7 February 2005

  • New York's currently: capping a beautiful weekend with a gorgeous Monday
  • Surging civic pride in Iraq may be quelling the insurgency.
  • Eighty percent of 10th-graders in 2002 aspired to college, up 21 points from 1990.
  • Account from Guantanamo Bay from man who spent 33 months inside.
  • The Devil often reveals his presence through electric devices. Interview with Vatican's most senior exorcist.
  • Theater for a New Audience to have new Gehry-designed home across the street from BAM in Ft. Greene.
  • The Maltese Falcon ages well because Bogart doesn't age at all.
  • Army sergeant seeking discharge as a conscientious objector may face court-martial for desertion.
  • Britain's 10 oldest state secrets--involving poachers, telegram betting--opened to the public.
  • Profile of Eustace Tilley, the man with the monocle on the cover of The New Yorker.
  • TOB begins today, pitting Philip Roth against Karen Shepard, Claire Miccio decides!
  • How audiophiles enjoy iPods; How to shoot a plane in mid-flight; How to redesign a magazine, via maestro Roger Black.
  • Besides himself, who else is qualified to carry Jules Winnfield's special wallet?
  • Americans do not want to tour a landscape littered with exhausted sex toys. Anthony Lane chastises the European Union.
  • Pianist punished for playing song with criminal undertones (MP3 available here).
  • New York's Mayor approves of gay marriages, will move to block them; New Yorkers who opposed the smoking ban now adore it.
  • Literary blogger Jessa Crispin recognized in the bank, at the bar.
  • Remembering E.B. White (one wonders, does Xerox still remember him?).
  • Has New York ever tried using flamethrowers to fight blizzards? Yes.
  • Minutes of your life disappear before the Mixulator.