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‘Polaroids’ by Lukacs    (2011.09.15)

This is how big Polaroids by Attila Richard Lukacs actually is

Toronto mediocrity meets federal-government mediocrity    (2011.09.15)

The slapdash signs at the downtown Toronto passport office. To paraphrase Morrissey: “Why?”

Charger/fence    (2011.09.13)

The logo its designers are ashamed of    (2011.09.13)

Who designed the new Winnipeg Jets logo, and why does nobody really want to answer that question?

Ben Hammersley again proves his worth    (2011.09.12)

In another context, Renaissance man Ben Hammersley’s speech to the British security intelligentsia would be called speaking truth to power

Three morsels from right-wing assholes    (2011.09.12)

Taki, Steve Sailer, and the always troublesome Jack Donovan have some fun, juicy morsels, only one of which is outright ad hominem pejoration

How to write faster (not)    (2011.09.12)

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance does not actually have really juicy advice for writers

Bodhi    (2011.09.11)

Meg Hourihan badly mishandled her posting about the last days of her beloved cat.

‘Weekend’: The ‘universal’ gay movie    (2011.09.08)

Andrew Haigh continues to insist Weekend is some kind of “universal” movie. It isn’t. And no amount of mythmaking is gonna make straight guys watch this thing