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2015-04-15 (Wednesday)

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  1. James Meek · The Shock of the Pretty: Seventy Hours with Don Draper · LRB 9 April 2015

    Good on ‘Mad Men’. A bunch of these criticisms are why I’ve failed to make it through the first season twice.

  2. Why the British Are Better at Satire — The Atlantic

    Comparing the U.S. and UK ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Veep’ versus ‘The Thick of It’.

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    I had no idea there are 1,500 working gas street lights in London. guidelondon.org.uk/around-london/…

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    @tedmills Have you seen the camera on the crossing? abbeyroad.com/crossing Lots of annoyed cars!

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    Zappos will now be run by whoever has the conch.
    uk.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-sel…

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    @mala @warrenellis True. Not quite downtown Chelmsford with its Dixons and Our Price.

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    @DeanVipond @hondanhon I was talking about “stuff” not “things”, you bufflehead!

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    @hondanhon Do less.

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    @tomcoates @mattb Sure, I love things!

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    @tomcoates @mattb Congratulations and good luck!

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    @mala @warrenellis Chelmsford was the big city! OK, it's not Colchester, but at least it wasn't Witham.