What If the Government Wants You to Get High on 4/20?
Have you considered the possibility that the United States government wants you to get high today, or at least to talk about getting high today? Specifically today, April 20?
What Are the Worst Political Christmas Decorations You've Seen?
Here is a plainly delightful story. As a means of enchanting neighborhood children as well as advertising that all dinner parties at their home will be very uncomfortable, a family in Maine decided to express their disdain for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant with a Christmas decoration that depicts the jolly…
500 Days of Kristin, Day 318: Exclusive Holiday Interior Decorating Inspiration
Kristin Cavallari, author of the forthcoming memoir Balancing in Heels (formerly titled Balancing on Heels), has posted a new article on her app. If you want to read it, you will have to pay.
Take a Minute to Send a Holiday Message to a Prison Rape Survivor
A foolproof way to feel good about yourself this holiday season is to send a message to a survivor of prison sexual abuse.
De Blasio to Close NYC Public Schools on Two Muslim Holidays
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that two days in the NYC public school year will be turned into days off in observance of Muslim holidays Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.
Christmas at Amazon: One Man's Story
What is it like to work at an Amazon warehouse during the annual holiday rush? One Amazon warehouse employee kindly narrated the "nonstop chaos" for us over the past month.
John Oliver Returns to Remind You That New Year's Eve Is the Worst
Last Week Tonight won't officially return until Feb. 8, but John Oliver keeps popping up to make delightful videos about how dumb and terrible the holidays are. On the chopping block this week: New Year's Eve, a.k.a The Worst.
Utah Man Wins Eggnog Chugging Contest, Trip to ICU
Downing a quart of creamy mucilage in just 12 seconds, Ryan Roche of Lehi, Utah dominated an office eggnog chugging contest earlier this month. His prize? A $50 gift certificate to Ruth's Chris Steak House and three days in the hospital with pneumonia.
A Gift Guide for the Recently Divorced Dad
What's that you say? Half of all marriages don't end in divorce, as has long been asserted? Divorces are, in fact, declining? No, I really did not need you to tell me that. What I could use, aside from some sympathy and a decoder ring for this parenting plan, are a few new things.
Christmas Presents Are For Kids
No Christmas presents for grown ups.
Oh, Gifts?
O cummm, all ye faithfulllll. Cummm cummm cummm, it's Christmas.
A Gift Guide for the Frugal Cook
In the years since I first learned to to cook, I have never owned anything that was over $100 that could make my cooking better. This is part due to not having the money to buy anything nice and part due to stubborn resistance. If I never had a Le Creuset then stews basically tasted as I expected them to, and if I…
What Should You Buy a Teen This Holiday? A Realistic Gift Guide
The holiday season is here, and for America's teens that means one thing: preseeennnttsss!!
The World's Most Effective Charities For Helping the Poor
If you're going to donate a few bucks to charity this holiday season, you can make those bucks do the maximum possible good by donating to these four charities.
The Adult's Guide to Finding Drugs When You're Home for the Holidays
If you're old and no longer in touch with your high school buddies, there's one obvious problem with coming home for the holidays: You don't know where to buy drugs anymore. Fear not. We can get through this, together.
Why Don't We Eat Cranberry Sauce All Year?
It is almost Thanksgiving time. You know what that means: cranberry sauce on your plate! Soon, Thanksgiving will be over. Then there's no more cranberry sauce on your plate. What's the reason for this treason?
Gibson Guitar CEO Gets ENRAGED If Someone Asks For a Day Off
Gibson is not just a great American guitar company; it is also a hard to place to work, run by a CEO notorious for micromanagement and general bad temper. Would you like a day off for the holidays? "NO."
Your Most Popular Thanksgiving Appetizer Will Be This Italian Donut
On the list of reasonable Thanksgiving appetizers, a bucket full of donuts would seem to rank right down there with a full pre-meal turkey or a Domino's pizza. Anything heavier that crudités and a plate of cheese and crackers, and your guests will surely end up pushing around their mashed potatoes listlessly, barely…
Jonathan Capehart's column today: "I can't stand Kwanzaa." This is exactly the sort of vicious and ultimately meaningless cultural conversation the internet needs to have.
