Tags: strunk and white

Five things that should be issued to every Amer­i­can on his or her 14^th birthday

1. con­doms (and instruc­tion on how and when to use/​not use them)

2. The Ele­ments of Style by Strunk and White

3. phone num­ber of a super-​​cool, non-​​panicky adult (who will get you out of the jams your par­ents must never learn of)

4. Surfer Rosa by Pixies

5. iPod on which to lis­ten to Surfer Rosa at painfully loud volume

~ Mer­lin Mann’s hilar­i­ous 5ives.