Lying Around With Brandon McCarthy

Image by Jonathan Zizzo /Buzzfeed Brandon McCarthy has some ideas for how a profile of himself should read. He knows the formula cold: a quirky intro that sets the tone and lays out the big idea;…
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4392 words)

The last shot: Earl Badu hit one of the most famous shots in Maryland basketball history. Ten years later, he jumped off a bridge.

You know the wish can’t come true, but people say it all the time to hide their own fears, so you’ll open with it, too: You wish he could just be happy. It would be easier that way. You…
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6733 words)

For Amusement Only: the life and death of the American arcade

Previous Story What's your backup setup? - Verge Forums If you’ve never been inside a “real” arcade, it could be hard to distinguish one from say, oh, a Dave &…
AUTHOR:Laura June
SOURCE:The Verge
PUBLISHED: Jan. 16, 2013
LENGTH: 1 minutes (440 words)

Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie

On the set of "The Canyons" in Los Angeles last summer: Amanda Brooks, Lindsay Lohan and Paul Schrader. Lindsay Lohan moves through the Chateau Marmont as if she owns the place, but in a…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 10, 2013
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7657 words)
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End Game

Curt Schilling set out to build the greatest video-game company the world had ever seen, and to get rich — Bill Gates rich — doing it. Instead, the whole thing exploded in his face.…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5511 words)

The Negotiation

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. For public distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, contact ccasey@texasmonthly.com for reprint information and fees. A coach…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 1, 2012
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5406 words)
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Shoddy regulation, loose laws allow dangerous elevators to continue operating in San Antonio

ALEJANDRA RAMíREZ
LENGTH: 2 minutes (559 words)

Wanna Be Veep? Okay, but This Is Going to Hurt

Less than an hour after I meet the vetter for the first time, he asks me if I've always been faithful to my wife. Next he wants to know if I've ever been accused of sexual harassment. And then…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4840 words)

The Well-Hung Boy Next Door

It is a clement spring day in greater Los Angeles, and James Deen is driving through the soft green tumescences of the Calabasas hills on his way to a pornographic-movie shoot. If Deen…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7337 words)
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