"The Green Giant has always been Shrek, not the big guy picking vegetables." Seriously, this list makes me cry each year.

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Apparently I'm ahead of the fashion trend as I've been rocking a Ralph Kramden for a couple of years.

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"Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one.".

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Why do New Yorkers seem rude? Joan Acocella has a few ideas (Smithsonian Magazine).

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What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?

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