Fri. January 18
The Daily Scene
via NYT
Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94–NYT
Dear Abby: My wife sleeps in the raw. Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast — still in the buff. We’re newlyweds and there are just the two of us, so I suppose there’s really nothing wrong with it. What do you think? — Ed
Dear Ed: It’s O.K. with me. But tell her to put on an apron when she’s frying bacon.
Oprah Winfrey and the National Catharsis Ritual–Telegraph
As the world prepares for cyclist Lance Armstrong to admit to years of doping in a special interview with Oprah Winfrey, Rachel Ray remembers the talk-show host’s other famous confessional interviewees.
The Manti Te’o Dead-Girlfriend Hoax: Blame the Media–The Atlantic
Is that a scary turn of events for the Fourth Estate? Oh yes.
Kris Kristofferson Explores Mortality on New Album–Rolling Stone
“The truth is, we’re all gonna die. Well, maybe I won’t.”
“Downton Abbey,” Meet Facebook–The Happy Place
If “Downton Abbey” took place entirely on Facebook: Season 3, Episode 2 (Spoiler Alert).
