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From the Guardian: Agatha Christie's surfing secret revealed http://bit.ly/reBtffless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyPublishers Weekly
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If you're anything like us, you cheated and skipped right to the end. Spoiler alert: she used a shortened longboard.

The new rules for restaurant reviews—There are no rules (This is not a review of @Graffiato) http://wcp.to/r4rTYcless than a minute ago via CoTweet Favorite Retweet ReplyCity Paper
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Also: Up is down, black is white, the salad fork is on your right, red wine goes with seafood, and the buffet comes with soup.

A decade of war hasn’t done much good for the country, but it sure has been good for the Red Sox. http://t.co/bpIj61Oless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyMother Jones
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Don't blame the Red Sox. They earned that no-bid contract to put out oil well fires in Iraq fair and sqaure.

A Mild-Mannered Maniac http://nyti.ms/ojazx3less than a minute ago via The New York Times Favorite Retweet ReplyNYTimes Magazine
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To which we say, it's about time. These loud maniacs have coarsened our politics and hosted our primetime cable news shows for too long.


Straddling the Border, Eccentrically http://nyti.ms/oX7Kf5less than a minute ago via The New York Times Favorite Retweet ReplyNYTimes Arts
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For all the shenanigans involving the 112th Congress, nobody's had to resign in disgrace so far because of an eccentric straddling scandal. But there's still time.

Move over, Spaghetti Western! Here is a Cereal Western. About Marshall McLuhan. (via @jonathanstray) http://nie.mn/pWYxLfless than a minute ago via HootSuite Favorite Retweet ReplyNieman Lab
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Quentin Tarantino didn't want to make that three-part, Cantonese-language Marshall McLuhan biopic anyway.

Photo: Kitten Resembling Hitler is Ignored: http://abcn.ws/rsC6Phless than a minute ago via HootSuite Favorite Retweet ReplyABC News
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Damn you, age of austerity!

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