Afflictor: Trying to cheer up Phil Spector's monkey...
...since 2009.
- Classic Films: The Man in the White Suit (1951) + 8 1/2 (1963).
- Old Print Articles: Children smoking cigarettes (1883-98) + Human calculator awes vaudeville (1901) + Hetty Green, millionaire miser (1889-1902).
- Classic Photographs: Annie Oakley, With Rifle, in Her Dotage (1922) + Seth Kinman’s Drinking Establishment (1889).
- Featured Videos: Hunter S. Thompson “debates” a Hell’s Angel + Kitten sits in bucket, doing nothing + Female workers causing male discomfort + Snowman frightens people + Toning abs with forced, scary laughter + Genesis P-Orridge delineates the difference between men and women + Poland’s Bieber storms America + Kurt Vonnegut teaches fiction writing + William S. Burroughs shooting Shakespeare + Robot surgeon plays “Operation” board game + Horned, tattoo lady + Robots play soccer in Germany + San Fran in 1906, just days before the earthquake + Remote-controlled roaches + Guy in patriotic underwear dances for seniors + Senior stoners talk toking.
- Recently Posted on NYC”s Craigslist: Solitary man selling freezer suitable for serial murderer + I’ve been saving pieces of Van Johnson’s hair since 1987 + If you give me money, I will tell you my darkest thoughts + Brooklyn man, likely drunk, needs you to loan him a million dollars that he will pretend to spend + I will haul away your shit + I’m not selling my A-Team memorabilia just because I’m 30, though that is a contributing factor.
- Martin Kenneth Tytell was a typewriter legend well into the computer age.
- An inside account of the Apocalypse Now set, which had a heart of darkness.
- Richard Feynman needs just a minute to teach an important lesson.
- Charles Bukowski tells us how to avoid dead ends.
- Economist Joseph Stiglitz analyzes wealth disparity in America.
- Queens resident George Willig scales the World Trade Center in 1977.
- Ray Kurzweil holds court at the iLabs Singularity Summit.
- The Slow Internet movement gets an anthem.
- Attending a ridiculous poetry convention in Reno.
- NYC cigarette salesman Lonnie Loosie is profiled.
- The apartment building that changed NYC.
- George Orwell recalls a troublesome elephant.
- An 1885 advertisement for a high-end spittoon.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.