Science Saturday
If you weren’t already afraid of scorpions, then you probably don’t want to hear that their exoskeleton sort of acts like one big eye. Popular Science takes us on a…
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Saturday Morning Links
Welcome to the end of the year. This time last year, I was living in Fort Lauderdale, which was going through the coldest December on record, according to NOAA. This…
End The Year Laughing Against The Machine in San Francisco
Laughter Against the Machine is doing New Years! In San Francisco! There are five shows to choose from between Thursday Dec 29 and Saturday Dec 31 at the Phoenix theatre.…
Did You Write a Letter that Sugar Answered?
Can you be in San Francisco on February 14th? Are you willing to discuss your experience in front of an audience? If so, email Sugar AT therumpus.net!
Notable San Francisco: 12/26-1/1
Celebrate the last week of 2011 for cheap, or better yet, free! Monday 12/26: Check out some insane boxing day deals. Tonight’s holiday disaster-themed Porchlight reading is open for submissions,…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Hey folks, we’re going to take it easy this week. That being said, we’d never leave you all alone. Here are a few things Alec has ollied (we have no…
On Survival and Extinction
Guernica interviews Texas-based artist Dario Robleto about his exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center Survival Does Not Lie in the Heavens. Robleto touches on his interest in mourning or…
“Baghdad Country Club” Giveaway!
Have you read our excerpt from Joshuah Bearman’s “Baghdad Country Club” yet? If you haven’t already gone to The Atavist to get the whole story, hold up! The first five…
On Revelations
“When you write personally and intimately, difficult questions arise. Whose stories do we, as writers, have the right to tell? To what extent do we have the right to write…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Seriously you guys, The Big Picture’s year in review is the best thing about December (part three may be live by the time this is). How do anglerfish mate? Fascinatingly!…
Holiday Tales
Whether you’re heading to your childhood home or staying put in your studio apartment, The Awl has a couple stories to get you in the holiday groove. Check out Amy…
Depressing Sex: An Essay in Pictures
Artist Jason Novak brings us his tale “Depressing Sex: An essay in pictures.” Enjoy: