Quiz: Period Drama or “Period” Drama?
- An oppressively prudish focus on discretion. - Heaving, aching bosoms.
Tag: History
Four Benefits of Climate Change, According to a 19th Century Adventurer
Fair Britannia’s genius has warmed the globe with her belching smokestacks and engines of industry, and the cruel polar ice is in retreat.
Ranking the Top 8 Most Notorious White Boy Summers Throughout History
Summer 312 AD: Constantine Wins and Finds Jesus: Beating your nemesis and then becoming sanctimonious about it? 312 AD was a classic WBS.
List: The 17 Midnight Rides of Kyle Revere
Last year, I met the lovely Emma outside a Concord tavern. She said she liked my tri-corner hat and asked if anything else of mine is tri-cornered.
Hi, I’m Reader #2, and I Wouldn’t Be Doing My Job If I Didn’t Tell You That Your Writing Is Garbage
Congrats on your new academic article, though I should really be congratulating myself because the version of your I wrote in my head is much better.
When Am I Ever Going to Use This in the Real World, 2021 Edition
The grocery store is like a math classroom come to life. This fact is true even as the global food supply chain crumbles.
Ooga’s Dinner Party Tips for the Busy Cavemaker
Don’t invite Glug if you are having his former mate Praki who dumped him for that Neanderthal with the wheel.
List: History Altered Forever When Parents of Famous People Act as Modern-Day Snowplows on Twitter
@beyoncedad: Really @starsearch? Girls Tyme is way better than Skeleton Crew, who were just caught doing very bad things. DM me for exclusive pics.
Whoops, I Found Amelia Earhart and I Promise I Had Nothing to Do with Her Disappearance
If someone had asked me before I found her who Amelia Earhart was, I would have asked “Who?” unsuspiciously.
Notes from the Underworld: Sisyphus’ Performance Review
NAME: Sisyphus DEPARTMENT: Underworld; Futile Labor/Endless Toil and Frustration POSITION: Boulder Administrator/Rock Coordinator
List: Overly Restrictive Guidelines Rejected from Hollywood’s Hays Code
Trees should never be shown without all their leaves. Bras are to be referred to as "Personal Lady Upholstery."
Failed Tech Startups Founded by Luddites
BrickUp developed bricks large enough to destroy data centers, but small enough to conceal from evil clones of Regis Philbin.