Craig Fehrman’s post earlier today, The Freelance Life, got me thinking about something interesting I read in The Wreck of the Henry Clay last week. In a post from April…
I have to admit, reading an application of literary theory to something like a pop song gives me the giggles. Yeah, I’m a dork–this is a shock? So when I…
The latest issue of the Oxford American includes their annual “Best of the South” package, but it’s also got an essay on the struggles of freelancing, a subject that knows…
Beef up your art history skills. (via @misskatewatson) Hemingway was a spy for the KGB? Garfield Minus Garfield (highlighted by our own Rick Moody). Dolphin inspired personal submarines: for when…
Did enemy of all that is good in film Michael Bay luck into a story that illustrates basic Hindu thought? The folk at Overthinking It make an interesting case for…
This site was funnier when I thought it was a collection of email conversations from different people instead of some jerk just screwing with people who put up ads online.…
WHERE: The Makeout Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco WHEN: Monday, August 10, 7:00pm WHO and WHAT: Hilarious Music by DJ Real Short film by Wholphin Performance by yo-yo genius…
The New York Times this morning had an interesting story — the third in a series about stopgap measures that could limit global warming — about Bus Rapid Transit lines.…
How Metafilter beat the New York Times. Tearing down freeways could be the answer to all your urban traffic woes. In 2009 I’ve had the worst allergies of my life,…
Your night editor was MIA yesterday for a very good reason: he inadvertantly got locked into the Emeryville IKEA overnight, and in the end there was nothing to be done…