On Monday, Elizabeth Wurtzel and Jonathan Franzen became best friends forever, and people didn’t know where to put their arms during sex.
Tuesday was mostly about latkes.
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Toast Points: The Week of Oct. 4th, 2013
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Oct 04, 2013
Cocktail Hour: Open Thread
Open Thread
Sep 27, 2013
Toasties: I have a cold. It’s officially flu season. Get the flu shot! The one without mercury if you care about that sort of thing. In any case, ZICAM (falsely labeled PREcold, because, who does that?) and much much hot tea is my way forward. And roasted garlic (not pictured). What are your remedies?
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Toast Points: The Week of September 27th, 2013
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Sep 27, 2013
On Monday, we endorsed banning or burning books. For doing something weird to our face, we received a medal. Then we read a work of short fiction, like adults.
On Tuesday, nothing else mattered except Misandrist Lullabies:
Hickory, dickory, dock
You know what this rhymes with
And what we’ll do to it.
And you won’t like it.
But then we rallied in order to learn how to tell if you are in a Murakami novel.
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Cocktail Hour: Open Thread
Open Thread
Sep 20, 2013
Toasties! Look at that picture! Just look at it! Baguette with sweetened condensed milk and pumpkin-y beer on the side.
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Toast Points: The Week of September 20th, 2013
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Sep 20, 2013
On Monday, Mallory took out Jonathan Franzen. We will say nothing else about Monday in deference to the memory of Jonathan Franzen.
On Tuesday, Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman got busy, and Rainbow Rowell spoke out against censorship.
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Cocktail Hour: Open Thread
Open Thread
Sep 13, 2013
Limoncello and ice cream sandwiches on rosemary shortbread. What other happy things has life given you this week?
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Sep 13, 2013
On Monday, Mallory told us some wonderful stories from The Bible, and Jasmine told Laura Ingalls’ Ma where to stick her china shepherdess.
Tuesday, both your area singles and your neighborhood proved unsettling, and we learned a lot from the creator of Tarzan.
Wednesday:
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that was in the icebox
you should probably go to the store again.
-wcw
Cocktail Hour: Open Thread
Open Thread
Sep 06, 2013
This week’s pairing is a Pimm’s cup and a baguette with butter. Because bread is the soul of life and because this is not a real Pimm’s cup. Do you see cucumber? I do not. Hence not real.
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