Tumorous: Plastic Fantastic

After her mastectomy, Juliet Disparte gets breast implants — a process that reveals just how shallow she is.

Screener Season

For Lauren Bagby, awards season marks the time to track and trade DVD screeners with friends and coworkers in the movie biz.

Jay McInerney Celebrates Chinese New Year and Reads Your Zodiac Sign

Jonathan San talks to Jay McInerney, who brings the bitter, depressed prose of his novels to horoscopes.

The Long Run: Notes on a Taper

As the New York City Marathon nears, Lindsay Crouse lessens her running and ups her eating and sleeping.

Burgled in Philly

When John Davidson’s apartment gets robbed, he learns that the easiest way to get his stuff back is to have one drug dealer lie to another drug dealer while he lies to the police.

Welcome Back Boody: A Death in the Family

Katie Boody struggles to console one of her brightest students after his older brother is murdered.

When Your TV Show Gets Cancelled

Lauren Bagby has advice in case the show you’re working on doesn’t get picked up for a second season.

Hold the Everything: A Food Plainist’s Lament

Luke Epplin likes his food bland and simple — why is that so hard to explain?

In the Land of the Non-Reader

Jonathan Gourlay stops reading books. This is what happens to him.

Best of The Bygone Bureau 2011

The Bureau Editors are taking a short break to enjoy the holidays. In the meantime, enjoy some of their favorite articles from the past year.

The Year My Music Library Moved to the Cloud

After a lifetime of meticulously managing his own digital music collection, Daniel Adler lets loose and signs up for an unlimited streaming service.

The Year I Watched a YouTube Video of Marshawn Lynch 1,000 Times

Darryl Campbell finds that his YouTube viewing habits extend to other, less important areas of his life.