Wake in Fright understood the horrors

Wake in Fright understood the horrors of Australian booze culture. 50 years on, nothing’s changed Joseph Earp 

As my ex stared in horror and both my family and hers were radiating fury, my brother stayed the course. He was a hero that day.

On the Best (Worst) Best Man Speech Ever (at My Super Mario-Themed Wedding) Mike Drucker Finds a Little Humor in Life’s Many Setbacks

The Department of Everything

Dispatches from the telephone reference desk

How do you find the life expectancy of a California condor? Google it. Or the gross national product of Morocco? Google it. Or the final resting place of Tom Paine? Google it. 

There was a time, however—not all that long ago—when you couldn’t Google it or ask Siri or whatever cyber equivalent comes next. 

You had to do it the hard way—by consulting reference books, indexes, catalogs, almanacs, statistical abstracts, and myriad other printed sources. Or you could save yourself all that time and trouble by taking the easiest available shortcut: You could call me.

Corners of the Internet Database

Matthew Prebeg – I put together this spreadsheet as a living resource for websites and digital places that reignite feelings of joy, excitement and curiosity while exploring the internet. Somewhere along the road, corporations and recommendation algorithms made the internet feel loud and unescapable. I like to think of the internet as a place where you can build a digital home that feels right for you. I put together this spreadsheet as a living resource for websites and digital places that reignite feelings of joy, excitement and curiosity while exploring the internet. Somewhere along the road, corporations and recommendation algorithms made the internet feel loud and unescapable. I like to think of the internet as a place where you can build a digital home that feels right for you.”