Damn Interesting
Damn Interesting is a longform, newspaper featuresque blog that covers offbeat topics. It recently came back to life, which is why I am now posting about it. Almost every article is well worth reading,...
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What I learned as a nude model
It occurred to me that the paintings I loved seemed so peaceful because they captured only a moment in those subject’s lives. Salon article by Jennifer Wright. [via reddit]
View ArticleWhat Do a Bunch of Old Jews Know About Living Forever?
The world’s oldest stockbroker, he first went to work on Wall Street in 1928. “This was before the Depression,” he says, then specifies which depression, as if I might confuse it with the one in the...
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Another Observer
Metafilter has a post listing ¡the best! essays from the past year as chosen by The Browser. There are a wide variety of subjects covered, and the latter website will hopefully prove to be a new,...
View ArticleLetters of Note
Letters of Note publishes such correspondences to the internet, and getting a feel for their authors is great fun. Here are some good ones: Ayn Rand Matt Stone and Trey Parker Wil Wheaton Steve Martin...
View ArticleCows
I had a suspicion dogs and cows shared a lot in common… (that was the first time the cows had grazed since winter) [via MetaFilter]
View ArticleHe lived happily ever after
Don’t forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. Voltaire is my new role model, in a very jealous and admirable sort of way.
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