May 14, 2019 0 1968: A Space, and Financial Services, Odyssey In the spring of 1968, sci-fi fans in the United States and, later, around the world, were treated to a film [...]
May 13, 2019 0 A Brief History of Self-Destructing DVDs Blockbuster Video got its start in Texas in 1985. It wasn’t the first video rental place in [...]
May 8, 2019 0 Why Do I Keep Getting Calls from Slovenia?! I’m going to admit something I shouldn’t: If I had to point to Slovenia on an unlabeled map, I’d [...]
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 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 [...]