February 2012
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Feb 23rd
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January 2012
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Adventures in interviewing children
Me: What do you like about staying with your grandma?
7-year-old: Well, that's not really my grandma.
Me: It's not?
7-year-old: No, that's my mom's mom.
Me: Yep, that's your grandma.
7-year-old: It is? Then I guess I have two or something.
Jan 11th
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December 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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On LI with no power? Some flock to Starbucks →
If you didn’t have power on Sunday because of Tropical Storm Irene — like most people in the Town of Southampton Sunday — you can relax, play games, read by candlelight. But if you don’t have power on Monday and you’re supposed to report back to work — like many people in the Town of Southampton Monday — you flee to Starbucks. “This is my only contact with the real...
Aug 30th
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Jun 25th
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May 2011
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May 29th
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“Breslin’s Rule: Don’t trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.”
– @AdviceToWriters
May 18th
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“I turned my iPhone onto “Airplane mode” and threw it up into the...”
– @KyleJudah
May 11th
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Adults compete in East Hampton spelling bee →
An Oxford Dictionary sat on a large wooden table in the East Hampton Library. Behind it, Erica Farber, a children’s author who assists with library programming, sat with her back straight, glasses perched on her nose, and eyes surveying the roughly 20 adults about to compete in a spelling bee. As she explained the rules, she was calm but stern - two traits she would call on throughout the...
May 9th
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May 1st
April 2011
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Apr 16th
WatchWatch
Confusing signage
Apr 16th
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WatchWatch
I’m not normally very concerned with men’s fashion, but I might be obsessed with this man. And Jay-Z. And his new website.
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WatchWatch
Granny rap
Apr 6th
February 2011
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January 2011
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Jan 27th
Saltiest foods in America.  →
lenayue: THIS IS HORRIFYING. Note that he max recommended daily intake of sodium is 2,300 mg for a healthy adult. Via Men’s Health. Saltiest Drive-Thru Meal - Burger King Cheeseburger w/ French Fries (small) - 1,360 mg Saltiest Mall Snack - Auntie Anne’s Sesame Pretzel w/ Hot Salsa Cheese - 1,440 mg
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New Year's Day closet organizing
Mom: Let's start with your shoes.
Me: What do you mean?
Mom: What about these?
Me: What do you mean?
Mom: You don't wear these, throw them out.
Me: Why would I throw those out? I'm not throwing out any shoes.
Mom: -holds up another pair-
Me: I'm not throwing out any shoes. Why are you holding those? I'm not throwing out any shoes.
Mom: You have to throw some things out, there isn't enough room in your closet.
Me: We're not throwing any shoes out today. Let's move on.
Jan 1st
December 2010
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The decline of newspaper readership
Me: Look Dad, one of my stories got into the paper today (pointing to the story)
Dad: (looks at the page, then away) Cool. What's it about?
Dec 28th
“Real strength is eating just one piece of chocolate and knowing the rest of that...”
– via lenayue
Dec 27th
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In Springs, a beloved 'Museum of Low Taste' →
In their Springs home, Bonnie Maslin and her husband, Yehuda Nir, have 60 lazy Susans, cupboards upon cupboards of vertically stacked and colorful plates, and enough china — on shelves, hidden in cabinets and stacked in drawers — to serve thousands. And that’s not even the half of it. Maslin said she and her husband have gathered a collection of post-war American kitsch they believe...
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