If you study the National Death Index — which is morbid, but some people do it for a living, like this guy — you would learn that Christmas, the day after Christmas and New Year’s Day are some of the… Continue Reading
Truth: the gun has played an incredibly important role in history. Truth: the AK-47 is, essentially, the most popular small arms weapon in world history. And a third truth: Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creator of said gun, passed away recently at… Continue Reading
That video above is Carolina Panthers LB Luke Kuechly, WR Steve Smith and LB Thomas Davis in a dance-off with teachers as a result of the NFL Play 60 campaign. Kuechly is known to some teammates as Clark Kent, and… Continue Reading
This is an interesting topic, and a lot has been written about it recently because of a new study in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy that essentially says studying with other high-achieving peers has no real benefit. After 1.5 years of gifted and… Continue Reading
I’ve been devouring these two new shows on Amazon Prime Video, Betas and Alpha House. I say “devouring” but that’s probably not the right word — more on that in a second. Just quick backstory: Betas is about an app launch in… Continue Reading
Fallon is hosting, and Timberlake — a five-time host himself — is the “musical guest.” It’s been an uneven season for Saturday Night Live (Kerry Washington episode was good, John Goodman episode was meh, and some episodes were entirely forgettable), but this… Continue Reading
Rolling Stone just released a long-form article on the Tyler Hadley case, which you can read here. I won’t go too deeply into the background or even into this post because the whole thing is fairly depressing, but essentially, Hadley was a… Continue Reading
Rian Johnson is a director/writer/editor. You may know him from Brick, The Brothers Bloom, or Looper, which are some of his main films (the latter, Looper, did pretty well at the box office). If you were a fan of TV in 2013, though, you… Continue Reading