Author archive

‘Command X’    (2009.12.29)

Michael Bierut again wows ’em hosting the “Command X” game show. Also! Closeted gay designers and porn. Yes

X of the year    (2009.12.26)

The Awl, “Web Site Story,” realizing that online profiles are an act

Magazine deathwatch (2)    (2009.12.22)

Do you believe a “digital magazine” should have “pages”? Do you believe the “pages” of a “digital magazine” should “flip”?

Husband/wife    (2009.12.22)

Has the usage of his husband and her wife expanded? Yes, mostly

Concordance of Word of the Year 2009 entries    (2009.12.22)

What’s the American word of the year? Birther. What’s the word of the year, period? Birther. And here’s why

Magazine deathwatch (1)    (2009.12.21)

First in a series on how the magazine industry is the architect of its own doom. Today: Why did Magazines Canada hand$172,500 of government money to the Americans?

‘Jock bell ringle’    (2009.12.21)

“Jingle Rock Bell” by P.S. Tail: You try it

‘Kʰahster’ Semenya    (2009.12.17)

Two paralinguistic observations about Ariel Levy’s endless feature on Caster Semenya in the New Yorker

Manly æsthetic    (2009.12.13)

The Jockohomo aesthetic of terribly strong, broad-shouldered lads taking up a lot of space has a lot going for it