Books
For no real reason other than the sheer fun of it, a list of egg references in the works of P.G. Wodehouse.
Books
No one could end a story on a downer note like Hans Christian Andersen. No one else even comes close.
Books
When women don't have sex with Jonathan Franzen, he gets angry. And you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
Writing
The day the normal girl moved to town, nothing changed.
Advice
Don't send your daughters to college. Send them anywhere else, but not there.
History
Massive political and cultural movements from various historical eras distilled into lazy catchphrases.
Animals
The most English-y details of the most English story about badger-hunting in the entire world.
Movies
Why Airplane!'s Johnny is one of the most significant gay characters of the entire 1980s.
Art
Yes, he's built London's fieriest death ray. And he knew it would happen. But are you really going to hold that against him?
Food
Ruby Tuesday's burger campaigns cannot go backwards, only forwards; never less sexy, only more.
Books
William Carlos Williams has a lot of things he needs from the store. Is he supposed to apologize for that?
Television
The truth behind the Magic Bullet infomercials. The sweaty, sordid, swinging-related truth.
Artwork
The signs and signals of the Neighborhood Watch.
Advice
There's nothing more useful to a cocktail party or a graduate school essay than a well-placed reference to the emerging middle class.
Relationships
The singles in your area are getting tired of waiting for you.