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Jan 19, 2024

FLOTUS State: Member of the de-press

The most interesting souvenir from Dr. Jill Biden’s recent SoCo sojourn was the official “White House Press Pool” pass issued by the Secret Service.  The fact that they were left blank, unfettered by some wine country journo’s smudgy byline, only raises their resale value. That said, I’m keeping mine as...
Nov 22, 2022

Vikings Lament Not Being Invited to First Thanksgiving

After discovering definitive proof that Vikings reached the shores of North America 1,000 years ago, anthropologists have since learned...
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Oct 26, 2022

Vamp Champ

A veritable vampire weekend awaits local Halloween celebrants with a taste for blood (and beyond) as the veil thins...
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Oct 18, 2022

Pan Solo: Life-sized ‘Star Wars’ bread art

Sure, too many baked goods could make you look like Jabba the Hutt, but has it never occurred to...
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Oct 12, 2022

Mustache: Should I shave or should I grow

The prevalence of unironic mustaches is growing. By “unironic,” I mean mustaches grown in earnest without self-conscious consideration, self-parody,...
Oct 5, 2022

Banned Books Week

Censorship Sucks Despite all of the press releases, despite all the bookstore banners and despite the groundswell of media attention,...
Aug 24, 2022

The Dangers of Monetizing Creativity

When you’re a broke-ass-art-person, there are about a million podcasts and blogs and online courses encouraging you to create...
Jul 27, 2022

Notes from the Set of (Not) a Werewolf Film

When news editor Will Carruthers offhandedly suggested I write a dispatch from the set, he had no idea I...
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