Dec 7
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In 1992, David Sedaris first read “Santaland Diaries,” the tale of the horrible time he had working as a Macy’s elf.…
Reid McCarter
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Contributor, The A.V. Club. Reid's a writer and editor who has appeared at GQ, Playboy, and Paste. He also co-created and writes for videogame sites Bullet Points Monthly and Digital Love Child.
Dec 4
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The Mandalorian is probably the best thing to come out of the Star Warsiverse (™) since some genius creature…
Dec 4
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Danish rapper Morten “Marvelous Mosell” Sell has, like so many musicians, looked to the past for creative…
Dec 4
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Now that Warner Bros. has announced plans to debut its entire slate of 2021 releases on HBO Max at the same they hit …
Dec 3
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J.R.R. Tolkien, the man who gave us hobbits, talking trees, and, indirectly, a massively popular film where a…
Dec 3
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Master nostalgia archivist Matt Carracappas (a.k.a. Dinosaur Dracula) has long devoted himself to the (sometimes…
Dec 2
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The past week has been positively tumescent with statue news. The first big item to come springing forward was the…
Dec 2
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Of the many scenes that mildly frightened and generally confused kids when they watched A Christmas Story with no…
Dec 1
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Tom Cruise, despite all attempts to make us believe otherwise, is comprised of flesh and blood like everyone else.…
Dec 1
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There are new developments in the case of that strange metal structure discovered in a remote stretch of Utah…
Nov 30
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Most visions of the future that extend beyond a few years are tragically wrong. This means that we ignore the…
Nov 30
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Last week, a mysterious metal monolith was discovered in a remote area of Utah. A few investigators, failing to heed…
Nov 30
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Despite everything this year has thrown at the world, the 2020 National Dog Show still took place. A Scottish…
Nov 25
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Earlier this week, former movie star and enduring cultural curiosity Lindsay Lohan started popping up in a TikTok ad…
Nov 25
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The one downside of the undying Steamed Hams meme—aside from the worry that one good Simpsons scene from a long time…
Nov 25
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For all the benefits of being a kid—no bills to pay; lots of free time to sing about dinosaurs; a brain that can’t…
Nov 24
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Dan O’Conor is an artist and clothing designer from Chicago who’s shown the world a simple method for relieving the…
Nov 24
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Incredibly, the Saved By The Bell reboot has turned out well, managing to bring a new generation of Bayside High…
Nov 23
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The human body is complex and the modern medical techniques used to keep it in working order are so sophisticated…
Nov 23
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We thought this day would never come. After war broke out between Dave Grohl, 51, and Nandi Bushell, 10, a few…