May 7, 2019 0 A Glass Loophole The offer made by the sign pictured above is a common one in Arizona, or, at least, more common than you’ll [...]
May 6, 2019 0 When a Truck Driver Had a Very Delicious Meltdown The name “Carvel” is synonymous with ice cream. Known for its cartoony ice cream cakes — remember [...]
May 2, 2019 0 The Weekender, May 3, 2019 1) “My Childhood in a Cult” (The New Yorker, 17 minutes, April 2019). “Where are you from?” [...]
May 2, 2019 0 The Cars that Karaoke If your car is making an unexpected noise, that’s often the sign of a problem. Perhaps it’s a [...]
April 30, 2019 0 The Dancing Plague In the mid-1300s, the Black Death ravaged Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East and neighboring parts [...]
April 29, 2019 0 Why You Shouldn’t Take Advice From a Board Game Monopoly, as I’ve mentioned before, is a terrible board game. The rules are complicated and often make [...]
April 26, 2019 0 The Weekender, April 26, 2019 1) “Physicians Get Addicted Too” (The Atlantic, 21 minutes, April 2019). The subhead: “Lou [...]
April 25, 2019 0 The Bug in the Plan In most parts of the world, if your car is stolen, the police will take some meaningful efforts to try to [...]
April 23, 2019 0 Why These Windows Don’t Have Windows Pictured above is a building from Southampton, England. It has a lot of windows — there are seven (plus [...]
April 22, 2019 0 The Surströmming Offensive There are lots of advantages to living in an apartment building, sure, but there are also some disadvantages, [...]