The only thing that used to make you angrier than that jerk who sautéed her chicken in the vegan wok were when pronouns straddled a slash with the “he” unapologetically maintaining the primary position throughout an entire essay. But then you failed to internalize Cornell West. Cornell West started showing up on Bill Maher. And

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While working for my corporate overlords, it hasn’t escaped my attention that a huge complaint from co-workers seems to be the lack of available time off. After pondering this for about a few seconds, I started thinking, which I generally reserve for special holidays like Kwanzaa, but I digress. Therefore, I’ve used all of my

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Winslow has replaced his head many times, but never his torso. I can’t think of a better replacement than a stack of fresh pancakes dripping with syrup. Of course, after about three minutes those pancakes will get soggy and Winslow’s torso will start to sag. And then there’s the sticky residue that’ll be left behind in his pants, and who has the time to clean that up?

As part of my writing self-help series, “Great writing while sedated,” today I will discuss seven-ish techniques for crafting unforgettable characters. 1. Name names Your character must have a name. As a writer you will find it really helps giving your character a name as a way to distinguish them from other characters (note: you

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As you can see, we have a new look. We think all the data has come with us (it’s even brought along little jewelry where all the quote marks used to go!), but please bear with us as we work out the kinks. We are the wrong kind of nerds for this sort of thing!