November 2011
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2011's most-shared articles on Facebook →
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The backstory behind The Onion's radio news →
Jim Romenesko gets the story from the man behind Doyle Redland, America’s greatest fictional radio voice.
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Ever want to shake your baby, but worried about the legal consequences? Fret no more!
(via New BabySafe Ball Makes Shaking Your Infant Guilt And Injury Free | The Onion)
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The photographic portrait is no longer linked to milestones like graduation...
– “Who Me? Narcissism is Back in Fashion,” Frieze Magazine (via curator-of-curiosities)
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NPR News listeners are...
15% of its listeners view their cell phone as an extension of their personality.
Nearly 4 in 5 prefer classic and timeless fashion rather than trendy fashion.
They are 27% more likely than the average adult to own a bread-making machine.
A third of of them give to religious organizations.
They’re 108% more likely than the average adult to go to live theater.
More facts and an interview...
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Google Maps will give you walking directions from... →
Kayaks, ferries and tolls are involved, however. But 11,207 miles and nearly 150 days later, you’ll be there. “There” being the middle of China.
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A suspect in an early morning break-in Tuesday at the Brick Oven Pizza...
– Dog IDs suspect in pizzeria break-in - Connecticut Post
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FERGUSON: To me, America is like baseball. If I swing at a pitch and miss, what...
– Playboy Interview: Craig Ferguson
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In the end, the old coach could not live up to his own ideal. In a moment that...
– Joe Paterno’s Code, by Chris Raymond - Esquire
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Bad and mediocre people are tempted to sin by their own habitual weaknesses. The...
– On Joe Paterno, and why good people do terrible things, via The New York Times
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We’re not sure what the hot toy for the holiday season will be this year, but...
– Awful Journalism Ledes 101.
Destocked Up | Journal of Commerce
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[Lulu] functions awfully well as background listening—a form of grim, repetitive...
– New York magazine reviews the Metallica-Lou Reed abomination “Lulu” and reviews the reviews, plus this quote about sex dungeon background music.
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Julie Bowen doesn’t wear pants to “Conan” interviews and is testing the local department of child services’ patience.
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AV Club: Do you have any method-actor preparation to play a drunk?
Stephen...
– Stephen Root | Film | Random Roles | The A.V. Club
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The Barrow Journal article on Oct. 17, about the fall subsistence whale hunt in...
– A correction from The New York Times on whale hunting in Alaska.
Via Regret The Error.
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What Google does if you search "Do a barrel roll" →
Hint: It’s literal.
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thedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: Third time’s just as charming when Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake reunite for another installment of “The History of Rap.”
(Spotify playlist here.)
[lnwjf.]
Earlier: Part 1, Part 2.
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