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Renowned author Emilie Buchwald once said, “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” In our series Book Reports for Adults, we hope to make up for all those parents who turned on Seinfeld instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… *** Dune by Frank Herbert Book size: Long and dense. You’re […]
do less...
Nintendo has always gotten off on withholding. Legend of Zelda and Metroid games taunt us by making inaccessible areas visible; behind doors locked by keys we don’t have, placed beyond a chasm we cannot cross, protected by shields we cannot breach. Thus, the satisfaction of playing these games lies in our overcoming these roadblocks, in […]
float like a kite, sting like a bee
There is nothing in team sports quite like the knuckleball… In no other sport is there a specialized skill, mastered by only a few players, which seems to run contrary to every accepted tenet of that position. Advanced concepts like mixing speeds and eye levels, varying pitch selections, and keeping a consistent motion aside, the […]
A look at the history and significance of this illustrious holiday.
Independence Day is fast approaching, with the Fourth of July only a couple of weeks away. But the American colony’s big split from mother England really only presented a small, select group of people with newfound freedom and agency: adult, landowning white men. To a black population kept in servitude for nearly a century after […]
fertility is the new black
Renowned author Emilie Buchwald once said, “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” In our series Book Reports for Adults, we hope to make up for all those parents who turned on Seinfeld instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… *** The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Book size: Clocking in […]
