Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Time (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
When picking godparents for our son, we realized blood is thick -- but Wu is thicker
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Joel Stein: The Week of Living Cheaply
Time (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
In which I refuse to pay retail for anything -- and still somehow bleed cash
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Doing the Hard Things.
Egregious Blunders, et cetera. (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Joel Stein, noted columnist for Time magazine, was already one of my favorites. But after this week's column , he just may be one of my literary heroes. Here was my favorite part: Democrats have tough first years in the presidency. Of the past seven Presidents, the two Bushes rank at the top in popularity after one year, while Obama and Bill Clinton rank at the bottom, with Jimmy Carter...
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My Dinner With Sotomayor
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... Twitter at @crowleytnr. All I want for Xmas is 200 followers--then I'll have .2 percent as many as Joel Stein! Update : The comments under Ben's item include this trenchant Brooklyn-related observation: Biggie biggie smalls is the GREATEST
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Coupons are a Waste?
fivecentnickel.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
I recently ran across an interesting letter to the editor in Time Magazine, and thought it would make good fodder for discussion. For background, this letter was written in response to an article by Joel Stein titled “The Week of Living Cheaply.” “Coupons are the worst kind of junk mail and a terrible waste of [...] Follow me on Twitter !
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EaterWire: Thoughts on the New Quince, Trying Top Chef Frozen Foods
Eater SF (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... as a glossy cutthroat reality competition. [Eater NY] TOP CHEFFAGE — In a piece in Time , writer Joel Stein taste tests the Top Chef line of Schwan frozen dinners and realizes they aren't half bad. He also reveals that Top Chef alums are not paid for their efforts. [Time]
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Mason's Version of Brooklyn Bowl; Pump Shutters on 38th
Eater (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... as a glossy cutthroat reality competition. [EaterWire] TOP CHEFFAGE — In a piece in Time , writer Joel Stein taste tests the Top Chef line of Schwan frozen dinners and realizes they aren't half bad. He also reveals that Top Chef alums are not paid for their efforts. [Time]
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A Cup of Ambition: The Ghostwriter
Hayden's Ferry Review Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... Neil Strauss, who has co-written the autobiographies of rock stars, a porn star and journalist Joel Stein (who fell into neither category, although he did rock a mullet once). Strauss is also an American author, pickup artist and journalist.It’s hard not to get lost in his feverish speech and profound observations thrown out as casually as the “you know?” he uses to punctuate most...
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Let's Bail Out the Pot Dealers!
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Joel Stein in Time magazine. Links, related stories and videos. Some dude outside my supermarket just asked me to sign a petition to legalize marijuana. Apparently he was so high that he forgot he's in California, where pot is already more legal than budget-balancing. Last year I was granted a medical-marijuana license, even though I'm healthy and I don't smoke weed. I went to a doctor's...
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Is a local waiter a "Millionaire" millionaire?
Inq The Insider (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... A: Flying pig, B: Short giraffe, C: Land whale, D: Black swan.”Murray connected with “Expert” Joel Stein (Time Magazine columnist), who was not able to help him come up with a definitive answer. Sam then used his “Phone A Friend” lifeline and called his friend (and fellow Philly bartender) Daulton, who was able to give him the correct answer, which was “D.” Sam used his “Double Dip”...
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Damn! Just how many Palin inspired books are being written?
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The number of Sarah Palin books on their way to bookshelves all over America are almost too many to count. We have " Rogue Journalist: An Even More American Life " by Joel Stein, " The Persecution of Sarah Palin " by Matthew Continetti, " Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar " by Scott Conroy and Shushannah...
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L.A. Times Columnists: Duuuuuuuuuuude, I Bought Some Pot, Dude
Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... when you can shop for weed at a place as familiar as a mini-mart? and then classic narcissist Joel Stein : [T]he doctor wore a Hawaiian shirt. He took my blood pressure and asked what I was suffering from. “Anxiety,” I said. And then “occasional insomnia.” And even though he seemed to be moving on, I blurted something about headaches. The only malady that would have made me more similar...
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