★★★★★ Was it getting brighter?

What a time! Street art was still cool. Hipster jokes were just coming on the scene. Al Gore was still a person we cared about.

Lay's mailed us a big box of chips for some reason. I don't know why. Each is a "novelty flavor." We conducted an informal taste test—are these tastes worth eating?

Actually a pretty decent song tbh.

On the goddamn Twitter.

1. A photo by Tyler Hicks.

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I'm in a dentist's waiting room right now, and so far they've played "Clocks," "Bittersweet Symphony," and "A Song by The Fray." What is the ultimate waiting-room song?

★★★★ And then came a loud growl.

Gawker should stop italicizing the names of print publications. Here is why.

#1: cicada killers

How much do you think lunch today was worth?

Like My Wife & Kids but with more racial edginess? I dunno, ABC. I do think it's good to explore and highlight the ridiculousness that one deals with as a black man or as a Latina or as someone who is generally viewed as other in America, but it's a very, very delicate dance.