Tag: humor

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

Maggie Haberman, who’s spent years covering Trump, discusses his behavior on the campaign trail, including his insistence on responding to every slight — even when it undermines his appeal to voters.

The person I am not finishes work early, but hangs around the office for an additional hour just to “see if anyone needs anything.”

A book I feel obligated to read to be part of the cultural conversation, but I’m, like, eight years late.

That autofill password thing that pops up and just takes care of entering it for you? Possums invented that. Humans don’t even know how it works.

I think we need to litigate a text you sent in October, 2018, that’s always bothered me and which I’ve been saving for the perfect moment.

A young student in East Berlin falls in love with a much older writer in the run-up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a love story and a rich portrait of people watching their country disappear.

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SAN FRANCISCO—Calling it “a transformative process that he hopes will inspire others,” local white man Todd Garrett announced Tuesday that he would soon begin his natural hair journey, according to his blog. “I am proud to say that I am taking real steps to unlearn the Eurocentric, biased beauty standards that tell me…

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MARIN COUNTY, CA—Ceasing operations due to an instance of recidivism among a former inmate, San Quentin State Prison shut down Tuesday after it came to light that supposedly rehabilitated ex-convict Roger Zezner had committed more crimes. “Unfortunately, San Quentin has been forced to close down after reports that an…

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Leaving the House for Work: One minute per day in terms of the actual transition; three hours per day in terms of preparing myself emotionally for the transition.