coasters, $.80 each

So I still haven't renewed my New Yorker subscription. Which puts me one giant step behind the Fug Girls. Or at least Heather, who has a pile of them on her coffee table. And I thought all we had in common was Anne of Green Gables, the Wakefields of Sweet Valley and Bea Arthur. And fur sleeves.

Barney Frank, ways back

I thoroughly enjoyed Toobin's profile of Barney Frank.

Now it's kind of a moment in history (January 12th, 2009) but it's maybe even more interesting than it was?