This is really dumb but I can’t stop staring at it; tiny versions of bigger things. Gerry Canavan points us in the direction of THE BLOOP. Sea monster? Cthulu? Nothing…
A little snapshot of love stories from around the web. One of my all-time favorite love stories told at the Moth podcast: Mike Destefano recalling his love for Franny in…
Dear writers and readers, Finally! The inaugural post for the new Rumpus column Funny Women can be read here. This is just the beginning. You, the writers and readers, will…
Giant rat discovered in secret volcano. The new species of rat doesn’t have a name yet, if anyone has any ideas. Slate on new bubble technologies. Man accidentally fires a…
When I came across this first link, my immediate reaction was “we need an anthology of the sonnet?” Apparently we do. I’ll be checking this one out. Rebecca Wolff can…
I understand the difficulties that marketers face. They have to make a splash in an over-saturated media market, and it’s difficult to divert peoples’ attention away from not just their…
Two weeks in a row now I’m doing a blog post on the upcoming feature story in the NY Times Magazine. This won’t become a habit–they get plenty of attention…
It’s time to release my inner geek. Okay, not so inner. Behold the cannibal galaxy! Triangulum, your day is coming! The nonprofit Solar CITIES is installing solar power systems in…
Back on August 25th, we ran a blog post about Roxanne Shanté, a one-time rapper who’d supposedly used an afterthought of a clause in her record contract to force her…