Gourmet has gone under, Bon Appetit is hanging on for dear life, and the TV Food Network has turned into the all-travelogue channel, with barely any actual cooking instruction taking place. But never fear: The Stupid-Magazine specialists have leapt into action, and we will shortly all be introduced to Deen Bros., the cooking magazine …
Monthly Archives: March 2010
This Is Not a Drill
At my dentist’s today, for a small and painless procedure: He noticed on a recent visit that I had a little crevice on one molar, one that threatened to turn into something worse. (“You have a teenage cavity–very exciting,” he told me.) So he flowed in a plastic resin–a sealant, they call it–to smooth out …
The Death of My Childhood: Corey Haim–weep–is gone
Why is it that all of my idols from childhood are drug addicts? Lawrence Taylor, Dwight Gooden, Jean-Michel Basquiat (kidding, sort of), and yes, Corey Haim. I will admit to shedding a tear at the demise of my favorite Lost Boy. Why couldn’t it be one of these guys? There’s no justice in the world. …
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The Bullying-Industrial Complex
Ah, the hysteria. The Boston Globe reported yesterday on girl-bullying by mostly quoting a bunch of people who are in the girl-bully-business. People like Barbara Coloroso, author of The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander (“If we don’t handle it in grade school … it only gets worse”). And Rachel Simmons, who wrote Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of …