Bones: Episode X, a Half-Assed Fan Fiction

INT. JEFFERSONIAN – RESEARCH LAB – DAY A bunch of squints do lab work around the place, all clinical and nerdy and whatnot. It’s pretty cool, even though we have a vague sense that it knows it’s cool. A new… Read More »

I’m the star of a ‘Truman Show’-type reality series, and I know it

I’m the unwitting star of a secret reality show, and everyone around me is an actor paid to keep the story going. I figured it out, so you can all stop pretending. Admittedly, you’ve done a solid job keeping it… Read More »

A Dance With Dragons: Ten things that better not happen

This post contains spoilers for the already-published ASOIAF books The fifth book in George R.R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series hits shelves next week. A Dance With Dragons has a lot to live up to considering… Read More »

The Internet, examined through mini stories

The Internet is an endless, complex organism, teeming with every sort of thing. With the exception of a clear-cut answer to your seemingly basic questions, the Internet has anything you can imagine. That’s why written volumes on the subject would… Read More »

Cracked After Hours makes me question Batman, everything

Cracked After Hours is consistently one of the funniest, smartest series on the internet. It takes a hard look at the pop culture we think we already know everything about and proves that we really know nothing at all. The… Read More »