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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

It gets you to New York in a little over four hours, so it’s definitely not Amtrak’s “high-speed” Acela train.

Service includes a meal, and seats are oversized jobs with foot rests. So it couldn’t be an airline.

With gas and ...

First Things First

No one likes to be last.

Unless, that is, your name’s Paris, and you time it that way to make an entrance.

But even she wouldn’t like being the last to own the latest killer accessory.

Too bad, then, that ...

Pop Goes the Novel

So you’ve been looking for a book about cryptanalysis, illicit sex, corporate culture, homeopathic medicine, pirates, lateral thinking, trend spotting, crosswords puzzles, small-world networks, Enigma machines, video games, famous mathematicians, office politics, focus groups, vegans, and viral marketing.

Well, obviously.

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The Ex Files

It’s not really your fault. You were only eighteen years old at the time. And you were mildly intoxicated.

Still, tattooing the name of your high school sweetheart on your ankle may have been a bit rash. Especially since he ...

Breathing Room

Major moments in the history of beauty treatments:

3 million B.C.E.: Early woman falls into puddle while gathering grubs to eat. Rather enjoys the soothing mud texture on her skin. Lingers in puddle until chased out by sabertooth.

4,000 B.C.E.:

Full Metal Racket

Yard art? Generally not such a good thing. Usually the domain of backwoods goobers and grandmas with a soft spot for gnomes.

All such bets are off once you’re talking about the metal sculptures of local artist David Tonnesen, the ...

Band Aid

There are two types of people on this earth: interior decorators and interior dreaders. Take wallpaper, for example.

The decorator embraces it as an opportunity to explore a country theme through gingham, murals, and birdhouse borders. The dreader analyzes a ...

The Weekend Guide

Existentialist Camus argued that the real question in life is, Why not off yourself? Duh. You’d miss the weekend.

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Museum of Bad Art

What:
Newly acquired works at the world’s only museum dedicated to terrible art.
Why: Bad to ...