November 2011
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Isaac Asimov: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and...
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Washington Post: “The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more...
– This guy’s a candidate? Americans must be more medicated than I thought.
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The bell rings when the kitchen closes. Birthday girl Amaris gets all the birthday fun.
(The Publican)
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Ken Langone, Home Depot founder and NYU Med Center namesake: If I spent all my...
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Paul Krugman: Newt Gingrich Is ‘A Stupid Man’s Idea Of What A Smart Person...
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Just left my phone in a taxi and the guy who picked it up called me right away. Totally buying him a few rounds the next time I’m back. And introducing him to my single girl-friends. Hear me; New Yorkers deserve credit.
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The Awl: The McRib as Arbitrage →
Fast food involves both hideously violent economies of scale and sad, sad end users who volunteer to be taken advantage of. What makes the McRib different from this everyday horror is that a) McDonald’s is huge to the point that it’s more useful to think of it as a company trading in commodities than it is to think of it as a chain of restaurants b) it is made of pork, which makes it a unique...
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