I’m with Sarah Deming on this–I hate mixologists. Fortunately, they probably hate me too, assuming they acknowledge my existence at all, because I’m one of those muddle-palated creatures who prefers…
Want a mammoth ride? Give it four years, apparently. Want to really learn a subject? Write about it. (Now, is there any way we writing teachers can use this information…
Guess who’s got copies of his new book for sale. The surprise news last night was that Keith Olbermann’s show on MSNBC is no more. The interesting thing about the…
Jenny Hagel, the filmmaker/comdienne who made the Feminist Rapper webseries (see below), released a new short comedy film online this week. “Tech support” is about a woman who falls in…
Last month we asked our readers to write about “Family/Holidays,” a few weeks later we ran another “Rumpus Readers Report” that featured stories about “neighborhood.” Well we’re hungry for more…
A little vintage photography magazine porn for you. Handwritten notes by graphic designers. (via Letters of Note.) While we’re on the subject, perhaps you’d like to know about postal carrier…
Seed Magazine on the pros and cons of your cockiness. I don’t really know why I find these literal New Yorker cartoons so funny. This article is about farming slime…
“Lately, as his friends settle into careers in private-equity consulting and cosmetics PR, Lenny has found himself questioning his profession.” No, Lenny isn’t a down-on-his-luck writer who has yet to…
Let us now take a look at the oldest book from the Americas. Do you hate your job? The lunchtime clock is here to help. NASA’s plans to make airplanes…