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Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location - Or, A Short Treatise on How The New York Times Handled the Slowest News Day in the History of Newspaper.

Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe [NSFW] - Bert Stern, the photographer responsible for the most famous photos of Marilyn Monroe, has recreated the series with Lindsay Lohan. Maybe it’s Lohan’s fake blonde hair, or maybe it’s just my eyes’ dislike of the obscene, but the whole thing comes off as a terrible idea. Still, Lindsay Lohan naked, hurray?

Upside-Down-Ternet - The 100% fun, safe, and nerdy way to deal with those hooligans stealing your wireless internet. In other words, this XKCD strip.

This week on NPR’s In Character: Cookie Monster:

Homeless: Can you build a life from $25? - An interview with Adam Shepard, who left his comfortable life to start anew on the streets. Inspired by Nickel and Dimed, he went armed with only $25 and the clothes on his back to see if he could go from the streets to a furnished apartment, car, and $2,500 in savings within a year.

Just how tough are NASCAR fans? - Like Adam Shepard above, Hampton Stevens had a goal: With only $20, a cell phone, and a camera, Stevens had 24 hours to find a ride to the Subway 500 and a $75 ticket to the sold-out race. Just as inspiring.

Homer Simpson - a portrait in the style of Rembrandt. His eyes have never been more captivating.


undressing the internet
naked mix #12 (9/07/08)
Best McCain Photo
Tuesday Lists of the Day
Viva la Google Chrome revolucion!
POW Bros

music
Nana Grizol - Love It Love It
Gablé - 7 Guitars with a Cloud of Milk
Why? - Alopecia
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
Rings - Black Habit

graphic novels
Astonishing X-Men #23
The Umbrella Academy #1
Rex Mundi #7
Doktor Sleepless #1 & #2
The Last Fantastic Four Story

concerts
Man Man, The Extraordinaires (3/22/08)
The Walkmen, White Rabbits, The Triggers (1/16/08)
Electric Six, We Are The Fury, The Resistors (11/07/07)
Jens Lekman (10/29/07)

interviews
Syme
Jamie Tanner
Texas is the Reason
Jason Anderson
Body Without Organs

movies
Tropic Thunder
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Ruins
There Will be Blood
No Country for Old Men

features
USA NUMBA 1
Best Musical Albums of 2007, Belated
Spotlight on Hong Kong Six