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6.1.09

• Michael Lewis Q&A
  

5.22.09

• How to fish for great white sharks from the beach

5.21.09

• Spaced-Out Radio Heads

5.21.09

• Skip James

5.19.09

• David Foster Wallace on Roger Federer
  

5.18.09

• An idea for baltimore. An idea for the JFX .

Thanks to Jen.

5.17.09

• where amazing happens

5.16.09

• Bob Dylan cares not of their categories.

5.16.09

• feeling evil
  

5.13.09

• Is it at all surprising that these guys are friends? Malcolm Gladwell vs. Bill Simmons.
  

5.13.09

• why the gun is civilized- a short defense of the 2nd amendment followed by (mostly) reasonable and interesting comments.

5.12.09

• the baseball card movie

5.12.09

• Michael Lewis on Shane Battier and the changing approach to statistical analysis in the NBA

5.11.09

• you can take the leatherman, just let me hang onto my al-Qaeda t-shirt.

5.10.09

• man stuck in an elevator for 41 hours, including a time-elapsed video.

5.7.09

• David Simon (creator of 'the wire') speaks to the US Senate re: granting non-profit status to newspapers

5.5.09

• south pacific "cargo cult"

• marketing and advertising article and video
  

5.4.09

• david foster wallace speech about adult life

• new malcolm gladwell article

• article on an uncrackable code on a sculpture in the CIA's headquarters

4.25.09

• fantastic essay about copyright law

• world class violinist plays in dc subway for experiment

• why athletes go broke