A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scalability,” the ubiquitousness of office clichés will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous jargon is actually loaded in hilarious subtext. This week in Office...
What do you do when a devastating hurricane levels your hometown, leaving its future in doubt? If you’re Alan Citron, New Orleans native and a former reporter for the Times-Picayune, you turn that pain into laughs. New Orleansland, Citron’s new novel, takes a satirical look at the...
When a 60-pound prize fish is meandering down the river but your trusty fishin’ rod is back in the car, you have to take matters into your own hands. At least, that’s how Nate Williams won the 2015 Okie Noodling Tournament, a competition that challenges fishermen to...
If you’ve ever wondered about who exactly is answering your emails, chatting with you on our site, replying to you on our social accounts and generally trying to make your experience with Dollar Shave Club the bestest EVAR, well then meet Nick Kohan. Nick has been a...
Toss your bags in the hatchback and get out of town, because August is almost over and your boss is calling. There’s arguably no better ‘Murican summer vacation than the cross-country road trip—open pavement, truck-stop waffles and a 12-hour playlist. Don’t know where to go exactly? There’s...
Listening to music at the gym with your smartphone flopping around your pocket is the worst. But not the worst. That distinction belongs to needing to remove your phone from your arm band’s plastic prison to skip to the next track. Which is why Mark Kinsley created...
Drifting, street racing and Vin Diesel–that’s what usually comes to mind when we see American Muscle speeding down the road, but when Carmen Brancato’s 1969 Camaro SS hits the interstate, it’s all about charity. After a humbling visit to the Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas...
Biking can be a solitary sport. Often it’s just you, the road, and your trusty two-wheeler to keep you company. For Nate Gray, though, biking isn’t a “me” thing—it’s about everyone else. Which is why at 23 years old he’s heading out on a 4,500 mile, cross-country...
Wetsuits aren’t that different from sharks—both can cost you an arm and a leg. Actually, that bit about sharks is rarely true. But for wetsuits it is, at least metaphorically speaking. Which is precisely what led Alex Wang and Andrew Parks to found Carapace Wetsuits. Fed up with...
Ryan Baker wasn’t going to let a little thing like being in a wheelchair stop him from being an athlete. After a car accident in 1991 left him a T6 paraplegic, Ryan tried a number of parasports to stay fit such as tennis, skiing and competitive racing....
If you’ve ever felt like a fish out of water gift-buying at the local baby clothes emporium, you’re not alone. Beyond the basics like blue for boys, pink for girls, there isn’t else much to go on when it comes to variety, making the whole purchase feel less special. Nell Lindquist,...
Rick Casson isn’t your typical airplane pilot. A student at the University of Saskatchewan and president of the U of S Aerodesign Team, Rick’s not actually behind the stick, and his flying machines are decidedly smaller than the real thing—less than fifteen pounds and remote-controlled, to be...
