Our relationship with maps has always fascinated me. Whether in hard-copy or app format, we expect them to work correctly and be user-friendly. If not, + more
From James Boswell’s Life of Johnson (1776): I gave [Johnson] an account of a conversation which had passed between me and + more
I somehow missed the news that Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, died a couple of days ago. The Spokesman-Review’s Doug + more
A lot’s been going on lately. Politically, I mean. Stuff we don’t want to discuss here. Stuff that turns Facebook and + more
Last week, ArchDaily shared some behind-the-scenes photos taken in the Blade Runner model shop. (For you nerds out there, the entire + more
When female restaurant servers draw a smiley face on bills, their tips increase by about 20 percent. The surprising origins + more
I know I’m supposed to be outraged (or something), but all this photo collection elicits from me is fond recollections of my + more
If you’re one of those who wonders why so many people these days are concerned, hurt, offended, or “made uncomfortable,” + more
The irreproachable Morgan Lynch, soon-to-be runner-up in the office chess championship, alerted me to Bartholomäus Traubeck’s modified record player that “plays” slices of wood: It’s + more
When my friends and I used to act out Star Trek episodes—favorites were “The City on the Edge of Forever,” + more
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 percent who are + more
For the kickoff to the 37th Annual Northwest Bach Festival last night, the missus and I eschewed the wine-and-cheese affair at Barrister in + more
Nothing says “God bless America” quite like a 1968 campaign ad for the man who issued Executive Order 11582, thus designating the + more
So. Valentine’s Day is coming up. If we’re to believe conventional wisdom—which, let’s be honest, is a pretty safe bet + more