Confessions of a Copyeditrix 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

Illustration courtesy of Bob May Please allow me to introduce myself. My professional name is Lady Strike, and I’m what they call a copyeditrix. That is, I edit manuscripts for spelling, grammatical,...

Recommendations, 8/23 23 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm

Photo courtesy of Board Game Geek Nick I’ve only played two rounds of Seasons, but it might already be my favorite board game. See, sometimes when I play games like Settlers of Catan or Dominion, I ...

A Defense of RSS in Seven Folders 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm

Despite the shuttering of Google Reader, I plan to continue on with RSS over the pseudo-alternatives provided by Twitter, The New York Times, and this new development I’ve heard of called “search.” It...

Russell Wilson Fan Fiction 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

At 5’11”, Russell Wilson was an unlikely NFL quarterback. He was the 75th overall pick in the draft, set to play backup to Matt Flynn, the Seahawks’ newly acquired understudy of Packers QB Aaron Rodge...

Asian Mother Alert 20 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm

Ladies, What Genre Are You Writing In? 19 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm

If you’re a writer, and somehow also not a man, there is one very important question you need to ask yourself: am I writing in the genre of Romance, Chick Lit, or Women’s Fiction? Since those are the...

40 Days of Awkward Conversations with the Safeway Checkout Clerk 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm

Day 1 Sara Lautman Carl Did you see Margaret today? Yeah, I went to Safeway to buy a can of beans. Margaret was the clerk at the shortest line. What did y’all do together? She rang me up for the...

Into the Myst 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

First released in 1993, Cyan’s Myst was an early CD-ROM puzzle game that marooned players on an enigmatic island full of books, machines, and puzzles. Remarkable for its gorgeously detailed environmen...

From Lizard King to Ledger King: Catching Up With Jim Morrison of the Doors 14 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm

So long, Woodstock and brown acid; hello, Smith-Barney and high-yield bonds. The 1960s’ granola-eating hippies are today’s yuppies: high-earning financial professionals who populate spacious high-ris...

Too Cool for School 13 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm

Photo courtesy of dave_7 If you met my younger brother Ben and me, you wouldn’t think we were much alike. We both attended the same catholic high school and then went straight to college, but that’s ...