Afflictor: Making self-portraits of French painter Joseph Ducreux yawn since 2009.
- Decoder: Sharron Angle, John Boehner and Thomas Sowell.
- Classic DVD: “La Jetée” (1962)
- New DVD: The T.A.M.I. Show.
- Afflictor Nation: Russia rules again in June.
- Sally Field is still having problems with her bones.
- Old Print Articles: Goat guards starving man (1900), Eggs boiled with electricity (1890) and Kissing bandit invades convent (1892).
- Harper Lee receives an uninvited guest.
- The Believer interviews Michael “Bookworm” Silverblatt.
- Listeria: Prices in NYC of toilet articles in 1900 and of health-care items in the 1880s.
- Science/Tech: The curious case of face blindness.
- The first photograph of a human face, from 1938.
- Featured Videos: Karate man plays keyboards, Mean jerks mock girls, Beatnik school, Odd telethon performance and Excruciating self-help video.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Romanian gypsy rant, Stop stealing my barbecue and an Impressive autograph collection.
- Excerpted: John McPhee’s “A Forager” from 1968.
- China hiring make-believe white businessmen.