MoDo shot down, Daily view, 11/2

• Katie Roiphe retaliates against Maureen Dowd in Slate. "Dowd's aphorisms, amusing and pithy in the morning paper along with a cup of coffee, are precisely what the conversation about sexual politics does not need." Thanks, Katie!


• These paper lamps from ShadyShade are kinda cool... though not as cool as good old Tord Boontje. While neither is practical (I'm sorry, does no one else live in a vortex of pet hair and dust?), there is a do-it-yourself factor to the ShadyShade lamps that makes me want to make my own. Because, you know, I have so much free time for crafts.


• More cool lamps: I have always wanted this cheesy ass pigeon lamp, which is finally available in in the US (the Brits have had it for years now).


• All the New York Public Library Plaques (you know, with the quotes) are available to view online.


• Am having a bad workday, but damn, this google search for "hate boss" yields some frightening results.