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The whole idea of a president needing a vacation sounds, to be honest, more than a little wimpy. After all, you’re the leader of the free world, and the free world never takes a break. If “vacation” was code for “diplomatic trip abroad,” we might understand, but every president seems to make a point of [...]

Hey, so, it’s basically Moon Week this week, with the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing coming up on Monday and tomorrow marking the date that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong lifted off in Apollo 11. Accordingly, every media outlet is knee-deep in nostalgic moon-gazing coverage, but we’re more interested in the ways that [...]

What’s a good sci-fi or fantasy series without a fascinating, deeply rich urban locale to serve as its backdrop? Batman’s got Gotham, Superman has Metropolis, and any comparable franchise that plans to stick around would do good to create comparable settings from which subplots and supporting characters can emerge to provide new narratives and continuing [...]

Although YouTube abounds with heaps of evidence to support the argument that cheap video equipment is dumbing down the world, wasting energy and killing creativity, there are plenty of works that suggest the opposite. The advances in fan films, for instance, are proof that new, cheaper technology levels the playing field in a productive way. [...]

One of the most iconic images of modern history is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary: on June 5th, 1989 an unknown man faced down a row of tanks on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where months of protest had finally ceased when the military removed protesters from the public plaza by force. Nobody ever discovered who [...]

It’s a little strange how many now famous people appeared as contestants on The Dating Game, but then again, it must be hard for struggling musicians, artists, writers and world-champion body builders to meet people. That said, a live TV show might not be the easiest place for such talented icons to shine, and certainly [...]

Long thought to be the province of renaissance fairs and silly time travel medieval movies (Black Knight anyone?) and restricted to the leisure class that could afford horses, armor, assistants and those long wooden swords, jousting has made a mini-comeback with various web-ready DIY iterations. Some examples: office chair jousting, electric wheelchair jousting, bike jousting [...]

Hey, it’s Memorial Day, and if you’re not cooking up a delicious slab of beef today in our nation’s great outdoors (ie. a backyard, stoop or fire escape somewhere), well, you’re un-American (and girlie). There, I said it.
Fear not, however, young hesitant and confused patriot, there’s still time to put your country where your mouth [...]

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 [...]

Did you ever see the Eddie Murphy-Steve Martin comedy Bowfinger? No? Well, it wasn’t an Oscar bait film (in fact it was pretty grossly under-rated), but at one point Murphy’s action movie star character Kit Ramsey points out that black men only get nominated for Oscars if they play slaves, and even then it’s the [...]