January 2010
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Rule of Thumbs: Koreans Reign in Texting World →
“I text while walking, eating, watching TV,” Ms. Ha said.
During the interview, even though she was not holding her cellphone, she sat with her thumbs facing each other like a crab’s claws, as if ready to alight on an imaginary keypad.
“At school, we look and listen to the teacher while texting on our cellphones under our desks or in our pockets,” she said. “No typos.”
For Esmé - with Love and Squalor →
My favorite J.D. Salinger story. RIP.
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Radar Sixteen: Missed Connections →
A conversation and peek behind the scenes with Sophie Blackall, illustrator of Missed Connections.
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Local Natives - World News
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Michael Pollan's NY Diet →
“We shared a couple things: yellowtail sashimi with jalapeño, salad with seared tuna — there’s a violation of my tuna rule right there — we had a lobster and avocado salad, and black cod and miso. We actually let the waiter direct us. We wanted two cold and two hot, and he recommended those, and the lobster was a gift from the chef. It’s funny, avocados are in season where I...
Michael Pollan's Food Rules
#58 Do all your eating at a table. No, a desk is not a table. If we eat while we’re working, or while watching TV or driving, we eat mindlessly — and as a result eat a lot more than we would if we were eating at a table, paying attention to what we’re doing. This phenomenon can be tested (and put to good use): Place a child in front of a television set and place a bowl of fresh...
