Classically-trained pop pianist Tori Amos released her 14th studio album last week; while its title (Unrepentant Geraldines) is a bit of a head-scratcher, many critics and fans have praised the album...
Realizing that you’ve accidentally missed the episode: Attempting to find it on-demand as part of your cable package, then having it not work due to a connectivity error: Going online to distract...
Chronic illnesses and their symptoms may be very different from one another, but if there's one thing that people who have chronic illness, pain, and/or fatigue can agree on, it's that being sick all...
A new twist on the Texts From Last Night website, a site where users post texts from their drunken nights out. This time, the texts are matched with images from beloved 80s show Star Trek: The Next...
Does what it says on the tin: the sensuous, lyrical poetry of Pablo Neruda, with pictures of cats. Set it in the new context of the cat memes, Neruda's poetry becomes extremely silly, even...
Finding a great employment opening that’s a perfect fit for your career aspirations: Submitting an awesome application package on time: Staying in a work situation that you’re way, way too...
Prior to this week, I hadn't been in New York City in a very long time. I don't want to say that an ice age had passed, but let's just say that the last time I passed by Calvary Cemetery in the rain...
Christopher Guest is finally (and delightfully) back behind the camera with Family Tree, a new half-hour single-camera comedy on HBO co-created with Jim Piddock. The production is a bit of a...
On April 23, I wrote to Sam Morril that I wanted to work with him to change the conversation about rape jokes. That conversation, I said, was stuck in a frustrating, repetitive pattern: “Feminists...
I tried not to embarrass Sam Morril. To understand how hard this was, for me, I should start at the beginning. Which was: On April 15, I went to a comedy show. The opener was one Sam Morril. And his...
