Stockpiling Aluminium, Nicholas Cage, and Life Without Air Conditioning

The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements – The Atlantic “Seven previous studies had already shown that vitamins increased the risk of cancer and heart disease and shortened lives. Still, in 2012, more than half of all Americans took some form of vitamin supplements.” Explaining the Rolling Stone … Read More

9 Minute Breaking Bad Refresher

The end starts in three weeks, so now’s the time for a quick recap of the best show on TV since the Sopranos ended. For some of us, that means watching all fifty-four episodes on Netflicks. For those of us with jobs, or merely a sense of self-control, it means … Read More

Dear Mr Watterson

It takes a Kickstarter to fund a documentary; at least, we’re banking on that as an aphorism they’ll toss around in the future. After a major crowd funding effort back in 2009—yes, Kickstarter has been around that long—a documentary about Calvin and Hobbes called Dear Mr Watterson is ready to … Read More

Fun with Animal House

There’s a reason you spent a few nights every year of college wearing a bed sheet and chanting “Toga, toga, toga!”, and that reason is John Landis’s seminal 1978 film Animal House. Toga parties took place in a few eastern US colleges in the 50s and 60s, and even made … Read More

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