Open Letters from McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Call me a snob, but I appreciate McSweeney's, not only for the work they produce, but also for they way they encourage young writers. I'm pretty much on board for anything that comes from the mind of Dave Eggers. And have you seen their packaging? Divine.

On Friday afternoon, they hooked me with a tweet that said: "An Open Letter to the Mix Tape Made for Me By My College Boyfriend, Now Deceased." Intrigued, I clicked through, only to learn about the long-standing column "Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond." Naturally, I proceeded to read no less than eighteen of the submissions.

I'm still picking my favorites, but if you're looking for a quick read, I recommend the following:

And just for good measure, a  post about the "lovable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery" that is Comic Sans.