Recent Faves from The New Yorker

As I really am at a loss on what to tell you, darlings, here are two links to recent pieces in The New Yorker that I liked.
The first one is one of the only truly funny comic pieces in the humor section Shouts and Murmurs, which is usually insufferable. This litte gem is by Noah Baumbach (whose movies are usually insufferable) and it is about a bee on blow.
And this one blew my mind. It's not totally available yet on the net, but it's on last week's issue.