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Critical Shopper - A Design Store to Love, if It Will Have You

New York Times

Photo by Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - A Bright Future in Shades

New York Times

Photo by Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - Therapy for Overspenders

New York Times

Photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times

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The Fascinatingly Complex Feat of Trying to Build a Virtual Worm

TED

An open-source project is striving to create the world’s first fully digital organism. Here’s a peek inside the tricky process that could bring us to a better understanding of life itself.

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The Lavender Wave is Coming

AARP

9 Actions we can take right now to take care of LGBT Seniors

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The Dark Side of Charisma

TED

Like it or not, charisma matters when it comes to leadership. But we should be aware of the power that persuasion can have on us, says business school professor and researcher Jochen Menges.

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Underminer: We Are Redesigning The Logos For FEMA, Rape, And The Often Used Phrase 'Murdered Iraqi Children.

Gawker

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This is Not My Beautiful House! This is Not My Beautiful Life!

New York Magazine

That night in 2007 when I slept in a luxury loft. “I jumped at the opportunity to spend a night there… to find out what it’s like to live in the high-rises that are sprouting up all over my neighborhood like stalks of white asparagus.”

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Hey Mr. Tambourine Man

The New York Times Magazine

The timelessness of folk rock fashion. “Those 60's and 70's promotional photos of folk singers …sitting in grassy fields -- with their split ends catching the light behind them in a frizzy halo, their freckly, blotchy faces looking soulful, as if they have just cried, sneezed or lifted their heads from a major bong hit.”

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Critical Shopper - John Varvatos store at CBGB's

The New York Times

“Regardless of their reference, the clothes here are unanimously amazing, even when they cost more than Joey Ramone spent on hair care in his entire life.”

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Critical Shopper - J Crew Liquor Store

The New York Times

“A small glass case at the front of the store displayed vintage watchbands, belt buckles, aviators and pencils that have been chewed by the celebrated TriBeCan writer Max Blagg on sale for $25 each. Yes, that’s right, chewed pencils for $25.”

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Critical Shopper - The Lower East Side

The New York Times

“I tried a pair of Manchester denim shorts. From the waist down, I looked like the subject of a Helen Levitt photo. From the waist up, I looked like a pathetic freelance writer who couldn’t afford them.”

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Critical Shopper - Steven Alan

The New York Times

A look at the Steven Alan store - maker of the definitive “I’m wearing a button down that I was too lazy to pick up off the floor” shirt.

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Critical Shopper - Thomas Pink

The New York Times

A look at where finance guys go to stay sharp, the Thomas Pink store on Wall Street, right before the 2008 crash. I was confused why everyone was so rich except for me at the time, but then I discovered that 75% of the money wasn’t real in the first place.

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Phone Numbers

Word

From around 1997, one of the early essays I wrote for Word. com...me as a gay 20something who looks at all the phone numbers he has collected and feels the feels.