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"I was looking for a job, and then I found a job. And heaven knows I'm miserable now." – The Smiths Some days -- especially the moody, drizzly days of late fall -- ... read more
Remember those little flipbooks for kids where the photos come to life as you thumb-fan through the pages? (We had one with a white poodle jumping through a hula hoop in front of ... read more
We've got holiday fir on the brain. Four tree-themed goodies we love: Now you, like Charlie Brown, can have the saddest-looking tree in the lot. The Pathetic Tree even has that one red ... read more
Hans Soderquist likes old photographs. A lot. And even though many images are being preserved as important artifacts by government-run and private agencies (from museum trusts to the Library of Congress digital archives), ... read more
Some Vespa love from the Gap. Yes, we're as surprised to see Vespa and the Gap in the same sentence as you are. And while their limited edition LX 50 with a 'crazy ... read more
As cyberspace starts filling up with musical best-of-2007 lists, there's one name we're hoping to see crop up. Joan Wasser -- violinist/singer/songwriter, sometime bandmate to Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and the Scissor Sisters, ... read more
There's something uniquely spirit-of-the-season about Victorian holiday greetings, with their scrolled lettering and old-world Santas. Santa Monica, Calif. papery outfit Rosebud Design Studio have gone a step beyond simply rescuing this stuff from ... read more
One of our favorite reads in recent months, The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century, by Harold Schechter, is the true crime story of a man ... read more
It's not often that something goes from urban myth to reality, but that's (sort of) the case with Neiman Marcus' chocolate chip cookies. The myth part, detailed and debunked by Snopes, goes like ... read more
