
Best Intellectual Entertainment: Watching Julie Klausner, who had never read a word of Rand's, compete in the "Ayn Rand Game Show" at Housing Works -- Jonah Wolf

The Worst Thing I Read This Week (And Probably Ever): "The war on men" by Suzanne Venker published by Fox News -- Hazel Cills
Best Sex Tape Extortion Scandal: Communist Party official Lei Zhengfu's because it blows that pesky Petraeus scandal out of the water. -- Max Kessler
Best Geopolitical Development: Palestine being recognized as a state by the UN -- Mickey Boardman


Best Museum Addition of The Week: The Sims added to MoMA's new videogame collection -- HC
Best NYT Article About Camels Named Ted, Gabby and Carol in the Rockettes' Christmas Show: This one! -- ET
Best Quote From an NYT Article About Camels Named Ted, Gabby and Carol in the Rockette's Christmas Show: "Ted would be here every day. He loves the attention." -- ET
Best (Oldish) Song of the Week: The faux-80s "Pop Goes My Heart" from 2007's Music & Lyrics starring Hugh Grant -- HC
Best Word We Learned All Week: "Ningle Nangles" (courtesy of Simon Doonan) -- AS
Best Media Blitz: I somehow made it through the long-ass profiles of Danny Bowien and Mission Chinese Food in both New York and GQ even though we got there back in May. Loved learning about how Danny won the international pesto competition. -- JW

Second Best Fashion Discovery We Made This Week: Vice Versa Vintage in Williamsburg has racks on racks on racks of ugly Christmas sweaters -- go hog wild before your next holiday party, kids! -- AS

The Best Video We Should All Have Seen Months Ago: "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Who doesn't dream of running freely through the armchair section of a thrift store in your fur coat? -- MK
Best Proof That David Mamet Hates Women: The Anarchist -- MB
Best Fake TV Character We Wish Were Real: Muriel Rosenberg in The Old Girl, a re-make of The New Girl -- AS
