Ernessa’s still out on maternity leave, and since this may be my last day as guest editor, I’m thrilled to report that we have kicked some serious booty of the lyrical variety. Fran (from the internet) guessed that yesterday’s lyric was from “Hypnotize” by Biggie Smalls, bringing our score to a whopping 4 vs. Ernessa’s [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron USDA CHOICE EDITION Americans consume more than 15 million tons of steak each year, more than any other nation of the world. Photo Credit: Roadside Pictures

Besides the whole language thing, the biggest challenge I’ve come across living in France is managing diet and exercise. In my first six weeks here, I gained 5 pounds, then in the following 3 weeks in Maine I gained another 2, eating the things I couldn’t find here (primarily pad thai, caesar salad, and tacos). [...]

Just wanted to post the full trailer for Fame, since it looks hot to def. Weirdly enough, though I would try to dissuade any young person out of a career in the arts, this reminded me of how good it used to feel to actually want this life when I was young. Does that make [...]

So, Keldoo guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Seasons of Love” from Rent. She didn’t guess the artist, but I’m giving her the full point anyway, because anyone who had to sit through the movie version deserves some good karma in return. (The artist, btw, was Jonathan D. Larson.) And that means we’re gonna [...]

I hate hamster b/c they’re rodents and I don’t truck w/ rodents. But this wheel-car almost makes me want to get one. Almost. Click on the pic for more info. [Source: LikeCool]

a blogumn by Nate Barlow A couple weeks ago the New York Times ran an article about the disparity between boys and girls’ sports. Schools have made great strides towards scholastic athletic equality since the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.  Although Title IX made no specific reference to athletics and [...]

Dudes, I’ve only been to Arlington once, for a 3-day visit back in 2000 with my Smithie roommate. But from what I can tell, this is dead on.

  We’re going to take a break from our regularly scheduled Wonderfully Awful to spend some time on something Wonderfully Wonderful: my engagement. Sure, it feels a wee bit self-indulgent to spend time that I normally use to snark on bad TV or weird informercial products to talk about this amazing thing that happened to [...]

Now that’s more like it. We trailed behind Ernessa all last week, but this week — we take the lead! AmyQOTWF correctly guessed that yesterday’s lyric was from “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance. Personally, I have never heard of that song, but, according to Amy, it’s a tune to add to [...]