"How to cleans the sweatie and sluttish Complexion..." 27 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am

"Take thirty Snails prepared, a quart of Goats milk, hogs suet three ounces, camfre poudred two drams, beat them together, and distil them in an Alembick." Advice from 1665, from the blog Ask the Pas...

"I forgot my phone." 27 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am

"There is a speed of touch in Dylan’s portraits, an aggression, which points to the tactile quality of pastel..." 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am

"... the capacity of those sticks of colour to break and crumble against the page as you draw. Dylan does manage to convey a sense of emotional intensity and existential paranoia." (Click on the phot...

"Julian Assange Sang And Danced In A Parody Rap Video For Some Awful Reason." 27 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am

"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange guest-starred in a satirical music video (he shows up around 3:30) and parodied an Australian ’80s pop hit… while wearing a mullet."

The Onion Newsroom, 2008: "Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013." 26 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm

After last night's VMA performance, this old video is charting on Reddit (where the top comment is "When can we start using The Onion as a credible source?"): We were talking about the VMA performanc...

"Your Unhealthy Love For Public Health..." 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm

"... In 14 Images."

"Schools as we know them today are a product of history, not of research into how children learn." 26 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm

Writes Peter Gray in Salon. The blueprint still used for today’s schools was developed during the Protestant Reformation, when schools were created to teach children to read the Bible, to believe scr...

"'New York Times' to New York Democrats: Get Over That 'Hope and Idealism.'" 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm

Headline at The Nation for John Nichols's column decrying the NYT endorsement of Christine Quinn in the mayoral race.

"We were OK with Miley wearing a one-piece with a bear sticking its tongue out on it." 26 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm

"We were OK with Miley sticking her face all up in that ladies big butt. However, when she ripped off her clothes to grind all up on Beetlejuice Robin Thicke, that was the twerk that broke the camel's...

"Designed by Doofuses in California." 26 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm

"Apple’s new ads make the company look lame." Yes. And let me add: The slogan "Designed by Apple in California" is designed to keep us from thinking about how these things are not manufactured in Cal...