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nprfreshair: Terry was on The Colbert Report last night. If you missed it, you can watch the video here. Also, here’s a list of the interviews Stephen mentioned during their chat: Grover Norquist on Fresh Air Bill O’Reilly on Fresh Air Stephen Colbert on Fresh Air I just love Terry Gross so much. Great interview.

Jan 26th

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A list of celebrities, reportedly created by... →

Oh, wow, that list starts out so strong and then I don’t know what happens. [brooklynvegan]

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These American Lives: Mr. Geller →

For this year’s annual The Lives They Lived issue, the Times Magazine asked the producers of This American Life to guest edit a section of the issue about regular people. The resulting stories are incredibly moving, especially the story about Richard Geller, a math teacher at Stuyvesant High School. I can’t recommend enough that you read it. It is very sad but incredibly beautiful and...

Dec 28th

There's a brothers & sisters rerun on in this bar...

-one of the gayer texts I’ve ever sent my boyfriend. I’m pretty proud of it.

Dec 27th

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chicagopubliclibrary: “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx

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“To those who might wish to “torrent” this video: look, I don’t really get the...”

– Louis CK, on his new special, Live at the Beacon, which is only available via his site. (via kaseyanderson) Amen. (via soupsoup)

Dec 10th

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A couple of years after opening the Ottolenghi... →

Bittman on Yottom Ottolenghi in this week’s Times Magazine. A lot of the recipes from his column are available at The Guardian’s website, but I still want the beautiful book.

Dec 4th

Speaking of which ... the more I think about The X... →

The X Factor Recap: Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough Michael Jackson — Vulture Oh, Dave Holmes. You always get it.

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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: OK, Maybe Our... →

“Honey, please join me underneath the table. I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching lately, and I’m ready to admit that you’re right.” This is golden.

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Max Silvestri is back at recapping Top Chef for... →

“[Emeril Lagasse] is a big deal and I’m excited he’s now on this show. Does this mean he doesn’t work for Food Network anymore? Doesn’t Food Network hate Top Chef? I don’t really follow these things; maybe he has not been on Food Network for years. What I do know is that Emeril Live was one of the first cooking shows I ever watched regularly, and it is the show...

Nov 8th

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"Vegetarian — that's an old Indian word meaning... →

-Andy Rooney, hero.

Nov 8th

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My bullshit detector went off the charts at "happy... →

Nov 7th