How to Identify Assholes with this Simple Formula

Find them before they friend you

Nanotechnology can expand our intelligence, cure cancer and it’ll be available much sooner than you think.

About That Guy Who Was Manspreading on the Train

It’s the Psychology, Stupid: How Trump Rubs ’Em the Right Way

We’ve seen this movie before folks, and many of you are old enough to remember it well.

“So You Want to Play with my Daughter?” How to be Prepared for the First Playdate with a Boy

Finding The Line : A Breakup Story

Trigger Warning: mild depiction of pregnancy and abortion.

January 2009

I had broken up with Marshall in December. After 4 years of being in an on-and-off long distance…

There’s a Nightmare on My Mantle

My Elf on the Shelf Musings, 2014–2016

2016: What a mess

Hoo boy.

2016 has been one wild ride.

Dr. Henry Heimlich Dies Performing Other Maneuver

Family of famous physician says he was not good at any maneuvers except his own

Santa Claus: The Christmas Quasiparticle

The theory of Father Christmas as an emergent property

Does the entity referred to variously as ‘Santa’ and ‘Father Christmas’ exist? This is a question often asked at this time of year by juvenile…

WELCOME TO THE ENIGMATIC PARCEL EXPERIENCE

(Formerly, Thaibride.net)

Not Suddenly, but Slowly

That’s How the World (as We Know it) Will Surely End

Donald Trump Drops Phone In Toilet, Fails to Critique SNL

“Trump’s apparent lack of vitriol can only be a sign of the early stages of Parkinson’s,” says doctor.

The Blame Game — A TV Show

This is my open pitch to the television industry. I’ll be waiting for my phone call from Bob Iger.

This Barber Brought Home A Dead Man Wrapped In A Rug — You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next!

Dear J. Crew, ZipCar, and the New York Public Library: Thank You for Wishing Me a Happy Holiday

A Shower Post

No I’m not posting this while showering. I wish I could multitask at that level of greatness. I used to over bathe. I’d take two or three showers every day. Not because I liked being clean, but for one because I was afraid if I didn’t shower my hair would look gross and silly, and people would judge me…