Ow'l bet you're just a hoot   We've all had those Mornings. The ones during which you become one with the couch; your physical labor for the day maxes out at lying horizontally on cushions; your earthly existence screeches to complete halt; you chose to take a sharp detour off of the highway of self-loathing onto the bumpy off-road of pure … [Read more...]

Savagely, yet Beautifully, destroyed by McSweeny's THE POLAR EXPRESS, AS RUN BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY - by Will Quinn a THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Colin Nissan … [Read more...]

Five coffee scenes and dangerous levels of caffeine I was once a Starbucks barista. Yes, as imagined, it was kind of a complete disaster. Highlights: I got in trouble for writing "Oprah" on my name tag, killed time by switching between writing "Voldemort" and "Tupac" on every other cup for a few days, once had 12 shots of espresso in 5 hours and … [Read more...]

Spoiler: Skip the Carmen Sandiego Antics and look here   So I spent a solid 20 minutes trying to find the address for this slice of heaven, which is extremely difficult most likely to thwart people like myself. You would have to be a sociopath to not find the below cottage utterly magical - I think the only cons are limited availability of … [Read more...]

We're going to Pumpkin Spice up your life There comes a time when even the most sheltered children discover that Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are simply their parents in disguise.  I'm sorry to rip that scab off but spoiler alert: Pumpkin Spice is just cinnamon. Pumpkin Spice is akin to Donald Trump; they're both orange, … [Read more...]