February 2012
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Feds to European party-bros: 'watch your tweets'
By Henry Goldman There are a couple lessons to all new adults in the story of Irish party-bro Leigh Van Bryan, who wasn’t allowed into America, after the Department of Homeland Security saw a tweet where Mr. Leigh announced he was planning to “destroy America”. Mind you, he didn’t tweet it in the sense that he was going to literally destroy America. (I mean, look at him....
Feb 1st
January 2012
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Why can't you be more like this guy: Dancing...
First off, Let me just say I hope the above video is for real, because if it’s not, well, then that means I am naive enough to believe that in the Philippines, a traffic cop pulling out a pretty credible set of MJ-inspired dance moves to direct cars through a busy intersection is a possible thing. And I don’t want to be naive. But I also want to believe this isn’t some viral...
Jan 31st
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My Baby Has A Penis
by J. Edwin Lichtenstein As a stay-at-home dad I have learned a thing two, and not just how to use hyphens in compound adjectives. I have learned how a breast pump works, how to sanitize bottles in the microwave, and the virtues of Purell. Another thing I have learned, something that strikes me as strange, is that most people cannot tell the gender of babies, and because of this, a major amount...
Jan 31st
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
Jan 30th
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Jan 27th
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NEWSFLASH! Being a band to make a living is SUPER...
by Henry Goldman Well, at least that’s what indie-band-I’ve-never-heard-of Two Lights says in a blog post they wrote for Time.com. To hear them tell it, they’re killing it on the band front, with a single on the radio, rock star friends and gigs at all the hot clubs in NYC. But apparently, the music industry isn’t doing so well, and no one is handing out huge advances to...
Jan 27th
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WatchWatch
Steven Colbert Interviewing Maurice Sendal, and kind of getting shown up by a guy, old as he is, who is every bit as clever, smart and funny.  In case you weren’t doing anything important right now. 
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“We’re like Tom Hanks in Big. Little boys and girls trapped in adult bodies and...”
– -Nick Hornby’s Rob Fleming in High Fidelity via the homey Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Jan 25th
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Who should I blame for my inability to hold a job?...
by David Larson Everything I own is in trash bags and boxes and I have one week left before ground shipping it from San Francisco to New Orleans, where I have but one friend and zero job prospects.  How did it come to this? I’ve worked a number of different jobs in my life. At 28, I’ve been a peanut and cracker jack vendor at a minor league stadium; traveling salesman for a...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 19th
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Why can't you be more like this guy: Sen. Jon...
by Henry Goldman No, that’s not a picture of singer/actor/celebrity apprentice Meat Loaf. It’s this dude, Jon Tester, Democratic senator out of Montana. Everyone already thought Tester was awesome. I mean, come on. Look at him. Also, you can’t see it in the picture, but he only has 2 fingers on his left hand, because he lost them in a MEAT GRINDER ACCIDENT.  But what makes...
Jan 11th
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The Sweet, Sweet Joy of Wasting Money, Installment...
by Henry Goldman The comic book store in Eugene was walking distance from my childhood home. This meant, from ages 10 to 13, whenever I got my allowance (between three and five dollars), I immediately walked over to Emerald City to promptly spend all of it. I usually one new comic for $1.95 and spending the rest on the bargain bin; worn, colored-on-with-crayon issues of Spiderman from the 80s and...
Jan 11th
“Too many people grow up. That’s the real trouble with the world, too many...”
– - Walt Disney, famous Nazi symphatizer. What? You didn’t know Walt Disney hated Jews? He super did. 
Jan 11th
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Statement of Purpose
yr an adult is a critical inquiry into the nature of modern adulthood (for north american millennials). On this site, you’ll find original and curated things about: • growing up • being young • getting old • nostalgia • the future • optimism • pessimism • realism • other things The point, we think, is to get better at being adults. Or maybe it’s to not worry about getting...
Jan 11th