Poetry occupies a cultural space in Contemporary American Society somewhere between Tap Dancing and Ventriloquism…
William Morrow/HarperCollins has pulled Neal Stephenson’s brand-new book, Reamde, off…
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In their ever-widening search for somebody who is not Mitt Romney, conservatives are now souring on Rick Perry and turning their desperate, flailing hopes toward Chris Christie. For his part…
“Since they have no predators, piranhas have started attacking people on the beach.” — Brazilian environmental official Romildo Mafra, discusses the surge in the local piranha population that led to some 100 swimmers being set upon by the voracious fish and their rows and rows of famously…
1. Naming baby girls “Layla,” “Leila” or “Lila.”
2. Menus written in chalk on walls of restaurants
3. Conversations about how mosquitos seem to be around longer this year
“The Army’s latest scheme to stop homemade bombs is pretty much inspired by “Knight Rider.’” True story! Robot car hates bombs! (“We’re not making KITT,” says the KITT-building company honcho, which obviously means the opposite. So this is how it all ends.)
Sure, we hate the moon, but the sun is what’s really out to get us, as we just survived a G3 coronal mass ejection. The next one could DESTROY US ALL, apparently: “A ‘Space Katrina’ could be inevitable — at the very least we should be able to see it coming.” Mmm hmm, he said “Space Katrina.”
