When her life spins out of control, Juliet Disparte takes comfort in playing Fable III over and over again.
For Lindsay Crouse, there’s no better motivator in a race than arbitrarily picking a nemesis. Hers are always skirted.
When it comes to Words with Friends, Kevin Nguyen is totally not a sore loser.
In middle school, there was only one way for Andrea Laurion to celebrate Halloween: by keeping Satan’s servants at bay.
When people learn that Juliet Disparte has cancer, their reactions tend to fall within a few distinct categories, for better or worse.
Jimmy Chen reports from the Rapture, where it appears that every movie ever made has disappeared, save one.
Janet Manley doesn’t want a typical honeymoon, so instead she chooses something “magical,” for the most part.
Jonathan Gourlay’s daughter has locked herself away, hidden from the dangers of the world, in Minecraft.
With all the attention the human race has paid to planet Earth recently, Rebecca Cardwell thinks, frankly, it’s time for the planet to return the favor.
Leah Caldwell wonders if online reviews make budget hotels seem like more meaningful spaces, and decides whether or not to stay at Detroit’s most interesting ex-Ramada.
In preparation for the New York Marathon, Lindsay Crouse trains in the city.
For Alice Stanley, it’s family first, even if that means ignoring all the sights and culture Germany has to offer.
Nick Martens looks closely at Watterson’s later Sunday Strips—the “golden age” of Calvin and Hobbes.
Alice Stanley takes on the “Belt Buster,” a 20-minute ice cream eating challenge. Warning: this story contains a lot of vomiting.
On the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia, Jonathan Gourlay prepares for his daughter’s kindergarten graduation — or at least tries to.
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