When I got a helix piercing on a whim in college, age 21, just before graduation, I did not anticipate 40 year old me wishing to sometimes wear an eye mask to sleep

I have done a terrible thing
(acquired a pile of books to read for research for a book i might write)

The new doc BRANDY HELLVILLE (streaming on Max) suggests fast fashion is a lot like a cult:
nytimes.com/2024/04/12/mov…

Frank O'Hara's 'Having a Coke With You,' an interactive close read, by 32 across, a delightful Friday indulgence if there ever was one
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

time to subscribe

Mused back in 2017 about how pop culture had reframed O.J. Simpson’s celebrity ahead of his parole:

vox.com/culture/2017/7…

THE GREATEST HITS (on Hulu now) is a bit of a baffler, though I can imagine more than a few youths getting utterly obsessed:
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/mov…

The very good movie IN FLAMES comes out today in select theaters. One to watch for. Patriarchy is a prison for everyone, and so on:
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/mov…

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I have just learned that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a dog named George

lol what

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*taps years-old sign*

vox.com/22745191/black…