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A 2011 power ranking of New York writers as food

Posted on December 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

(see  below)

Emma Strauberry

Jen Carlsjrson

Puree Shafrir

Anil Mrs. Dash

Nate Freerangechicken

Brian Rieses Pieces

Rosie Gravy

Carl Ron Swanson’s Breakfast

Choire Sriracha

Alex Balkan Tulumbe 

Jim Brûlée

Emily Gulden’s

Kat Stouffers

Jen Dahl

Dill Keller

Sachertorte Frere-Jones

Joe Cous-couscarelli

Hugo Limburger

Ryan O’krannel

Edith Zeppoleman 

Lawrence Ryeght

Jennifer Veganburger 

Molson Whitehead

Jonathan Franzia

Brian Speltler 

David Carrbonara

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The best time I got rejected from The Awl

Posted on December 23, 2011 | 4 Comments

Dec 23, 2011, 9:22am:
>For your consideration. Thanks!

Td

[STUPID PIECE WENT HERE AND HERE AND HERE]

Dec 23, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Choire Sicha wrote:
>TIM.

You are so wrong in the head!

Dec 23, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Tim Donnelly wrote:
> sometimes I just have to amuse myself.

Dec 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Choire Sicha wrote:
>SICK MONSTER!!!

Dec 23, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Tim Donnelly wrote:
> this is still exponentially nicer than most pitch responses I get*
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On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Choire Sicha wrote:
>haha, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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(*this is so true).

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Circulation figures, for your Halloween scares

Posted on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments

update: thanks to Conal Darcy for also passing this along.

via The Awl

The accelerating decline of newspapers [10/26, WaPo]

Notice that those precipitous declines right around 2005 are nearly exactly inversely proportional to the rise in my personal student loan debt. Gad.

Let’s lighten the mood with a Halloween joke:

Q: Why do vampires still read the Wall Street Journal?

A: Because it has the best circulation!

yuk yuk yuk

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