Gael Greene asks an expert what is the sexiest restaurant in New York, along with other secrets of culinary seduction…. (hint: it’s not really about the food—but it’s really about the food)
Recently in Love & Sex Category
So, according to CNN.com (which is, let’s face it, a reprint service for the AP) 95% percent of Americans have had premarital sex; in other news, 5% of Americans are found to be compulsive liars.
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Chuq on why Digg isn’t really that good: it’s basically an echo chamber.
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I tried this approach once on CL; didn’t work.
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Ah, the life of a 3L (until he gets to the Bar).
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Diner’s Journal - Out and About: The Peking Duck House by Frank Bruni - Dining - New York Times BlogBruni visits the Peking Duck House; note that the best content is in the comments
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Art Buchwald’s classic Thanksgiving for the French column.
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Bat, meet free market.
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Cranberry Sauce via Scandihoovia.
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Worst. Snackfood. Name. Evar.
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In cheap bookcases we trust.
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I want this desk (well, really all of them).
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I would buy this but by the time I figured out what the time was, it will have changed.
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Walmart.com, Amazon.com, and DisneyShopping.com all go down (some longer than others) on Black Friday.
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Great profile of Helene Grimaud, who’s a phenomenal pianist. Long-time readers may recall I posted the staggering cadenza from her recording of Beethoven’s 4th a while ago.
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Julia Sweeney, late of SNL, blogs.
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Susan Crawford on music, complexity, and networks.
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A.k.a. Voting Fraud for Dummies
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Gary Shteyngart says that modern writers need to drink more. Hear that, Carney?
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I’ve always wanted to do this.
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Apparently having lots of sex makes you live long. Conversely, I should be dead by now.
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The guy who plays the incredibly charming Hiro Nakamura on Heroes turns out not only be a wonderful actor, but he’s a certified ILM computer genius, too….
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Rabert pretty much sums up the level of discourse on the Internets.
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The greatest, most improbable, and outright lucky Scrabble game ever.
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Amateur athlete tries performance-enhancing drugs, discovers they work.
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Wendy Seltzer deconstructs the Windows Vista license (abstract: it sucks).
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“Shock the Monkey” meets Carmen. Goes together surprisingly well.
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I’m not a frakkin’ Cylon!
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Leave it to the Times to overintellectualize the Sexy ______ Halloween costume.
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A critique of the latest trend in blog design.
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Shaun Inman has redesigned, and with the redesign comes a really neat way to track the passage of time.
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A demo movie and concept art for what looks to be a very cool, artistic, groovy game.
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On how many law students view what Weird Al calls “international copyright law”.
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The LOD on having kids: “I am a father. I’ve only been one for 4+ years, but Moxie always says I was a father when she met me, only the kids hadn’t arrived yet.”
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Johannes Brahms, professional smart-alec.
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ET on the state of the London public transit system (in short, slow, inefficient, and bloody expensive).
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As a future lawyer, I see this as a real growth area for our industry. (via martin)
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Yummy, Yummy Chicken.
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Ed Levine drops by the Upper West Side.
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Steglitz on what’s wrong with the world economy.
Yesterday’s crop went like this:
I was impressed by your qualifications and have no doubt you will do well in law school and thereafter.
Your resume is impressive and I have no doubt that you will be successful in your future endeavors. I wish you the best of luck with your search…
Although you were a highly qualified candidate, I have chosen someone else to fill that position. I wish you great success in your legal career.
All of which reminds me something I’ve heard before, somewhere:
You’re a great guy, but I don’t like you in that way…
Metro NY recently ran this fascinating interview with Michel Gondrey about his new film, The Science of Sleep, wherein he talks a bit (OK, it’s really the real subject of the interview) about unrequited love:
AB: You think giving handmade gifts led to rejection?
MG: Me, yes, I was rejected. I showed too much love. If I was in a relationship with my girlfriend, she would cry and show much happiness. But when it’s someone you are not with, it shows how much you would like to be with that person. If she doesn’t want to be with you, it’s difficult.
AB: One of the best presents I ever received was from a boy I didn’t like in that way. It was terrifying.
MG: Yes! They try to love you! And that’s why you don’t like them! It’s crazy! It kills me! Girls who I liked so much and I made presents for, they would date people who have no idea why they were special.
What he’s talking about here is the gap in realities between the lover and the beloved; how the idealized object of love is seen, vs. how she really feels. Of course, this particular garden path quickly heads down the postmodernist rabbit hole, and too many philosophers have stuck their head in there only to never been seen again.
Also vaguely related: Nation Sickened By Sight of Happy Young Couple
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