These sorts of top five lists are always arbitrary; I guess it's so people will talk about them. But still: not even a mention of Lamia?
5. If anyone has ever had a good reason to kill and serve their own child for dinner (they haven't), Procne did (even though she didn't). After Procne's husband, Tereus, raped her sister, Procne took revenge the only way ancient ...
Pete Etchells: A new initiative from the team behind “I’m a scientist – get me out of here” aims to bring neuroscientists and teachers together to discuss how brain science can inform education
Right here in the middle of Muhammad Ali's mansion, right here in the middle of the mahogany and the stained glass and the rare Turkish rug, there was this large insect buzzing near my ear. I gave it a slap and missed. Then it made a swipe at my other ear. I batted at the air but nothing seemed to b…
Ben Watt is half of Everything But The Girl, the long-running but largely inactive duo rounded out by his wife, Tracey Thorn. The two brought their group to ...
Lynda Barry's pretty great. I love listening to her talk about art and creativity.
Jesse sits down with writer and cartoonist, Lynda Barry. She’s currently working as Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He’ll also talk to the veteran comic and actor Tom Arnold. Arnold will tell Thorn about working with Roseanne Barr, and how…
This was more fun than I thought it would be -- two writers email writing back and forth, using subject lines designed to inspire panic. It's hard to pick just one, but 'Subject: COMPOSTING NON-COMPLIANCE' is pretty good, and it's hard to beat the simplicity of 'Subject: being honest'.
Paul Ford and Virginia Heffernan have never met, but they just spent two months sending prank emails in order to panic e…
One of the things I love about Tom the Dancing Bug's 'Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children' series is that it becomes clear pretty quickly that Richards doesn't actually like children very much. But you've got to make an honest buck somehow, even if it's in the form of a jar full of pennies, right?
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