Welcome to Pop Culture Haikus, where we let you know what’s happening this week in television, film and music in the style of short-form Japanese poetry. In a world of tl;dr, there’s no quicker way to the “get it.” 12 Monkeys premieres Friday, January 16, at 9 p.m. ET/PT...
Ever thought about running a marathon in full firefighter gear? Neither have we. But it’s an experience that fireman, triathlete and DSC member Jose “Fireman Joe” Zambrano knows full well. Of course, running with roughly 45 pounds of gear on your back sounds crazy, but Jose does it...
Yippee ki-yay mother truckers! The answer to January’s #DSCRompecabeza has arrived with a vengeance. Check below to see how you did: Fill 5-gallon jug. Fill 3-gallon jug with water from the 5-gallon jug. Pour out 3-gallon jug. Transfer water from the 5-gallon jug to the 3-gallon jug. Refill...
If Kevin Lavelle is sweating the start-up life, it’s impossible to tell. But that’s partly because of the shirts, pants and blazers his clothing line Mizzen + Main offers. They look business casual cool but incorporate the kind of fabric found in gym wear. His idea being that no...
No single leather bag made by Jed Frost is like any of his others. Which is the point. Each one is customized for its owner. And so, each owner works with Frost to incorporate elements of their life and personality into the design. In fact, no memory is...
For most people, curling is a sport that only takes place during the Winter Olympics—or in Canada. But not for DSC member Matt Galas, the co-founder of the Windy City Curling Club. Since April, Matt’s been hard at work in the Chicago-area getting people hooked on the...
Serial, the spin-off This American Life podcast that is sweeping the brains of all your friends, has been broadcasting weekly episodes for more than two months. If somehow you haven’t heard, it’s a true-crime radio-style series about the 1999 murder of 18-year-old Baltimore high school kid Hae...
Here on the other side of the pond, rugby is still somewhat perplexing. But in a good way. Like pop rocks. So we got in touch with Peter Mullins, a DSC member and player for the Chicago Riot Rugby Football Club—to take us inside the scrum. ...
This week, we’re profiling Ryan Sayles. Ryan is a co-author of Trouble In The Heartland, a collection of crime stories inspired by the songs of Bruce Springsteen that includes a contribution from Mystic River author Dennis Lehane. When did your interest in The Boss grow from casual “Born...
Traveling to another planet is the ultimate long-distance flight. And just like any long-distance flight, you need some entertainment. What better way to kill time while hurtling through space in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic shuttle than by marathon back-to-back screenings of Christopher Nolan’s space-travel epic, Interstellar? The...
This week, we’re profiling Lucas Hamlin. The owner of Portland-based Fat Wallet Customs, Lucas has been restoring and custom-painting cars since he was 19 years old. Fifteen years later, no request stumps him. He can candy coat your ‘64 Lincoln, make sure your flames don’t look like crab...
You’ve probably clicked on this post to discover the answer to December’s #DSCRompecabeza. Welp, we made a boo-boo. As you may or may not have suspected, the clues to our puzzle are wrong. In fact, the clues should have been AUTUMN = 1-22-22-24-17-19 and SUMMER = 19-22-15-16-9-23....