Virtual Memories

It’s the greatest installment of Unrequired Reading since the previous one!

Frankly, the story of Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott’s meltdown during the making of Robin Hood sounds much more interesting than the movie they ended up making.

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Steve Phillips tells us how tough it is to be an MLB GM. As one commenter puts it, “It’s like getting a lecture from Susan Smith on parenting.”

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All Along the Watchtower.

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I will never board a plane in Sweden.

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Malin Akerman and her new makeup artist (from PAPER Magazine).

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Bourgeois Surrender on Cole Porter. As it were.

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The Reasonoids celebrate Everybody Draw Mohammad Day.

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I couldn’t come up with any good Yakov Smirnoff-based jokes about how the landscape of Chernobyl inspired a post-apocalyptic videogame. Still it’s a neat post.

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Miracle Whip: now with extra gooey.

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“Leave No Trace” sounds like a school for serial killers, but it’s actually some sorta enviro group that Subaru supports. Along with the “niches of academics, tree huggers, and gays and lesbians.”