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Silent Noodles, Swimming Pools and the ACLU: What I Learned From Magazines This Week


by Roz Warren



The correct term for mobile phone separation anxiety is nomophobia.
(Time, 9/4/17)

Henry David Thoreau was fond of belting out sea shanties at parties.
(The New Yorker, 9/4/17)

The best way to befriend famous people is to have no idea who they are. 
(New York, 10/16/17)

A Japanese company has developed a noise-cancelling fork that masks the sound of noodle slurping.
(Time, 11/16/17)

Only 2% of the world's population have naturally blond hair.
(New York, 8/7/17)

Beyonce's new house has 4 swimming pools.
(People, 9/4/17)

More than two thirds of American women are size 14 or larger.
(New York, 8/7/17)

We are living in a world full of assholes.
(New York, 9/18)

Ed Droste, founding member of the indy group Grizzly Bear, has LOL tattooed on his butt.
(Out, 8/17)

Bob Dylan once said that hearing Elvis for the first time was like busting out of jail.
(Time, 8/21/17)

ACLU membership has quadrupled since Trump's election.
(Out, 8/17)

(Roz Warren (www.rosalindwarren.com)  is the author of OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES:  LIBRARY HUMOR and JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: AN INSIDER'S TALES OF LIBRARY LIFE, both of which you should buy immediately.) 








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