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Never a Book Borrower or a Lender Be

Shopping your friends' bookshelves is a social faux paus--and should be treated as such
By Kim Velsey
Photo: markbmusic/Imgur

Flash Mob: The Selfie Has Become a Museum Menace

When did we start sharing art instead of looking at it?
By Lale Arikoglu
Happy Friday

The Implicit Sadness of ‘Happy Friday’

The increasingly unavoidable greeting, as well as its annoying conjoined twin, “Thank God It’s Friday,” are not benign bon mots but rather unconscious unpleasantries, evidence of widespread worker dissatisfaction.
By David Wallis
The siren song of Ancestry.com.

Barack Obama’s Sixth Cousin: I Love the President But Not Genealogy

By Ann Votaw
(Photo: Susan Wood/Getty Images)

Put It in Writing: Waiters Should Shut Up About ‘the Specials’

By Lale Arikoglu
A boy waits in front of a poster for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at a bus stop in Beijing. (Photo: GREG BAKER/Getty Images)

Spoilers Are Your Problem Not Mine

By Brady Dale
Close to the brink. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mind the Gap: MTA Layout at the Brink of Madness

By Drew Grant
Remember Hope and Change? (photo: Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Emails From Politicians Inspire Fear and Loathing Instead of Hope and Change

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Recruiters tune out online applause. (Photo: Getty Images)

What You Must Do Before Endorsing Someone on LinkedIn

By Matthew Kassel
PHOTO CREDIT: David Wallis for NY Observer

The Unbearable Cuteness of Sandwich Boards

By David Wallis
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 26: Freshly brewed coffee drips into a cup at Sightglass Coffee on August 26, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Coffee shops across the country are being faced with the decision to raise retail coffee prices as wholesale coffee bean prices are surging. According to the International Coffee Organization, the daily average composite price of coffee beans has gone up nearly every day over the last 12 days. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Stop Serving Bad Coffee at Fine Restaurants!

By Matthew Kassel

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