Curiosities
February 5, 2012
A Heartbreaking Playlist of Staggering Sadness 0
by Nick Moran
Emma Straub’s super sad true Year In Reading entry had our eyes welling up just from its synopses, but now Ms. Straub’s put together an extremely sad playlist to keep you depressed through all of February.
February 5, 2012
Yea, As If They Know What They’re Doing 0
by Nick Moran
Here are some writing tips from Henry Miller, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman.
February 5, 2012
Nothing if Not Consistent 0
by Nick Moran
Fans of Moby-Dick should read Nathaniel Philbrick’s outstanding historical account In the Heart of the Sea. The book, which tracks the fate of The Essex, a New England whaling vessel sunk by a humongous sperm whale in the South Pacific, is vivid and harrowing. It’s also, as it turns out, only one of the naval [...]
February 4, 2012
For the Grammarians 0
by Nick Moran
Who or whom? Which or that? Jon Gingerich has helpfully assembled a list of “20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes.”
February 4, 2012
“Rainbow Potato Day” Has a Nice Ring 0
by Nick Moran
Gaia, Pale Blue Dot, Lonely Planet, etc… It’s time for a new addition to Earth’s list of aliases: the rainbow potato. A new map of our planet’s gravity field reveals the variations in gravitational pull depending on your geographic location.
February 4, 2012
In Case You Were Curious 0
by Nick Moran
Baratunde Thurston, stand-up comedian and director of digital for The Onion, stops by NPR’s Fresh Air to read from his new memoir and satirical self-help book How to Be Black.
