December 16, 2011: Afternoon
- Standoff continues in Chinese protest village over corrupt officials and land seizures.
- Japanese officials say crippled Fukushima reactors are in "cold shutdown"—so much grandstanding, say critics.
- After careful analysis, it turns out that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon just isn't very funny.
- Christian Bale roughed up while trying to visit Chinese activist.
- Notes on the nuts who sacrifice everything to swim, bike, run the original Ironman race.
- Story of Revere's oft-forgotten midday ride to Portsmouth.
- Spaghetti measuring tool should you desire to eat a horse.
- Useful website: Where the fuck should I go for drinks?
- Most Googled term of 2011: Rebecca Black.
- Despite what you hear from line-toeing critics, the new Gursky exhibit at Gagosian is dreadful.
- Decades of lipstick cleaned from Oscar Wilde's Paris tomb, and now glass will protect it.
- Prank Pack boxes to stuff real gifts inside, e.g., the Wake & Bake Dream Griddle Alarm Clock.
- Notes on actors and filmmakers who were tangentially involved with Three Amigos or came close to it.
- Nominees selected for the annual Antville Music Video Awards.
- Sampler of winter poems.
- "Blizzard" by William Carlos Williams.