Movies Disney To Rip Out Star Wars EU Continuity “Like A Tumor”
It's time for some impassioned debate about the Star Wars Expanded Universe continuity.
Mallory Ortberg
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Animals If G.R.R. Martin Were A Science Reporter
It would be different, is the point I'm trying to make, from how it is now, if G.R.R. Martin wrote our science news.
Health Design Flaws: The Horrible Human Neck
The human neck is one giant, germ-ridden design flaw.
History The Lost Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The recently re-discovered letters of Mary Shelley.
Folklore A True Gentleman
Characteristics of the true gentleman.
science Sweet God, Starfish Have Eyes
This week in things that should not have eyes but do have eyes: starfish.
Books If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
What happens to a mouse -- and to your sense of self -- when you give him a cookie.
Fashion Your Favorite Inspirational Non-English Teacher
English teachers get the lion's share of the credit; let's remember our inspirational math and science and music teachers.
Health Unusual Woman Hates Hospitals
In a striking departure from the norm, a local woman claims to dislike hospitals.
Books Adaptational Discrepancies Between 1998′s “Brink!” and Mary Mapes Dodge’s Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
The differences between The Disney Channel Original Movie "Brink!" and the 1865 novel "Hans Brinker."
Animals Predicting Human Behavior With 100% Accuracy: Misgender a Cat
I can predict with 100% accuracy what will happen if you misgender someone's cat.
Music Stages of Moral Development in Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”
Tracking the narrator's personal progress in "Margaritaville" using Kohlberg's moral stages.
Music Every Felony Committed in Decemberist Albums
All of the felonies that I could find named in all of the Decemberists' albums.
Books This Guy On An Old Harry Potter Forum Says Dumbledore Is A Time-Traveling Ron Weasley And I Want To Hear Him Out
Dumbledore is a time-traveling Ron Weasley, according to this one guy.
Animals The Sliding Scale of Wolf Sentience and Morality in Disney Films
Sometimes wolves in Disney movies stand up and talk. Sometimes they don't.
