Morning Coffee (6/29/12)

FRIDAY. Finally.

People are saying they'll move to Canada to avoid universal health care. Good luck with that!

A beautiful piece of writing: Lena Dunham on Nora Ephron. Also: Nora Ephron's Hollywood ending.

Magic Mike comes out today! Check out Magic Mike: The Gathering cards, and the rules of magic in Magic Mike. Hee.

I honestly don't understand authors who want to limit the ways people can read.

Whoa! Brazil is letting some prisoners shorten their sentences by reading.

War on women: Afghanistan edition.

Slang: Older than you thought.

A Palestinian Village Tries to Protect a Terraced Ancient Wonder of Agriculture

Morning Coffee (6/8/12)

IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY.

How to Survive Anything, Except Sexism

Fascinating, horrifying, and very well-done: The Horace Mann School’s Secret History of Sexual Abuse

Remember that Buddhist couple who stayed within a few feet of each other? They got divorced, she remarried, and her husband is dead under somewhat weird circumstances.

Okay, it's Friday, so the rest of these will be fun:

What your Friday needs: Joe Biden Dancing the Hora.

Early Theater of Shakespeare Is Unearthed in London

My friend Andy has The Father's Day Gift Guide Dad Wants You to Read.

Alyssa's doing a rewatch of The Wire, so I'm finally going to watch it.

Wait, what your Friday really needs: 50 Stills from Magic Mike.

New Trailer: Magic Mike

As Vulture put it, this one has less whining, more stripping. Yay.