When attempting to return an ill advised gift, you no doubt have stumbled upon the phrase “store policy.” It may feel like store policy is a punishment for consumers, but after some consideration, I’ve decided that store policy is actually a slap in the face to all those who work in the store. Or an…
Not Your Mother’s Knitting: 5 Weird and Wonderful Knitting Projects
Having come across Knitted Knockers, the incredibly awesome charity organization that does this: …creating amazing knitted prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors, one of your intrepid editors may have gone down a rabbit hole of weird knitted projects. While none of our findings were as charitable as the Knitted Knockers organization, they certainly gave us…
Seven Tricks of Law School Networking 101
To prepare for gut-wrenching, mind-numbing “networking” events, here are a few exercises that can steel you for boredom, humiliation, and awkwardness.
So You Want To Be A Superhero
And soon, you’ll be able to fulfill that superhero dream. Because, science. That’s right, scientists are currently attempting to make all our dreams come true with this stretchable conducting cable. The fiber itself is made from sheets of carbon nanotubes wrapping around a rubber core. Oh, that sounds boring? Well, do flexibile exoskeletons and morphing aircraft sound…
BROOOOOCE TV: The Best Bruce Springsteen Television Moments
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band appear on the season finale of Saturday Night Live this week, to promote the release of the 35th anniversary box set of The River, and Springsteen will also be joining Jimmy Fallon on the couch later this evening on The Tonight Show, Mainstream network television appearances were not something Bruce…
Stories Of Genuinely Disastrous Restaurant Employees
For this week’s Off the Menu, some reaaaaaaaaally bad employees.
Dear Bitter Butch: How Does a Girl with Resting B*tch Face Make Friends?
Dear Bitter Butch, I’m a generally nice person. I don’t take a lot of crap and I don’t like people, but I’m not mean. I’m interesting and smart and I’m not totally unfortunate looking- but I have RBF- resting bitch face. Constantly, but worse when I’m tired, which is all the time. It has led…
Review: Why ‘Pax Technica’ Is A Good Book with a Bad Argument
Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up Philip N. Howard Yale University Press The Internet of Things may set us free, or lock us up, but Pax Technica won’t give much insight into how either eventuality will occur, mostly because it seems like the author isn’t particularly…
Off The Menu: Stories Of The Worst Customers To Ever Darken A Restaurant’s Doorstep
For this Fourth of July week’s Off the Memo, a special firecracker treat.
Middlebrow Professional Wrestler Nicknames
The Grammarian The Enabler Stone Cold Stone Philips The Undercutter ADHD Jackson Big Matinee Just a Bad Dream (Back to Sleep, Little Guy) The Shuttle Wall Studd Capucin Rain The Empathizer Middle Management Nice Dogg Naughty Dogg Poopie-Oopie Dogg Adoptable Hypoallergenic Dogg Truly Likeable Nature Lover Great Company Fabulous Low-Interest Checking Account Anatomy I and…
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