. A blogumn by Fiona Craig To really get to the core of the British psyche you have to toddle down the murky corridors of our past. Not to the time of the Roman invasion or the Norman Conquest must we look, but in fact somewhere a little closer to teatime. While mothers dallied themselves [...]

A blogumn by Ryan Dixon FIERCELY ANTICIPATING Neil Diamond in Concert The Oughts have been very good to Neil Diamond. Like his fellow pop-culture roller-coaster rider William Shatner (both “Solitary Man” and Star Trek first appeared in 1966), for a long time it looked like the career trajectory for both men was going to be [...]

So apparently Zacki from Tall Glass of Shame has an ex who used to listen to yesterday’s GTRL “Lost Cause” by Beck all the time. Zacki now fears that the ex was trying to tell him something. But at least he guessed correctly. Hopefully this next one won’t bring up any painful memories for him. [...]

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. A blogumn by Charles Cron Thoughts to think on as you go about your day OH PARLIAMENT! EDITION There are 17 locations in Parliament from which members may buy alcohol before and during sessions.  

So Gawker has a great post about whether the frequent mentions of Obama in the New York Times Crossword puzzle is bias or short-sweet-and-heavily-vowelled convenience: While “Obama” has appeared as an answer several times, the Republican candidate hasn’t been honored once. What’s the Times’ excuse? “It is because ‘Obama’ is a five-letter name that alternates vowels and [...]

. A blogumn by Clark Perry Face it, dates can be awkward. You’re going to spend a few hours with someone you may not know at all. Your desire to feel comfortable and make your date feel the same might just backfire. Maybe they’re as self-conscious as you are. You want to hurry up and [...]

. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema While our fearless Fierce and Nerdy leader Ernessa encourages a new daily habit of reading 20 minutes a day. I’m going to assume she’s talking about reading books–those things with pages that have harder pages covering them.  I do admit that I enjoy reading, but a certain kind of [...]

. A versus by Ernessa T. Carter and Kyle T. Wilson Does one of Ernessa’s favorite books + one of Kyle’s favorite TV dads = one of the great soundtracks? Let’s find out. First here’s at least one song, we can both agree we like, “Navy Nurse” by The Fiery Furnaces: Then here’s Kyle’s Take [...]

Guys, really? I felt I practically gave away yesterday’s Guess The Lyric, which was of course, “Chewing Gum” by Annie. But it was a stumper, so I can only assume that many of you don’t know her brilliance yet. That makes me sad. But get educated after the jump with her random low-budge video for [...]