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Malcolm Gladwell v. Adam Gopnik

Last night at Capitale, The Moth celebrated ten years of storytelling. Media polymath Kurt Andersen, Jewy comedian Andy Borowitz, Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, potter Jonathan Adler and Lili Taylor all sat at one table in the front. Harper's figurehead Lewis Lapham didn't show. The main event: The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik would engage in heated storytelling duel with co-worker Malcolm Gladwell. Real estate mini-mogul Adam Gordon sat at the same table as Garrison Keillor, who was there to receive the first-ever Moth Award Honoring the Art of the Raconteur. Keillor looks like Dwight Schrute from "The Office" and is much funnier in person than on his overly precious show. Also he spat chevre on my hands and I haven't washed them since. Nikola Tamindzic was there, drawn like a shutterbug to an event.
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12:10 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Joshua Stein
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Latest by dweeb: I once attended an event where I was the only guest wearing a suit. Spotting me, and wanting to initiate conversation, Garrison Keillor inquired, "You are a theatrical producer?" Thus my fake career was born. more »

mcsweeney's menstrual tendencies

The Vagina Casuals

"The loss of my school-related stuff was huge, but a lot of my personal life was also archived on that laptop. I had all my photos, calendars and contact lists on that computer as well as a bunch of more quirky and obsessive things that helped me feel like I had a life and an existence (a record of every menstrual cycle for the last seven years, every love letter I'd ever written, an outline for a cheesy romance novel, an ongoing list of essay ideas I could use when I was finally done with graduate school hell and could pursue my passion, writing humor).
—"Since You Asked", Salon.com More »

12:00 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Pareene
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Latest by n/a: @GinaRomantica: I also go for the Big P! It's very clear and to the point. Also, it's a private diary, so, unlike Mary Mouse, I don't have the "co-workers might crack the code" prob. I can have an easy code. more »

cindy adams

Uh Oh, Someone Finally Showed Cindy Adams The Internet

Today, the Post's nutty grandma takes another stab at one-upping the Onion's Jackie Harvey:
HEY, anybody ever realize there's so many people running for president that we may not have enough Americans to go around?
Well, actually . . . yeah. From the Borowitz Report, 1/23:
Candidates to Outnumber Voters in '08
One in Two Americans Running for President, Experts Say
For the first time in American history, the number of Americans running for president in 2008 will actually be greater than the number of Americans voting for president, electoral experts said today.
Well, we're happy that someone got around to explaining to Cindy that the box on her desk isn't some kind of newfangledy microfiche.

New Book's Positively Chuck [NYP]
Candidates to Outnumber Voters in '08 [The Borowitz Report]

9:50 AM on Mon Jan 29 2007
By Emily Gould
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Latest by zingbot: Whoever got her a computer should also get her an assistant to check grammar and sentence structure. That blurb looks like it was written by a twelve-year-old. more »