There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the future of journalism residing in “hyperlocal” news. Hyperlocal news steps in where the doomsday scenario leaves off: Newspapers fire experienced writers, writers have no place to go, newspapers die out, the end is nigh. Yet we still crave news that is streamlined and directly relevant to [...]
Category > Selfless favors to my readers
Reverse caption contest
Yesterday* my sister and I made a pit stop at the BP station to buy some snacks for the movie theater. My sister, who takes her concessions seriously, bought a turkey sandwich. But when she asked the sandwich artist for tomato fixings, the lady said, “The tomatoes have a virus.” So in the spirit of [...]
How to catch a ride on an elephant
A few years ago Washington D.C. resident Kimberly Zenz discovered a strange loophole in the elephant polo bylaws. An elephant polo event must provide elephants for all participating sportsmen. So Zenz formed a team – the Capital Pachyderms – and her players have since traveled to Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to compete on the [...]
Another short and sweet post about arm wrestling
I give you the best multimedia feature about arm wrestling the Daily Progress has ever done.
Hot damn, it’s going to be a good day after all
Nerve and IFC present. . . The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.
Life lessons learned on April Fool’s Day
1. If you’re applying to an MFA program at a prestigious university affiliated with Thomas Jefferson, perhaps the fiction you submit shouldn’t be about the following: a) oral sex b) dildos made out of balloons c) shit smell In case there’s anyone else out there who didn’t know that intuitively, consider this cautionary tale my [...]
New website idea
I think there should be a website devoted to online content that moms find funny. Then they can stop forwarding said content to their children.
Finally learning to trick out the blog
I chose this for my first hosted image. I know you understand.
How to survive in a small town when you have big city ambitions
I live in a small town where I also happened to be born a baby. I love Charlottesville, Virginia, and so do many respectable magazines, but it is still a small town. When you are young and ambitious, the well of opportunity can sometimes seem to run dry. Especially when you are the type of [...]
DSM aka Tickle personality quiz
When I was a little girl reading Seventeen Magazine, YM, Cosmopolitan, and Penthouse Letters, I quickly realized that their relationship quizzes were for chumps. The answers were always so obvious. “Are you a jealous girlfriend? When you see your boyfriend flirting with the pretty Gap salesgirl at the mall, do you: a) punch him in [...]
