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If you’re reading this on your laptop in a classroom when you should be paying attention, shame on you! This week of all weeks, which is Teacher Appreciation Week, you should pay attention when your teacher speaks and be respectful in the classroom. To teach you your lesson, we’ve procured the assistance of these 9 [...]

If there is one thing that can be said with certainty about the Internet it’s that anything that gets posted to the web will likely outlive the insects who have survived the Nuclear Apocalypse. That’s why, starting today, The Daily What will begin forcibly retiring viral sensations whose time has come – for the good [...]

As we enter big award show-season, Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations are among the most anticipated (and criticized) lists of the year. Last week’s award list came from the Golden Globes, announcing the nominees for the 2009 edition of the TV and movie award show.
Not important in and of themselves, people pay attention to [...]

The cinephiles at one of our favorite movie blogs, Future of Classic, bring us a helpful list on the occasion of the recent release of Cadillac Records (the movie about blues label Chess Records), which covers an oft-overlooked period in the early development of rock in Chicago.
Too short to be impervious to criticisms, their 5 [...]