yeah that article was really disturbing. could possibly do some good, though (or lead to more witchhunts).
― toby, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
My first fear was that Gladwell would have some sort of gimmick insight to offer on the subject. Which he didn't. But there were paragraphs in there that made my whole body cringe (b/c of the details).
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
i look forward to him including that article in his next book of mind-blowing essays for business-types
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
mind-blowing essays for child-molesters
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
mindful essays for child-blo[REDACTED]
― This cad needs a cordial introduction to Eugene of Oxbow. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
from the author of BLINK and OUTLIERS: CREEPY GIGGLE
― goole, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/5944033/malcolm-gladwell-turns-jerry-sandusky-into-a-parable-by-leaving-out-some-facts?post=52780804
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
confidential informants article, so sad. the details about the parents' new routines.
― let's get the banned back together (schlump), Thursday, 20 September 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Just getting around to Kolbert's article on Neanderthals, really good. This was a startling detail, though:
While I was in Leipzig, I watched a graduate student cut the heads off some of the altered mice and then slice up their brains, like radishes.
― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Thursday, 20 September 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i love that article. the part about the desire to raft into uncharted territory separating neanderthal from man.
you are v far behind w/your stack of nyers, though.
― let's get the banned back together (schlump), Friday, 21 September 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
this is now my favorite new yorker cartoon of all time:
http://i45.tinypic.com/1q4jdu.jpg
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, 21 September 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
i liked the one with the political candidate kissing a baby while it was breastfeeding. i chortled a little at that one.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 September 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
it was good anyway (i love that he's brought his stick into the room. it adds another layer to the whole ridiculous situation, which is that he's still playing childish games while his wife is moving on to having sex with...uh...humans), but the fact that the man's arm resembles a deer leg takes it to a new level.
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, 21 September 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
the stick is such a nice touch
― balls, Friday, 21 September 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, September 21, 2012 5:39 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
What issue was the Kolbert neanderthal thing in? I feel like I missed that.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
it was approx one zillion new yorker years ago
― let's get the banned back together (schlump), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_kolbert
i also like that neither the poodle or the deer-man look ashamed or startled at all. they're just like "fuck yeah we're having sex now, go play with your stick and get lost!"
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
prelude to a threesome
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 September 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
damn, this gonorrhea article is really dispiriting. I hate to think we are approaching a time where condoms for oral sex are gonna need to be the way of the world.
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
compelling reasons to skip articles
― let's get the banned back together (schlump), Monday, 24 September 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
(not really)
(i am sexually responsible)
I totally laughed at the snake/cell phone gag.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 September 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/65/6561/WLD2100Z/posters/ariel-molvig-o-k-now-do-you-see-a-giant-snake-i-m-inside-the-snake-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg
haha
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Monday, 24 September 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
biden-as-server is good
roz chast is awful
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 September 2012 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
I like the "My wife! My best friend!" cartoon very much, but I think of it as an extremely funny twist (the stick! Poor doggie!) on a fairly common joke among couples where the pets are allowed in the bedroom. I know I've yelled it at napping wife and cat enough times that they both hate me.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 27 September 2012 08:30 (eleven years ago) link
i will admit that i laughed at the biden-as-waiter shouts and murmurs.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 27 September 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
it was a really good shouts and murmurs!
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 27 September 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't read it yet, but imo Biden is always comedy gold.
― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Thursday, 27 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
wait, in the new one? my subscription just lapsed, and i'm waiting for my resubscription issues to arrive. are you telling me that in the ONE issue of the new yorker that i've missed in the last 6-7 years, there's FINALLY a shouts and murmurs??!!?
WTF
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, finally a FUNNY shouts and murmurs??!?!
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2012/10/01/121001sh_shouts_barol
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
It’s the special. It’s the special.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
Anybody read the review of the Seward bio? Good fun -- a great character.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
i really liked the piece about Campaign, Inc
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
i did! have been wanting to read a seward bio for some time -- he's my favorite character in vidal's 'lincoln.'
any thoughts on the jk rowling profile?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, mine too; I wish Vidal had written a Johnson-era nouvelle in which Seward stars.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
the rowling profile was really needlessly bitchy i thought
― max, Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
or not 'needlessly' -- fine to dislike rowling but came across as personal and mean rather than convincing. i felt like given the material it couldve been a lot more subtle
― max, Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
yes, i agree -- there's something slightly chilly and withheld about rowling's public persona which could have made for a really interesting profile but the writer just seemed interested in making her look as unpleasant as possible.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 27 September 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
didn't really get that feel--except for the "she asked for quote approval--we said no" thing. how was the writer making her look "as unpleasant as possible" by trying to find the good things in her new novel?
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Friday, 28 September 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
ha thats exactly it though, the kind of grudging "well if i look hard maybe theres something of value in this" tone
― max, Friday, 28 September 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
I had forgotten how much I like Tony Earley's prose; I gotta get the new collection based on this Jack and the Mad Dog story in this ish.
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 28 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Roz Chast's cover for Sept. 24 is the worst NYer cover I've ever seen.
― Death Grits 2 (WmC), Sunday, 30 September 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
― Mordy, Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:16 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, just got around to this. Interesting. I've read about the '40s health care fight before, but it's infuriating all over again to learn more details. And the through-line to Haldeman and Roger Ailes is good. Fox News really is the ultimate extension of the whole Campaigns Inc. approach, but I bet even they would never have believed they could actually own and control an entire news network.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 30 September 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
Combs said that he considers Burkle a “mentor,” but also likes that he is “never too big to listen and learn. He’ll roll with me to a Jay-Z concert, he’ll roll with me to an ASAP Rocky concert—he’s into culture.”
― johnny crunch, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
disappointed the term sewards folly was never used cause thats still what I call alaska
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link