I bought a paddle at the 99-cent store today, so I can deflect all the stray ping-pong balls that fly onto my desk.
Feb 7th
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January 2012
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Jan 30th
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Jan 24th
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“The English poet Thomas Gray climbed onto a hilltop near the village of Keswick...”
– Encyclopedia of the Exquisite Claude glass: the Instagram of the 18th century.
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December 2011
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“Is that what we do, do we just let people die and not be responsible?”
– A great article on homelessness in Greenpoint
Dec 29th
November 2011
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youngmanhattanite: cdcarter: “Sixty-one percent of paid interns working at for-profit companies received a job offer; only 38 percent of unpaid interns working at for-profit companies did. And paid interns netted higher starting salaries.” — That’s Jean Chatzky, writing in Newsweek, on why students shouldn’t take unpaid internships. (via newsweek) That’s former YM paid intern Christian...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 10th
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Nov 6th
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The Biography Project: Starlight Girls →
thebiographyproject: <a href=”http://starlightgirls.bandcamp.com/track/the-hunch” _mce_href=”http://starlightgirls.bandcamp.com/track/the-hunch”>The Hunch by Starlight… Read the whole thing!
Nov 4th
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October 2011
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Oct 25th
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September 2011
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Sep 21st
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Sep 15th
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Sep 15th
August 2011
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I wish I could find a piece where a journalist tries to fit in at the Gathering of the Juggalos.
Aug 24th
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youngmanhattanite: anastasiafriscia: “Pitchfork and indie rock are currently run by people who behave as though the endless effort to perfect the habits of cultural consumption is the whole experience of life. We should leave these things behind, and instead pursue and invent a musical culture more worth our time.” — The latest n+1 is worth the price just for the Pitchfork essay. Jesus...
Aug 19th
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“Pitchfork and indie rock are currently run by people who behave as though the...”
– The latest n+1 is worth the price just for the Pitchfork essay. (Which also includes this cringe-inducing excerpt from an old review of John Coltrane by Ryan Schreiber: “‘Trane takes it to heaven and back with some style, man. Some richness, daddy. It’s a sad thing his life was cut...
Aug 19th
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Aug 11th
Nothing says “I’ve learned the value of privacy” like a long personal essay accompanied by a half-naked photo of yourself.
Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
“Instead of being the friend you’ve missed for the past nine months, it becomes a...”
– Oh, Thought Catalog. Where 24-year-olds are still “growing up,” and no one below the age of 22 ever had a job in the summer.
Aug 2nd
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July 2011
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Jul 4th
June 2011
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“Don’t let life take you on a journey of anger. You just gotta go...”
– I got some advice from my bodega guy this morning.
Jun 30th
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Jun 21st
There should be a name for that stretch of N 6th between Wythe and Berry (home to The Cove and SEA). Jerseyburg? The Northside Shore? Hell?
Jun 21st
“Your writing is hilarious! …But you’re not as funny in person....”
– I got a great compliment last night.
Jun 19th
Regarding this, part of the reason some women write about their personal lives instead of Other Things might be money. Right now—as opposed to Joan Didion’s heyday—there are a lot more freelancers and a lot fewer publications willing to pay writers to investigate Other Things. If you’re submitting freelance pieces to places that don’t pay much to begin with—well, what’s cheaper...
Jun 14th
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Jun 10th
Idea
Market wine to men who feel uncomfortable drinking wine. Call it: Brosé.
Jun 8th
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Jun 7th
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May 2011
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Best team name from trivia at Pete’s Candy Store last night: “Maid in Manhattan II: The Wrath of Strauss-Kahn”
May 19th
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March 2011
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Blake Lively: A Toddler or a My Little Pony? →
I wrote this for Thought Catalog! See if you can guess which quotes describe Blake Lively, and which quotes describe a toddler or a My Little Pony.
Mar 8th
February 2011
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For sale: wedding ring, barely used.
“We are looking for people to post break-up or divorce stories on our website along with an item to sell related to the break-up story. It’s fun and we will pay $25 to the first 25 people that respond to this ad. If you have a diamond ring or wedding band to sell with your story, we will pay you $35!” What’s the market for this? People who want to jinx their marriages?
Feb 2nd
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January 2011
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5 Things You Must Know About 'The Daily' →
Jan 14th
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November 2010
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My James Chance post got quoted on BrooklynVegan →
Nov 17th
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Nov 14th