There’s nothing like breaking nearly every bone in your body to inspire a new business idea. After a fall that left him with 15 broken bones and skull fractures, Larsen Jay swore the get-well bouquets he received helped him heal faster. Leaving behind a job as a...
A wise man once said, “I am the walrus.” A more obscure, but equally important man probably once said, “I am the narwhal.” But unfortunately, he’ll be relegated to the footnotes of history. And on that note, a puzzle. Check back next Friday for the answer! ANSWER...
The lunar eclipse on April 4 got us pondering the moon and the men who’ve landed on it. Turns out that in the nearly 50 years since man first stepped on the moon, he’s left quite a mess. All told, the 100-something moon missions (two of which blasted off...
Sometimes the smell from your trip to the toilet is so terrible that it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction. Unfortunately, other than changing your diet—e.g., decreasing the amount of meat in your diet—there’s not much you can do about the odor of your...
DSC members are among the smartest people in the world. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be smarter. With the help of our friends at American Mensa, DSC is proud to bring you weekly Rompecabezas (Spanish for “head breakers”) to boost your IQ into the thermosphere. Another...
You can’t throw a rock lately without hitting a restaurant that hasn’t jazz-handed its menu with a massaged kale salad or shaved Brussels sprouts with squeezed lemon and pecorino cheese. That shit is everywhere. Not that kale and Brussels sprouts don’t taste great. They do, but they’re...
Your testicles house the equipment that allows you to procreate and retain your masculine characteristics through the production of testosterone. But instead of getting the credit they deserve, they always seem to take a backseat to your hot-dogging penis. They’re like the offensive line of your anatomy—doing...
Most people don’t give bugs a second thought—other than to swat them away with a rolled-up newspaper. But for Riley Tedrow, an entomologist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, thinking about bugs is his life’s work. One insect in particular fascinates him—the praying mantis, or the sucker with the...
As the saying goes, the grass is always greener. Sometimes that’s true in your job. Sometimes that’s true when you get order envy. What if the saying was actually “the green is always grassier?” Normally, that wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense. Unless you’re Carl Spackler, or in...
When we’re at the office, we basically speak our own language. A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scaleability,” the ubiquitousness of which will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous office jargon is...
There are a few lessons to be learned from the infamous Dress: (1) It doesn’t take much to become an internet sensation; (2) the guy who sits next to you at work is a color-blind monster; and (3) perspective matters when it comes to perceived appearance. The...
When it comes to food, sugar and spice is always nice. Something Matthew Hilla knows full well. Case in point: His smokey habañero hot sauce, Hotmaple. It relies on maple syrup as its key ingredient, which provides the right balance of sweet and heat in dishes such...
