Afflictor: Subtly suggesting to this guy that maybe he should trim the beard a little since 2009.
- Classic DVDs: Blow-Up (1966) + The Wicker Man (1973).
- Old Print Articles: Rival butchers battle in Brooklyn (1891) + Aged landowner has odd servants (1897) + San Fran man writes 7,000 words on a single postcard (1896).
- Featured Videos: Mobile phones with rotary dial (1979) + Video ping-pong demo (1969) + Model with radioactive face (1950s) + The Hippie Revolt trailer (1967) + Paper dress fashions (1968) + Monkey Girl at the World’s Fair (1939) + André Courrèges “Space Age” styles (1968) + Tennis for Two video game (1958).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Wooden giraffe statue, might be cursed + Need broken refrigerator to incubate reptile eggs + Reborn baby dolls + Open bottle of schnapps available for trade + Dubia roaches for sale + I want to learn how to wheelie + Cow skull, a unique V-Day gift.
- Classic Photographs: Anarchists bomb 23 Wall Street (1920) + Before the quiz show scandal exploded (1957).
- Three great opening sentences by Joseph Mitchell.
- Alex Haley interviews American Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell. (1966)
- NBA legend Allen Iverson starts over in Istanbul.
- Fiorucci’s was disco fabulous in 1970s New York.
- Ayn Rand assesses fellow novelists. (1966)
- Jonah Lehrer on the difficulty of replicating scientific research.
- 20 predictions for 2030.
- Scottish man Brian MacKinnon recreates himself as teenager “Brandon Lee.”
- Cameras that can recognize faces may soon saturate the culture.
- Photographer catalogs odd items confiscated by customs at JFK.
- Linda Curtis records earthquake predictions in Los Angeles.
- Cornell “borrowed” orphans to use in classes in the early 1900s.
- Canada remains Afflictor Nation champ.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.