On How Did the Recession Completely Avoid Office Rampage Killings?
Also: Up in the Air. Bringing the nation together to worry about the soul of a corporate downsizer with such sad deep eyes was... a pretty depressing accomplishment. (Jason Reitman also directed a couple episodes of The Office.)
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On How to Blow Through Airport Security for Only $100
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Yeah, I’m not crazy about the Free Dictionary folks as a usage resource. They sign off on comprised of, impact (v.t.), reference (in the sense of “refer to”), etc. Weak tea! The pantywaist New Fowler’s accepts “gauntlet” in all senses for American English, but sources I trust more (Bernstein, Garner, even the NYT Manual of Style) all recommend preserving the distinction.
And if you think Google is your friend, you're not paying attention.
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On How to Blow Through Airport Security for Only $100
"Can I navigate the gauntlet of functionaries to get to the right line?"
Gantlet. Gauntlet is the arcade game you might play if stuck in a terminal for an extra hour. Assuming you’ve flown back in time to 1987 or so.
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On Thirty Songs Named For People Named Jane, In Order
"Me-Jane" by PJ Harvey is pretty kickass. But "Hazy Jane II" tops all.
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On A Reading List For People Who Love Learning About The World
Highly recommended, along these lines:
Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places, by John R. Stilgoe. A short, inspiring, nonacademic book by a landscape historian. Recommended for cyclists, trainspotters, paranoiacs, & strollers of all types. Fascinating bits of physical history, which probably makes it sound dry but it’s not. It’s an exhortation to jump fences & go exploring.
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On Vermont Prison Inmate Plays Good Practical Joke
@whizz_dumb Looks like one of the forest spirits from Princess Mononoke. THAT would be some subtle subversion, right there.
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On Vermont Prison Inmate Plays Good Practical Joke
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On Sixteen Songs For Mitt Romney To Do Laundry To
Pretenders, "Watching the Clothes."
Also, delightful to put in the same sentence as Mitt though slightly off (i.e., soap but no clothes): Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, "Ted, Woody and Junior."
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On The 18 Purplest Musical Artists Of All-Time, In Order
@lululemming Yes! Weirdly, Jimi’s drummer Buddy Miles was the lead singer of the California Raisins, so he’s on here twice.
Stranger omission to me is The Purple Gang.
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On The Tiny Drunk Machine
bendy fingers