Chimp joins literary elite

We were delighted to learn that Me Cheeta (Fourth Estate) has been long listed for this year’s Man Booker prize. Esquire readers might recall we ran a story in April last year (above) to mark the news that Tarzan’s fabled chimp chum was releasing his …

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Andre the Giant | Proving That Size Matters

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Andre the Giant had an enormous appetite for love, life– and apparently, alcohol.  Lots of it.  The stories of his consumption are legendary and honestly– almost unbelievable.  They’re also well-circulated too, so I’m sure I’m not telling you …

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Cronkite in pictures

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Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common – Poke Her Face (Video)

Re-interpreting the Poker Face track from Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi breaks out with another potential hit single, teaming up with Kanye West and Common on the Poke Her Face music video. The video features some interesting split screen artistic direction, following in the …

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Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common – Poke Her Face (Video)

Re-interpreting the Poker Face track from Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi breaks out with another potential hit single, teaming up with Kanye West and Common on the Poke Her Face music video. The video features some interesting split screen artistic direction, following in the …

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Best correction ever?

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The Return of the Puppet Masters

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I hope I don't ever get eaten by a cat.
In a post from a few years ago titled, Do you love cats?, I wrote this:

Toxoplasma gondii is a favorite parasite of evolutionary biologists because it has an incredible property.  The parasite lives in the …

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Disaster Voyeurism

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How to get The Sartorialist to shoot you

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Questions which are rarely asked

Today it is from Megan McArdle:Veterinary spending is rising just about in line with human medical
spending.  Kudoes to AEI for publishing a graph that seriously
undercuts one of the major conservative arguments about health care: 
that the main problem is consumers …

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Which words make you wince?

Via Bookslut, here is an article on that topic.  Some contenders:pulchritude
chillax
hubby
no-brainer
webinar
staycation
any word starting with "mommy"What can you add to this list?

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