Overheard in Boston Common on Friday:

A (derisively): The last I saw my roommate, he was leaving at 8:30 in the morning, wearing a fez! A fez!

B: Why?

A: Why? Who knows! Because he's insane?

Me, to myself: Because it's cool.

Many people are posting images taken of themselves right now, no editing and so on.

Here's mine:


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From littlehoudini: Gull stealing cat's food -- while the cat watches (only a 35-second investment).

Old but great: Brunching Shuttlecock's guide to Canadian snacks.

Edit: Also, Canadian chocolate bars have the best ad campaigns. Aero markets its bars based on the fact that they have bubbles -- i.e., "buy our bar because we're giving you less chocolate for ( Read more... )

A baby-style carrier:


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(in the style of fennelMike (calling out to large open-plan office that is nearly deserted): Free food alert, Level 2, sixth floor cafe ( Read more... )

Here is today's TripAdvisor newsletter:


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Since I bought a plain black suitcase (albeit hardsided, so a bit less prevalent), I'm clearly going to have to decorate it with some of these. Not, however, this one, this one, or this one. And not this one, unless I want to find myself subjected to a lot of extra "random" screening. Maybe I should go with this one, as a kind of hint to anyone ( Read more... )

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Last night Ben the Philosopher and I saw Casablanca at the Brattle. It was his second time, my...um...dozenth? And of course, the glory of that film is that it's so rich, it can bear a dozen viewings. Ben mentioned that he hadn't remembered how funny it is, and that he hadn't previously caught the subtext about Rick/America and his/its ( Read more... )

From Reuters:


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