Print1. Seamus Heaney: He has such a bad-ass Irish brogue, and it’s really making me reconsider the way words in the English language should be pronounced. Because convention is absolutely atrocious. Case in point: “TEN-or” vs. “TAY-nor.” Who has the right to say that the latter is “wrong,” when it’s so damn beautiful? I’m going to start a revolution by deliberately “mispronouncing” words now!
-Yin Yin Lu, books editor
2. Gublerland: Matthew Gray Gubler, one of the stars of the hit TV show “Criminal Minds,” has his own Web site (www.matthewgraygubler.com). It makes absolutely no sense—like a circus that’s free and has no awful clowns—and I love it.
-Melanie Jones, managing editor, features
3. Kitten Mittens: You’ll be smitten!
-Peter Labuza, film editor
4. Takedowns of Malcolm Gladwell from the New Republic’s archives: Sometimes, it just feels good to hear a famous person mercilessly bashed.
-Raphael Pope-Sussman, deputy editor, features
5. Seasonal drinks from Starbucks: When bad midterm grades get you down, the only way to go is a $5 caramel brulee latte.
–Devin Briski, food and drink editor
6. “Bad Romance”: My favorite part might be where Lady Gaga, about to be presented to the Russian mobster with the golden chin strap, rips off the burlap sack that’s covering her and reveals that it has a Burberry lining. Or the “walk, walk, fashion, baby” sequence. Or the white-clad zombies that do the “Thriller” dance. Or...
-Hilary Busis, managing editor, a & e
7. Chocolate chip cookies: I’ve been going through tons of these recently.
–Thomas Rhiel, editor in chief
8. NOT Lincoln Plaza Cinemas: First of all, the films are almost always sold-out because old people buy their tickets on Friday morning after reading reviews in the Times. On the rare occasion that I have gotten in, I find myself constantly accosted by their fascist security force making a bathroom visit more difficult than getting over the Berlin Wall in the 1970s.The screen is so small I can barely make out the subtitles to whatever foreign drivel I’m watching. Next time, I’m just going to the Magic Johnson.
-Evan Omi, Eyesites editor
9. Perfectly in-season honey crisp apples: So crisp, so honey-tasting.
-Rebecca Pattiz, music editor
10. Truffle oil: Whoever said spending 30 bucks on a tiny vessel of oil was crazy clearly has never tried this stuff.
-Hannah Yudkin, art editor