September 2011
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An Open Love Letter to Ronnie Yoked
Dear Ronnie,
I know we’ve never met, but I read about you in an article in the WSJ about the South Slope sexual assault problem (which also features NYPD officers telling women to stop wearing skirts and shorts, lest they incite an attack. Keep it classy, NYPD!). You were quoted as follows:
Ronnie Yoked, a 29-year-old resident, stopped to talk to Mr. Ruiz this week as he handed out...
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Mindy on "The Woman Who Is Obsessed with Her...
I regularly work sixteen hours a day. Yet, like most people I know who are similarly busy, I’m a pleasant, pretty normal person. But that’s not how working women are depicted in movies. I’m not always barking orders into my hands-free phone device and yelling, “I have no time for this!” Often, a script calls for this uptight career woman to “relearn” how to seduce a man, and she has to do all...
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Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? (Spoiler: It's not,...
Taking the long route to putting food on the table may not be easy, but for almost all Americans it remains a choice, and if you can drive to McDonald’s you can drive to Safeway. It’s cooking that’s the real challenge. (The real challenge is not “I’m too busy to cook.” In 2010 the average American, regardless of weekly earnings, watched no less than an hour and a half of television per day. The...
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“I would hit that so hard the next person to pull me out would be crowned King of...”
– Pretty much the greatest comment about a hot lady ever
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Gratuitous Diet Update: The Maths Are Hard Edition
I hate scales. Hate with fiery passion surpassed only by my hate for family-style meals in restaurants. (Aside: How do you know if you’re eating only your share?? What if someone else eats more than their share?? What if I starve?? Why should I pay the same if you ate all the shrimp?? If we eat together, be prepared for me to count everything, divide accordingly and take my whole portion...
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Well, hello there Mister. →
WaPo did a live chat with the author/illustrator of the greatest webcomics ever: The Oatmeal. And…umm…guys…he’s HANDSOME. And geekily charming as well. And a runner. Carry on.
