May 2013
41 posts
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“This may not seem like a big deal, but I’ll tell you… A huge part of the...”
– “Is it Fair for Chefs to Cook Other Cultures’ Foods?” by Francis Lam and Eddie Huang, Gilt Taste, June 5, 2012
“To put it sharply, the unemployment rate in the United States is 7.6 percent....”
– “Why don’t people move anymore?” by Matthew Yglesias, Slate, May 11, 2013
“A few years earlier, it had been possible for a Princeton administrator to quell...”
– “The Guerrilla Skirmishes of the Sexual Revolution,” by Troy Patterson, Slate, May 9, 2013
“The long and dense tradition of rogue behavior at Princeton is such a marvel...”
– “The Guerrilla Skirmishes of the Sexual Revolution,” by Troy Patterson, Slate, May 9, 2013
“A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is...”
– “Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse” by Robert Burns, AP, May 14, 2013
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“According to the consultant’s 2012 Sandwich Consumer Trend Report, sales...”
– “More Americans Dining Out on Sandwiches Boosts Category Growth,” by Maureen Morrison, Advertising Age, May 6, 2013
“They pretty much have a monopoly,” he said. “I am fed up and now they do this. I...”
– “More Clients Ask Questions of Bloomberg,” by Amy Chozick and Ben Protess, NYT, May 13, 2013
US News Tumblelog: The major television networks... →
No matter how optimistic the Big Four networks may feel about their new seasons — TV executives are masters at forgetting last year’s failures and staying on message about the future — the stress factors are enough to make them long for the days of “I Love Lucy,” when 50 million Americans would…
“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job...”
– When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)
“Author Notes: This is a recipe I named after myself so that I could live forever...”
– Eggs Adam Roberts, Food52
“People who work in journalism put The New Yorker and magazines like it on a...”
– “What You Do Is Not (Necessarily) Who You Are,” Elizabeth Spiers, Medium
“Larry Bell, whose Bell’s Brewery Inc. is among the country’s largest craft...”
– “Craft Brewers Chug Away Heady Pressure by Bankers to Sell,” by Duane D. Stanford, Bloomberg, May 7, 2013
“The burden is on the writer, then, to make his or her experiences and...”
– “Am I an ‘Immigrant Writer?’” by Amit Majmudar, NYT, May 4, 2013
“You can’t call me that,” he said, adding that he immigrated to the US when he...”
– “Muslims being targeted, advocacy group charges,” by Todd Wallack, Boston Globe, May 7, 2013
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing...”
– Don Miguel Ruiz (via wendesgray)
___________: “I firmly believe in small gestures:... →
“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when…
“Demons in horror movies can target people or be summoned,” Mr. Bruzzese said in...”
– “Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data,” by Brooks Barnes, NYT, May 5, 2013
“I first had it at a coffee shop in Bilbao,” Raij told me. “And...”
– “Alex Raij’s Croissants a la Plancha,” by Kristen Miglore, Food 52, May 1, 2013
“Gloversville police told local media outlets two Sno Cone Joe operators face...”
– “Frosty start for upstate NY ice cream truck season,” AP, May 1, 2013
April 2013
43 posts
“I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a...”
– Henry Rollins (via maddierose)
“I have over the years become aware of other Giris, though I know none well, and...”
– “Giri Nathan,” by Giri Nathan, Nassau Weekly, Apr 25, 2013
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“Even when abandoned, an apple tree can live more than 200 years, and, like the...”
– “Why Your Supermarket Only Sells 5 Kinds of Apples,” by Rowan Jacobsen, Mother Jones, March/April 2013
WHEN A HALF-DOZEN ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEES CALL THEIR...
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