It appears as if a lot of my Twitter feed is upset about Jonathan Franzen today, because he is putting out a new book soon. I don't know anything about Jonathan Franzen.

★★ Inconclusive.

I do.

It was terrible when it came out and it was terrible when Ronald Reagan got its lowest-degree-of-difficulty irony wrong and it stayed terrible. It is terrible as Respected Songwriter Music and it is terrible as a Catchy Pop Hit. It is like being HIT in the FOREhead BROther HIT in the FOREhead BROther over and over and over.

★★★★★ Erect and aglow.

Amanda Knox is now a theater columnist for the West Seattle Herald.

It was enjoyable, I think.

I think marathons are pretty fuckin stupid (lol u surprised?), but I happened to catch the élite women runners of the New York Marathon go past my block yesterday on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Damn. It was an amazing sight. Just like, a fluorescent pack of deer with no body fat moving in silent tandem in their underwear on the coldest day of the year so far. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I loved it. And they were so much less show-offy than the men. The men sucked.

I finally finished the book about two weeks ago. The strongest opinion I have about it is: The Secret History was a lot better.

Saw this in Food Lion today. Their bakery is so hip to the tymz. Will America's yoots fall in love with this cake? What kind of pizza is in that pizza slice app? This cake asks more questions than it answers. I went to the store hungry and left despondent. :(

Finn and Lacey discussed the JonBenét murder earlier today, so I thought I’d post a dedicated thread for interested Gawker readers. For those unfamiliar with the case, Wikipedia and the JonBenét Ramsey Case Encyclopedia are both helpful.

Taylor Swift's thing is not actually any worse or more grating than "Empire State of Mind." This is the last good song anyone wrote about New York, probably the last good track that will ever be written about New York.

Perhaps you've seen the cover to Nazareth's 1975 album Hair of the Dog and thought to yourself, "Damn, that album cover is cool as hell, but no way can the rest of Nazareth's discography stack up." I wouldn't blame you for thinking that!

Somebody told Drake to wear a polka dot bowtie to his birthday dinner this past weekend. That was a bad idea.

My pick:

Someone decided to draw lines all over a pair of jeans. These jeans are $200, and have a button fly. You can sort of see part of the guy's dick in the photo.

These sure don't look good and I'm glad I'm not wearing them.

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