Grand Larseny

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is just about the funniest high-brow humor that I have ever run across. I have already posted their insightful analysis of US Airways Flight 1549 (the flight that landed on the Hudson river without pontoon attachments). By “insightful analysis” I of course mean a hilarious lampooning of conspiracy theories that might arise regarding [...]

The world’s biggest diamoind heist, it turns out, may well have been an elaborate scam. Well, if you can draw a distinction between a scam and a robbery.
Over at Wired the have the full story given by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who is a gentleman I have not had the pleasure of meeting. It’s a really interesting [...]