We all have an intimate relationship with our bathroom mirrors. No other fixture in our house stares back at us first thing in the morning, when we’re certainly not looking our best. But what if the bathroom mirror could talk …
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Illustrator Live-Sketched New York City Marathon While Running
Live-tweeting is so passé.
No Place Like Home? 27-Story Mumbai Mansion Left Empty
India’s richest man has mystified – and drawn criticism from – elements of the country by building a super-mansion and then leaving it largely vacant, reports the New York Times.
Reading While Eating For July 25: British Invasion
Many of the major news events in the past six months originated in Great Britain: the Royal Wedding, the News of the World scandal and subsequent pie incident in Parliament, and the deaths of artist Lucien Freud and singer Amy …
Reading While Eating For July 19: Bring the Funk
Today’s links feature some funky inventions and some funky turns of phrase.
‘Rot in Hell’: The Best bin Laden Front Pages
As the U.S. comes to grips with its victory over Osama bin Laden, pride and glory is splashed all over the nation’s front pages. See the best headlines.
ESPN’s Jalen Rose’s Comments About Duke Cause Media Firestorm, Race Debate
“I hated Duke, and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke don’t recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited black players that were Uncle Toms.” Uh-oh, Jalen Rose, you probably shouldn’t have said that.
Lefties, While No Longer Considered Socially Weird, Are Still Medically Weird
If you’re left-handed, there’s good news. No, sorry, most utensils and tools are still next to impossible to use. But at least your handedness no longer carries a humiliating social stigma.
Greatest Correction Ever? Never Mind, Cows Didn’t Fall From Planes.
Even America’s “newspaper of record” makes a mistake from time to time.
The United States of Autocomplete: How Google Sees America
If you were to type into Google the names of the 50U.S. states and allow the autocomplete search algorithm to generate your answers how would the map of America look?
What Can Twitter Tell Us About the Election?
First we should note that Twitter users may not be reflective of the populace as a whole, and also that the 140 character limit does not len—
Dental Elitism: Are You Rich Enough To Have Fake Teeth That Look Bad?
As we reported back in September, weird teeth are the new perfect teeth!