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What I Learned From Magazines This Week
In his heyday, Burt Reynolds owned $100,000 worth of custom-made toupees.
(Vanity Fair, 12/15)
The average American looks at their phone 46 times each day.
(Time, 12/21/15)
One percent of babies worldwide are born with autism.
(Time, 12/28/15)
95% of supercenterians - people who live longer than 110 years -- are women.
(Prevention, 11/15)
Having an episode of intense anger is associated with an 8.5 times greater likelihood of having a heart attack in the next two hours.
(Time, 12/28/15)
The cost of cremation in the U.S. averages between $700 and $1,200; an in-ground burial costs around $7,000.
(The New Yorker, 11/30/15)
Japan has “corpse hotels” which allow families with apartments too tiny for a home funeral to participate in the ritual preparation of a body.
(The New Yorker, 11/30/15)
The first thing Larry King reads every morning is the obits.
(NYT Magazine 08/30/15)
Leonard Nimoy’s last Tweet before he died was LLAP (Live long and prosper.)
(Time, 12/21/15)
(Vanity Fair, 12/15)
The average American looks at their phone 46 times each day.
(Time, 12/21/15)
One percent of babies worldwide are born with autism.
(Time, 12/28/15)
95% of supercenterians - people who live longer than 110 years -- are women.
(Prevention, 11/15)
Having an episode of intense anger is associated with an 8.5 times greater likelihood of having a heart attack in the next two hours.
(Time, 12/28/15)
The cost of cremation in the U.S. averages between $700 and $1,200; an in-ground burial costs around $7,000.
(The New Yorker, 11/30/15)
Japan has “corpse hotels” which allow families with apartments too tiny for a home funeral to participate in the ritual preparation of a body.
(The New Yorker, 11/30/15)
The first thing Larry King reads every morning is the obits.
(NYT Magazine 08/30/15)
Leonard Nimoy’s last Tweet before he died was LLAP (Live long and prosper.)
(Time, 12/21/15)
Silent Noodles, Swimming Pools And The ACLU: What I Learned From Magazines This Week
The correct term for mobile phone separation anxiety is “nomophobia.”
(Time. 9/4/17)
Henry David Thoreau was fond of belting out sea shanties at parties.
(The New Yorker, 9/4/17)
The best way to befriend famous people is to have no idea who they are.
(New York, 10/16/17)
A Japanese company has developed a noise-cancelling fork that masks the sound of noodle slurping.
Time (11/16/17)
Only 2% of the world’s population have naturally blond hair.
(New York, 8/7/17)
Beyonce’s new house has 4 swimming pools.
(People, 9/4/17)
More than two thirds of American women are size 14 or larger.
(New York, 8/7/17)
We are living in a world full of assholes.
(New York, 9/18)
Ed Droste, founding member of the indy group Grizzly Bear, has LOL tattooed on his butt.
(Out, 8/17)
Bob Dylan once said that hearing Elvis for the first time was like busting out of jail.
(Time, 8/21/17)
ACLU membership has quadrupled since Trump’s election.
(Out, 8/17)
(Roz Warren is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection of Library Humor and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library: An Insider's Tales Of Library Life, both of which you should buy immediately.)
(Time. 9/4/17)
Henry David Thoreau was fond of belting out sea shanties at parties.
(The New Yorker, 9/4/17)
The best way to befriend famous people is to have no idea who they are.
(New York, 10/16/17)
A Japanese company has developed a noise-cancelling fork that masks the sound of noodle slurping.
Time (11/16/17)
Only 2% of the world’s population have naturally blond hair.
(New York, 8/7/17)
Beyonce’s new house has 4 swimming pools.
(People, 9/4/17)
More than two thirds of American women are size 14 or larger.
(New York, 8/7/17)
We are living in a world full of assholes.
(New York, 9/18)
Ed Droste, founding member of the indy group Grizzly Bear, has LOL tattooed on his butt.
(Out, 8/17)
Bob Dylan once said that hearing Elvis for the first time was like busting out of jail.
(Time, 8/21/17)
ACLU membership has quadrupled since Trump’s election.
(Out, 8/17)
(Roz Warren is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection of Library Humor and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library: An Insider's Tales Of Library Life, both of which you should buy immediately.)
