The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Thought for the Day http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/thought-for-the-day-2 http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/thought-for-the-day-2#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:35 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/thought-for-the-day-2

Exceptalism or decline.That is the choice. Maybe too late but can we gather forces to return social cohesion?Close the divide.

— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) February 9, 2012


Yeah, this is not a good look for anyone.

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Exceptalism or decline.That is the choice. Maybe too late but can we gather forces to return social cohesion?Close the divide.

— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) February 9, 2012


Yeah, this is not a good look for anyone.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/thought-for-the-day-2/feed 13 A Tumblr Devoted to Fashionable Hulks http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/a-tumblr-devoted-to-fashionable-hulks http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/a-tumblr-devoted-to-fashionable-hulks#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:42 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/a-tumblr-devoted-to-fashionable-hulks From the Internet that brought you everything else that is awesome: please welcome Clubberin Dot Tumblr Dot Com, an online catalogue of "pro wrestling fashion."

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]]> From the Internet that brought you everything else that is awesome: please welcome Clubberin Dot Tumblr Dot Com, an online catalogue of "pro wrestling fashion."

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/a-tumblr-devoted-to-fashionable-hulks/feed 1 "'Who is Newt Gingrich?' Asked Skrawberry, a 26-year-old Miami Stripper" http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/who-is-newt-gingrich-asked-skrawberry-a-26-year-old-miami-stripper http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/who-is-newt-gingrich-asked-skrawberry-a-26-year-old-miami-stripper#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:11 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/who-is-newt-gingrich-asked-skrawberry-a-26-year-old-miami-stripper

Lol ok RT @doug_hanks: @Skraw_Berry Thanks Skraw_Berry. Check out tomorrow's People page in the Herald for the final write-up.

—I'm A CELEBRITY™ (@Skraw_Berry) January 30, 2012

'Who is Newt Gingrich?' asked Skrawberry, a 26-year-old Miami stripper occupying a back table at Jerry’s Famous Deli during the live broadcast. She and friends gathered there for a post-clubbing breakfast, drinking from a $450 bottle of Moet pink champagne left over from their night at the Fontainebleau’s LIV.

On the web, usually pictures trounce words, and yesterday's picture of talking head TV crews overlapping with South Beach nightlife at dawn was pretty choice, but actually the written story is even more hysterical and great. If only it was like 3000 words longer! Oh wait, GOOD NEWS: Here is a nice long interview, in which Skrawberry (and her lady pal, Tipdrill) explains her actually quite reasonable politics. ("Make sure everybody's eating before you build a fucking casino downtown." WORD. SKRAWBERRY FOR PRESIDENT. That is what I'm saying.) Anyway, happy Florida Primary Day! Because after this, it's the Nevada caucus, which, blech.

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Lol ok RT @doug_hanks: @Skraw_Berry Thanks Skraw_Berry. Check out tomorrow's People page in the Herald for the final write-up.

—I'm A CELEBRITY™ (@Skraw_Berry) January 30, 2012

'Who is Newt Gingrich?' asked Skrawberry, a 26-year-old Miami stripper occupying a back table at Jerry’s Famous Deli during the live broadcast. She and friends gathered there for a post-clubbing breakfast, drinking from a $450 bottle of Moet pink champagne left over from their night at the Fontainebleau’s LIV.

On the web, usually pictures trounce words, and yesterday's picture of talking head TV crews overlapping with South Beach nightlife at dawn was pretty choice, but actually the written story is even more hysterical and great. If only it was like 3000 words longer! Oh wait, GOOD NEWS: Here is a nice long interview, in which Skrawberry (and her lady pal, Tipdrill) explains her actually quite reasonable politics. ("Make sure everybody's eating before you build a fucking casino downtown." WORD. SKRAWBERRY FOR PRESIDENT. That is what I'm saying.) Anyway, happy Florida Primary Day! Because after this, it's the Nevada caucus, which, blech.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/who-is-newt-gingrich-asked-skrawberry-a-26-year-old-miami-stripper/feed 7 "Sh*t Gay Guys Say to Their Cats" http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/sht-gay-guys-say-to-their-cats http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/sht-gay-guys-say-to-their-cats#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:30:50 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/sht-gay-guys-say-to-their-cats If you missed the "Shit X Says To Y" semi-meme, it's fine, it's all over now, for real.

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]]> If you missed the "Shit X Says To Y" semi-meme, it's fine, it's all over now, for real.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2012/01/sht-gay-guys-say-to-their-cats/feed 3 "Extremely Loud": "Like 'Jason Takes Manhattan' But With More Bloodshed" http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/extremely-loud-like-jason-takes-manhattan-but-with-more-bloodshed http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/extremely-loud-like-jason-takes-manhattan-but-with-more-bloodshed#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:30:08 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/extremely-loud-like-jason-takes-manhattan-but-with-more-bloodshed A moment of holiday joy for you: The A/V Club gives "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" a straight-up "F"—in three short paragraphs. The comments are also enjoyable.

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]]> A moment of holiday joy for you: The A/V Club gives "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" a straight-up "F"—in three short paragraphs. The comments are also enjoyable.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/extremely-loud-like-jason-takes-manhattan-but-with-more-bloodshed/feed 2 The Greatest Photo of the "End" of the "Iraq War" http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:30:10 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war Ha ha, here's the greatest picture of the end of the Iraq War, by Al-Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom: the assigned seats at the "Yay The Iraq War Is Over" ceremony also informed attendees in which bunker they should take shelter, in case they were all bombed or shot at or whatever. Enjoy your war zone with no war (sort of)!

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]]> Ha ha, here's the greatest picture of the end of the Iraq War, by Al-Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom: the assigned seats at the "Yay The Iraq War Is Over" ceremony also informed attendees in which bunker they should take shelter, in case they were all bombed or shot at or whatever. Enjoy your war zone with no war (sort of)!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-greatest-photo-of-the-end-of-the-iraq-war/feed 5 "I literally looked at every site related to ugly Christmas sweaters" http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/i-literally-looked-at-every-site-related-to-ugly-christmas-sweaters http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/i-literally-looked-at-every-site-related-to-ugly-christmas-sweaters#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:40:18 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/i-literally-looked-at-every-site-related-to-ugly-christmas-sweaters “Laurie Abkemeier, a literary agent with DeFiore and Company, decided a couple years ago that the world needed a book about ugly Christmas sweaters.... 'I literally looked at every site related to ugly Christmas sweaters to see who would have the biggest platform for this book.'"
—Just another day at the salt mines.

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]]> “Laurie Abkemeier, a literary agent with DeFiore and Company, decided a couple years ago that the world needed a book about ugly Christmas sweaters.... 'I literally looked at every site related to ugly Christmas sweaters to see who would have the biggest platform for this book.'"
—Just another day at the salt mines.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/i-literally-looked-at-every-site-related-to-ugly-christmas-sweaters/feed 1 Die Huffington Post (Or, Das Huffington Boot) http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/die-huffington-post-or-das-huffington-boot http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/die-huffington-post-or-das-huffington-boot#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:40:13 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/die-huffington-post-or-das-huffington-boot "The Huffington Post has just signed a deal with Spanish newspaper El Pais to produce... El Huffington Post. 'I'm really excited about this partnering model,' said Huffington, who also recently signed off on a French site (Le Huffington Post), with the Paris-based paper Le Monde."
—We can laugh all we want, and we surely will, but there's gold in them thar hills. Looking forward, of course, to Die Huffington Post(zeit).

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]]> "The Huffington Post has just signed a deal with Spanish newspaper El Pais to produce... El Huffington Post. 'I'm really excited about this partnering model,' said Huffington, who also recently signed off on a French site (Le Huffington Post), with the Paris-based paper Le Monde."
—We can laugh all we want, and we surely will, but there's gold in them thar hills. Looking forward, of course, to Die Huffington Post(zeit).

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/die-huffington-post-or-das-huffington-boot/feed 11 “All the News That's Fit to Gif” http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9call-the-news-thats-fit-to-gif%e2%80%9d http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9call-the-news-thats-fit-to-gif%e2%80%9d#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:30:44 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9call-the-news-thats-fit-to-gif%e2%80%9d Here, you really, really need this brand new web thing!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/%e2%80%9call-the-news-thats-fit-to-gif%e2%80%9d/feed 3 Sad Playwright Dot Com http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/sad-playwright-dot-com http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/sad-playwright-dot-com#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:30:55 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/sad-playwright-dot-com From the very same Internet that brought you everything else weird, here is Sad Playwright Dot Com, which features pictures of playwrights looking sad, which is their usual affect. Pictured: Awl pal Chris Shinn, who would still rather you didn't simply disappear after hating one of his plays. (via)

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]]> From the very same Internet that brought you everything else weird, here is Sad Playwright Dot Com, which features pictures of playwrights looking sad, which is their usual affect. Pictured: Awl pal Chris Shinn, who would still rather you didn't simply disappear after hating one of his plays. (via)

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