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Happy Mother's Day! You didn't forget, right? Oh shit! Better ride a Dutch bike home, order some organic flowers and make a reservation at a restaurant that serves a gourmet cheese plate designed by expert cheesemongers (check Department of Commerce for more), and take her to the Art Institute of Boston's first student-run expo. After that, dump her as fast as you can and woof it to the Dizzee Rascal show. Read Faraone's article to learn how to interact with the rap star.
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Dear Reader,
After a week of spring fever (Is senioritis contagious? Thanks, interns.), I spent some pre-season time in Ogunquit, Maine this weekend. In search of brunch, my boyfriend and I stumbled upon the Omelette Factory, a local institution celebrating their 25th year in business. Situated in the basement of Cindy's Convenience Store, one can assume both are owned by the chef extrordinaire, Cindy herself, much like Publick House Provisions featured in the Department of Commerce, which recently opened down the street from its parent restaurant.
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This weekend, some of the most powerful meme-dreamers and LULZ-makers come to MIT for ROFLcon, a two-day symposium on what internet celebrity is, how memes form and everything in-between. As the official media sponsor, we needed to do something extraordinary. So we thought to do what no other paper has done: bring teh internet to print. Hey, if w00t can make Merriam-Webster, it can make our paper.
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DEAR READER,
Yesterday I spotted birds that weren't pigeons. They were perched on my neighbor's birdfeeder, pecking at sunflower seeds and each other. And while I've always been terrified of birds (they're tiiiiiiny dinosaurs!), my cold heart melted when I saw them, because spring is sneaking up on us.
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DEAR READER,
I type these words from my parents' house in Maryland.
Ordinarily, under these circumstances, I would be enjoying myself in the land of Old Bay-dredged seafood, free art museums and Mommy's home cooking. However, this time marks a deeply sad occasion, as I am back to be with my family, for my father died this weekend from cancer complications.
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DEAR READER,
Leap years screw with my fragile, unscientific brain the same way that daylight saving makes my bones ache. Where does that extra hour/day come from? It kind of puts into perspective the fact that our whole system of carefully dividing time into tiny increments is totally arbitrary, which makes me want to show up to work any time I damn well please. Then again, we at the Dig do that anyway. [Hey!—Ed.]
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Dear Reader,
The last week has been filled with restless nights dreaming of skintight cotton pants and metallics encircling every inch of flesh. Which can only mean, of course, the dawn of spring style.
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DEAR READER,
When we asked our freelancers and interns if they'd tried (or wanted to try) some risky winter sports, hands shot up (it takes a particular mentality to write for the Dig). Some of these life experiences were more legitimate than others ("I touched a toboggan once"), so we've narrowed it down to three.
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We like to think we go through the birthing process each and every week with our little baby here, which means you're holding the latest newborn. Enjoy it but wipe it down first.
There's a lot going on in the book, as usual, but I'd like to call special attention to my personal bundle of joy, A&E.
High on the list of must-reads is Jenna Scherer's excellent piece on the always heady Harold Pinter. The playwright gets a great preview and I'm happy to get in a line like "You're a fuckpig."
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Dear Readers,
I didn't expect to be writing this again so soon. I'd spoken my peace last week. I was happy to move forward and focus on the magazine, but then something happened. You emailed me. At first, it was just a quick "Nice work dude!" from a college buddy or a "Congrats!" from the occasional stranger.
"... Really liked the editor's note last week, btw. Good to see things are starting to get back toward normal."
