THE FEED: OCT 1ST

What we're reading:

Sweetness in Sin City
(New Yorker): Does the CityCenter development save Las Vegas architecturally?

Wash your mouth out with soap
(University of Michigan News Service): Lying really does create a desire to clean the 'dirty' body part

Fact-checking the Facebook movie
(Slate): What Aaron Sorkin got wrong

Today's quote:

"I hadn’t seen any novel make the statement that entering the workforce was like entering the grave. That from then on, nothing happens and you have to pretend to be interested in your work. And, furthermore, that some people have a sex life and others don’t just because some are more attractive than others. I wanted to acknowledge that if people don’t have a sex life, it’s not for some moral reason, it’s just because they’re ugly. Once you’ve said it, it sounds obvious, but I wanted to say it."

~ Michel Houellebecq, "Michel Houellebecq, The Art of Fiction No. 206" (Paris Review)

(Via The Economist)

Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com