Articles by Jimmy Chen

humor 10.19.11 The Only Film Left Behind (Starring Kirk Cameron)

Jimmy Chen reports from the Rapture, where it appears that every movie ever made has disappeared, save one.

personal 05.16.11 Bureaucratic Painting Lesson

Jimmy Chen has an epiphany about work, hierarchy, and hollow walls (that’s not a metaphor).

personal 01.31.11 Meeting Robot Jesus

Jimmy Chen experiences the Green Monster. An epiphany in two acts.

humor 12.15.10 Picasso’s eBay Period

Jimmy Chen uncovers an email conversation from a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Pablo Picasso.

personal 10.15.10 Root Words

Jimmy Chen tries to understand his father’s odd vernacular.

humor 09.29.10 Carpool Tunnel Syndrome

Jimmy Chen talks to former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted on why he really left the band.

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