Sometimes I understand memes, but a lot of times I do not. I understand them when they are easy to repeat and everyone can make their own. Then it's, well, I don't know if it's fun, but it approaches…   Read Story »

One time, at brunch at my parents' house, the conversation turned towards the varying merits of our town's different grocery stores, culminating with my mom's over-enthusiastic declaration that the…   Read Story »

If you haven't read it already, there's a good article in the New York Times this week about Mackelmore (or as my friend Andrew calls him, Wackelmore) and other popular trends in hip hop culture and…   Read Story »

On All Things Considered yesterday, they had a story about Minnesota congressman Rick Nolan, who served a couple of terms in the 70s and 80s, and then left office, and has now been re-elected to the…   Read Story »

Chumbawumba, y'all! Listen up all you dudes who are trying to eat less meat and all you young women who took a Krav Maga seminar at the Community Center last year, today I want to rap at you about…   Read Story »

Videogum Monster Chris Trash just emailed us the new Krispy Kreme video with the subject line: "Krispy Kreme is over." At first I was worried that it was going to be a video of Krispy Kreme…   Read Story »

Chris Brown's new NECK TATTOO (right) was revealed today, and, uh, it is an image of a battered woman. OH BOY, THERE IS REALLY ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN HANDLE IN THIS LIFE. Like, it goes 100% without…   Read Story »

Here is a video of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope watching the "Call Me Maybe" music video for the first time. If two Internets are traveling towards each other at a thousand memes per hour at what…   Read Story »

This is how you end a meme. (Via FourFour.)   Read Story »

Gene Leonhardt, the father of Internet "thing" Jessi Slaughter, and the man who gave us "you dun goofed" and "I backtraced it" has died at the age of 53. That is so young! Earlier this year, Gene…   Read Story »