I'm an eight-at-a-time Netflix junkie, which means either I'm a cinephile or I have no life. Or both. Anywho, a documentary on the site caught my... More >>

Why do we find fluffy fat things with big eyes cute (like kittens), but not creatures with sharp features and bony frames (like lobsters)? Some... More >>

Fireflies, or "lightening bugs," which is what I used to call them in Illinois, glow by a process known as "bioluminescence." All living cells... More >>

Hey, sinner: While you've been fornicating, aborting, shooting up, and popping organic grapes in your mouth at Whole Foods without paying, hell... More >>

Our country is in a constitutional crisis. The executive branch is running the judiciary. As a result, Democrats are throwing Busby... More >>

I feel very Holden Caulfield lately. I don't like phonies. I also feel like an outsider, just like him. It's a feeling that culminated in my... More >>

One of the best things about San Francisco is that you can still find tiny ma 'n' pa bars run by people with accents — Greek, Welsh,... More >>

Rehab is the new kabbalah for celebrities who want to re-examine their motivations and mistakes. But instead of Jewish mystics it has Jewish... More >>

When you're dreaming, certain things seem completely normal, and it's only when you wake up and really think about it that you realize something... More >>

Foosball is but a mystery. No one knows from where this herky-jerky table sport arose; some say Spain, others France. Just like in America, where... More >>