Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That we’re pulling more fossil fuels out of the earth than ever before? —Mick Dumke
• That the New York Times is polling Jews who are “living in Hungary or are from Hungary” for an in-depth look at Hungarian anti-Semitism? —Tony Adler
• An actual daughter on conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s “daughter theory”? —Kate Schmidt
• This list of untranslatable words from other languages? —Aimee Levitt
• James Thurber’s 1939 short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—source of one movie starring Danny Kaye and, now, another with Ben Stiller? —Tony Adler
• This insider’s account of how horrible it is to work at Lisa Frank? —Luca Cimarusti
• About the latest in pizza-box technology? —Mick Dumke
• Poet and People Issue subject Michael Robbins on the ten least annoying metal albums of 2013 (with a sly dig at Sound Opinions for good measure)? —Tal Rosenberg