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David Sedaris on rudeness, fans, and his new book (via The Awl):

So I met this woman and she worked at a country club over the summer, and she was a college student. So she’s in the dining room at the country club and a woman in her 60s beckons her over to the table, and the woman in her 60s says, “Hold out your hand” and the girl held out her hand, and the woman spit a mouthful of food into her hand and said, “There’s a bone in my chicken salad.” That’s gold.

Michael Ian Black:

The lesson I take away from it is one I hope I’ve been learning over the years: have gratitude for what you have and forgive yourself for what might have been. We are all failures in one way or another, but failure is more than the end of something. It is the opportunity to begin something else. Enjoy your successes, accept your failures. Move on from both. But keep moving on.

Janelle Monae: "Tightrope" (live on Dancing with the Stars)

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The editing/production on this is really weird! But Janelle, as always, is great.

Yes. I haven't watched Top Model religiously for years, but having watched episode 2 of the current season last week, Tyra's dramatic interpretation of "predatorial" (and the promise of Rich's weekly recaps) may just bring me back.

Let's get a little mellow.

It's magic: in 2005, I couldn't find this episode of Beavis and Butthead anywhere other than our TiVo; today, it's trivial to find this segment on YouTube. And it's still funny!

My Chemical Romance: "Na Na Na"

I love it when I hear a song at exactly the right time, and that's what this feels like. (via KROQ via Maura)

Farewell, Six Apart.

Instead of taking days to write the perfect post about the Six Apart news (in case you don't know, Six Apart is now SAY Media), I wanted to simply  jot down some of my thoughts while the news is still, well, news. I know a lot of folks have questions and I don't have all the answers right now. However, I think that just a couple points are worth mentioning.

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Despite being "just" a "jot[ting] down of some of [her] thoughts", Mena's post about the end of the current chapter in Six Apart, and the beginning of SAY Media, is wonderful, and exactly captures my feelings, as well.

Sleigh Bells: "Infinity Guitars" (video)

The new video for Sleigh Bells' "Infinity Guitars" is fantastic (via lizzyville.blogs.com).

My Gatsby mustache

Easy A

In the grand tradition of 17 Again, She's All That, and (of course!) Clueless, &c.: Easy A. I loved it!