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Free Association: New Yorker-Constitution-$2 Bill-Astronaut Jones

I was reading Jill Lepore’s “Prior Convictions” in the April 14 New Yorker (I told myself I would not be that girl who only read the Clooney profile) and seized upon this quote:
“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They [...]


Yeah, I watch a lot of TV and read magazines…

but I also go to museums…when they have exhibits about magazines.
And coming soon to MoMA: An exhibit of the George Lois Esquire covers, including Andy Warhol drowning in a can of tomato soup and Muhammad Ali as a martyr.
I was reminded of this great article in Vanity Fair last year about Esquire in the ’60s [...]

This Week in Celebrity Nuptials

-Beyonce and Jay-Z will probably get married in NYC today or tomorrow. Don’t call me on my cell phone until Sunday, because I don’t want it to ring in the middle of the ceremony. Embarrassing!
-CBS is reporting that Brad and Angelina did not get married. I want to run a news outlet that reports on [...]

For once, I think Entertainment Weekly is misguided. Yeah, I said it.

Everyone go watch the Miss Guided pilot on abc.com right now. In my humble opinion, it’s much funnier than Entertainment Weekly claimed. If you need encouragement from a more reputable source, read this favorable review in the New York Times.