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Cloaking Earth

from The Washington Post Scientists have a wild idea for hiding us from evil aliens By Rachel Feltman (giphy) Most of the time when we talk about silly scientific papers related to alien life, we’re talking about crazy ideas for how to find aliens. But a new study in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society proposes a way […]

Meteorites for Bid

from Crain’s Rock stars: Christie’s trades art auctions for meteorites Darryl Pitt and other dealers are hoping an upcoming Christie’s auction will send the values of meteorites—yes, cosmic debris—into the stratosphere By Matthew Flamm More than a hundred meteorites ranging in weight from a few ounces to at least a half-ton will soon conclude their journey […]

Rage Yoga

from SFGate ‘Rage Yoga’ encourages posing while cursing, drinking, and listening to metal By Alyssa Pereira Instagram from dopeame There’s a common saying cited by non-yogis as a reason not to practice and pose: “It’s boring.” That’s an understandable sentiment — some people just don’t find the same kind of stress release in yoga as they do […]

AMERICAN GOTHIC Crew Stop Real Bad Guy In Toronto

from CityNews Charges laid after television crew notices break-in BY NEWS STAFF The crew from the television show ‘American Gothic’ thwarted a robbery in Toronto on Friday morning. The crew were setting up on Bathurst Street south of Davenport Road, across from the Hillcrest TTC Yards, around 4 a.m. when they spotted someone breaking into a […]

Sir Faldo

 from Golf Digest Nick Faldo pulls off the most creative shot — and celebration — of the week [ click to view at Golf Digest ]

AMERICAN GOTHIC Boston

from The Boston Globe CBS murder mystery will be set in Boston By Meredith Goldstein SAMA ABDULJAWAD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE  Film crew outside Faneuil Hall filming for the upcoming CBS murder mystery “American Gothic.” Those cameras you saw in front of the Boston Public Library a few weeks ago were not affiliated with Mark Wahlberg’s Boston […]

Ballin’ At The Foos Motel

from The New Yorker THE VOYEUR’S MOTEL Gerald Foos bought a motel in order to watch his guests having sex. He saw a lot more than that. By Gay Talese I know a married man and father of two who bought a twenty-one-room motel near Denver many years ago in order to become its resident voyeur. […]

Okie From Muskogee Gone

from Fox News Merle Haggard dead on his 79th birthday Country music legend Merle Haggard, who was known for hits like “Okie From Muskogee” and “Mama Tried,” died on his 79th birthday. Haggard’s manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, California, of pneumonia that he had been battling for months. He […]

The Bullwhip Is Back

from The New York Times Why Mapplethorpe Still Matters By HOLLAND COTTER LOS ANGELES — In a midcareer self-portrait, Robert Mapplethorpe depicted himself as a devil, with a bullwhip for a tail. But he ended up on the side of the angels. In 1989, a traveling survey of his work, with pictures of extreme homosexual acts, […]

Learning Through Writing

from the Richmond Times-Dispatch My Life: Imparting life lessons among 10th-grade teacher’s favorite tasks by Christina Grande CHRISTINA GRANDE When I was in third grade, I dressed up as a teacher for Halloween. My mom sprayed my jet-black hair gray (with semi-permanent dye) and wound it into a bun. Making my look complete, she fitted me […]