Monday Medley

What we read while wondering what the original Holy Saturday was like…

• As fans of Ron Swanson and baseball, we very much approve of this attempt to bridge the two.

• For anyone who doesn’t understand Passover, this extended version of the Four Questions pretty much explains it all.

• Tom Scocca v. Chris Jones! Writer feud!

• Jones also talks about Jon Krakauer’s takedown of Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortensen and its ramifications for non-fiction writers.

• Noam Chomsky asks if the world is too big to fail.

• A brief history of Humblebrag may qualify as its own best example.

• The WNBA’s next slogan: Take a gamble!

• For all our soccer aficionados, the Cosmos!

• Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, among others, talked about the art of comedy on HBO’s Talking Funny.

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