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NASA’s Perseverance Is Bringing the Sights and Sounds of Mars to Earthlings
The news about Mars has been non-stop since NASA’s newest rover, Perseverance, made its successful landing on the red planet on February 18. Equipped with better cameras than its predecessor,...
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Understanding the Weirdness of the Platypus through Genome Sequencing
The platypus is one of the weirdest creatures the Earth has ever produced. It has a flat bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver, and lays eggs like a reptile. The males have a poisonous spur on their...
View ArticleGoddamn Do I Miss Live Music
It’s been over a year since the Coronavirus pandemic led to society as we know it shutting down. Aside from a few countries that nailed their response to the crisis (respect, Vietnam), and some that...
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A Recent Study on Plant Consciousness Revives a Decades-Long Debate among...
“How do they know where to go?” My mother and I asked this question repeatedly last summer as we tried (in vain) to control the spread of the morning glories we planted. The vines of these lovely...
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Coming Abstractions: Featureman, YouTube’s Elder Statesman of the Absurd
Welcome to the first in a series of recurring columns where we take a look at some of the more obscure, slightly stranger corners of the entertainment world. To start things out, I want to tell you...
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I Don’t Listen to Podcasts, Please Still Like Me
At the risk of sounding very uncool – which I am – I don’t listen to podcasts. I want to, but at this point it just feels too late to get in on the game. Like buying an air fryer or watching Tiger...
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False Memories Can Be Imprinted and Reversed and Other Internet Rabbit Holes
Homeland actor David Harewood (who played the dour CIA apparatchik David Estes) will star in a BBC program about the History of Blackface. (Deadline) You’ve probably been pronouncing ‘Adidas’ wrong for...
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A Pop Culture Explainer for All My Out-of-the-Loop Friends
I don’t have a lot of time to spend on social media. I go on Instagram, where I follow hot women trainers once in a blue moon just to feel bad enough about myself to go exercise but not bad enough...
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Catch the April 1st Bridezillas Marathon on Plex Live TV
Plex Live TV is airing a marathon of Bridezillas April 1st, right on time for me to prepare for my sister’s wedding. Looks like I really overestimated her. She’s got NOTHING on these women. Nothing....
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Flying Cars by 2023 and other Internet Rabbit Holes
Despite being cancelled at Starz, Neil Gaiman insists that American Gods is “not dead.” (Slashfilm) “I just saw the first prosthetic test for the Clicker and it’s awesome.” — Clickers LIVE! Aaaagh! God...
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Science Says Megalodon Got a Head Start in Life by Eating Its Siblings in the...
A recent study on the megalodon has given scientists and monster-lovers more tantalizing tidbits about the prehistoric creature’s birth and lifelong development. A team of researchers found evidence...
View ArticleComing Abstractions: Watch This Incredibly Emotional Dog Dancing Competition
I first became aware of competitive dog dancing in the winter of 2002. As a 15-year-old, my adolescent brain was still developing. I like to think this lack of mental rigidity allowed me to more easily...
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Make Sure To Put Your Game Consoles In Sleep Mode To Reduce Their Carbon...
Streaming shows through the latest Xbox or PlayStation uses 10 to 25 times more energy than a dedicated streaming device, according to a report published earlier this year by the Natural Resources...
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Lowered Expectations
There’s a Sex and the City revival in the works, which means it’s time to examine my life. The fantasy of writing as a profession was that I’d never have to actually talk to anyone or do anything other...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s ‘Shelter From The Storm’ from 1976’s Hard Rain is One of the...
When it comes to Bob Dylan live albums, 1976’s Hard Rain is not exactly one of Dylan’s most celebrated. As one of the most important musical artists of the modern era, and a restlessly inventive live...
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Be Amazed by the Best YouTube Comments Section Ever
No one knows the meaning of life for sure, but human beings have the ability to sense when they’re experiencing true, life-altering beauty. We know when there is the now and there is everything that...
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Pop Culture Explainer: Zac Efron, Pearl Necklaces, and Deadly French Fries
As usual, I’m fashionably late to the party and catching up on trends from a week ago. Very likely that by the time I’ve figured out the drama and who or why is trending, it’ll be over and the world...
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Cat Groups Are the Antidote for Our Times. Now, Look at This Picture of My Cat
Cats are the best, so great that TS Eliot wrote a whole poem about them. And then Andrew Lloyd Weber made a show about it that lasted forever. You will never be able to convince me that cats aren’t...
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Jarcuteries, Jorts, Jack Black’s Mom, and Other Rabbit Holes
Behold, the magnificent or totally unnecessary – depending on how you see it – personalized charcuterie, jarcuterie. (The Produce Moms) I don’t know who’s in charge of summer trends because they need...
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A Literary Deconstruction of John Cena’s New Book of Inspirational Tweets
I have a very complicated relationship with John Cena’s Twitter account. I often take screenshots of his tweets and text them to my friends. I had copies delivered to multiple people’s homes on the day...
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