National Geographic Online profiles women who covered World War II. The tall, strikingly beautiful Martha Gellhorn was a talented writer whose philandering husband, Ernest Hemingway, claimed she secretly loved war and was happiest there. She vehemently disagreed, writing powerful anti-war…
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Lament of the day
From Will Leitch: Many of my friends out here talk about how “wild” they were in college, how they had loads of sex and drank and drugged it up all the time, recklessly, out of control. I should have went…
For all you dictionary collectors
This one’s a hoot: A dictionary of body language. Thanks to Olive Press for the link.
A Google bombing
Snopes.com deconstructs one.
SoCal environmental reporting
LAObserved links to a mountain lion chase, and offers insight on the La Brea Tar Pits.
Fun with Conan
Ed Page, one of the funniest guys in cyberspace, started up Danger Blog! awhile back; it’s full of idiosyncratic stuff that’s alternately charming and hilarious. His latest post is from an article Conan O’Brien wrote for the New York Times,…
Bill Walsh’s favorite albums
Check out his top 30 and report back. I can never do these things because my opinions always change. For instance, I like late-’70s AC/DC better now than I did back then. I’m forever finding artists I adore for two…
A site for natural born copy editors
It’s called moviemistakes.com. One entry from the boo-boos in the movie “Gangs of New York.” Factual error: In one scene where Daniel Day Lewis is in the Mayor’s office, the Mayor is sitting behind his desk and holding a bunch…
Stick to your knitting
Olive Press reports it’s all the rage.
Hints at Bloom County’s return
Cory Doctorow over at boingboing links to a juicy Salon interview.