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Love the New York Times

Love the New York Times Magazine this week. There's (heterosexual) male-on-male sexual harassment, the myth of the 18-to-39 demographic, a sad tale of a Chinese girl trapped by an earthquake, and a suitably ambiguous story about The Strokes (are they bigtime, or did the backlash take them down before they even made it?). Although I could've gone without knowing where Clive Barker hangs pictures of his penis (no, not on his penis). A nice mix this week. Unfortunately, it all goes into (paid) archive-land by Sunday. Symbolic of the transitory nature of all things, I think.

On the other side of the intellectual spectrum, there's always the sensation that is the deep-fried Twinkie. Can't decide if this is the sort of thing that makes America great, or if it means it's all going to hell in a handbasket.