May 2011
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No backsies.
Two stories today about desired contractual do-overs:
1) Madoff Victim Seeks Divorce Do-Over
When the couple split their assets evenly, the largest chunk of money was invested with Mr. Madoff. Mr. Simkin kept much of his funds in the Madoff account, which was held in his name. Ms. Blank, who said she had no interest in investing with Mr. Madoff, received her settlement proceeds in...
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“Also, can’t we agree it’s racist to call white people “Caucasian”? It’s like...”
– ALL ENDASHER EVERYTHING.
"'That’s maybe the single worst book in this... →
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"It would be a nice change for Canuck fans'... →
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“For all their connections, the couple does not often turn up at A-list parties...”
– CLASSIC. QUINN. (via @panopticist)
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"For over two decades, she has been married to the... →
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“And if Hemingway’s style at its purest owed a great deal to the simple word...”
– Great essay by Philip Connors about Sam Lipsyte.
"Okay, first of all, everything." →
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"In other words, I got a Chinese symbol on my... →
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Favorite parts from Vulture's interview with... →
“Sometimes there’s a sense of the book being too hot, literally. It just feels hard for me to have a private experience of an artifact that is so spoken of, so much in the culture in a particular moment.”
“Again, I’m not really a Twitter person so to some degree this maelstrom was not something I experienced firsthand. I also happened to be on kind of an off-the-grid farm...
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Neanderthals and Early Humans May Not Have Mingled... →
endasher:
My god, would the scientists fucking make up their minds about whether or not we boned Neanderthals?! This is an existential species question that’s increasingly starting to look like a seasonal racket.
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"A generation ago, Jason established a new... →
The Fastest-Rising Baby Names of 2010: Triumph of the Teen Mom
Kinley: Ooh, intriguing! No major media events, no updates on a classic name…looks like we may have a genuine, organic style phenomenon brewing here. Rhyming names Finley, Brinley and McKinley also rose, but Kinley really soared.
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“Yes, I do know that ‘monetization’ is an option for me, and I do realize that I...”
– Dude gets it.
“This is a little bit sad music” says a passing... →
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“Media historians will likely credit these [royal] nuptials for setting a new...”
– Your (worst) parenthetical aside of the ever.
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Postcards From Yo Boyfriend's Momma
Celts fans on Shaq-watch may be interested in this important dispatch:
Shaq was at my school today. His girlfriends sister’s son is in First grade at Nixon. I saw him walking toward the school. He seemed to be twice as tall as everyone else.
I just finished Art and Madness, by the way, and this reads like Anne Roiphe. I hope to receive more sportswriting-via-email from Dave’s...
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"I'd have done exactly, exactly what she did,... →
