Penney's Two Cents | Mos Def's Letter To The Observer | Media Salaries In '77 | Tweet Turds

• The Huffington Post: Former Self editor and Madoff Ponzi scheme victim Alexandra Penney

discusses why losing everything meant gaining perspective and not just the newly-formed and overwhelming desire to punch hedgehogs.

• Gawker: Mos Def may have written a strongly-worded letter to The Observer after writer D.M. Levine mentioned the performer was seen sipping from a bottle of Rolling Rock at 172 Duane Street. Beats rumors of playing Edward Fortyhands at 256 Grand Street.

• Mediaite: A New York magazine issue from 1977 reveals writers