mcsweeney's recommends

McSweeney's is back in the recommending business. Some of my favorite entries this time 'round include:

• Owning your own washer/dryer (I don't own these appliances, but anyone who's ever housed me has, so I hope to continue my lucky streak of never having used a laundromat.)
• What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
• Haughty Melodic by Mike Doughty
• Italicized Garamond Ampersand [& ]
• Ben Kingsley

When American Idiot shows up, you've entered the oldies.