Because a few people have asked…fans of David Foster Wallace should read Troy Patterson's write-up for Slate. Troy is a fellow vet of our college paper, and his take is on point as usual.
Well, as …

"…but I am getting pretty sick and tired of these fucking church people."
My boyfriend uses that Carlin quip in response to anything and everything — he can't find his keys, he's lost his train of …

I bet you can, because I embarrassed myself on Mental Floss's grammar quiz. Two of the questions were phrased in such a way that I overthought them, but did know the right answer even though …

"Would you like to see my red wheelbarrow?"
[Warning: spoilicious. On the plus side, I wouldn't advise seeing the movie, so you may proceed, or not, with that in mind.]
I enjoyed Smart People, in the sense …

'Tis the season once again for headline fun with the word "bunting" — but while today's does have a baseball subject, the bunting in question is not the effecting of an infield hit, but the …

My apologies to central and western PA, but for years, I thought they were two different towns: Wilkes-Barre, pronounced "Wilks Bar," and "Wilkesbury," like the Traveling Wilburys.
And if someone could please remind me how "Nogales" …

Print it out and post it over your desk. Forward it to a friend. Hand it out to your class. You don't need my permission; you don't even have to credit me. Same with this …

I come from a caring, loving family whose company I enjoy. I do not, however, come from a mellow, noncompetitive, "it's not whether you win or lose" family, because in the Bunting family, winning is …

Back in high school, we had all sorts of little games and short-lived obsessions that we'd use to pass the time until we could get the hell out of there — like "Loungerama," a daily …

Yearbook pages followed a strict blueprint at my high school. Mrs. McPherson gave us a square of blue graph paper, and a couple of weeks later we brought it back to her, a professional photo …