David Friedman

Who Was The Old Woman With The Marionette?

A viral star has passed at 92

You Misunderstand “Cat’s in the Cradle”

It doesn’t end how you think it does.

Reconstructing My Favorite Music Review

It went a little something like this

What a Movie Premiere Is Really Like

Come be my plus-one

Letters From Sophina

A passive-aggressive classic

I Hope The Kids From E.T. Are Okay

Also: DJ Tom Hanks!

A Secret Service Story

Plus: Building A Better Blade, and Other Ideas

My Batman Confession

A cautionary tale of spoilers

A Crazy LEGO Journey

Where LEGO is measured by the pound, and sets cost pennies on the dollar

The Case of the First Evergreen Tweet

A Completely Serious Investigation

Gilded and Non-Gilded Ages

In which we look at fake 1882 and real 2003

Should We Bury You Head First or Feet First?

The story of the coffin that screws into the ground

“Smörgåsbord II” is a Terrible Subject Line But Anyway

A second helping of leftovers

Building Jeopardy!, Family Feud, and More

Digital models preserve game show history

Meet A Woman Who Saved Millions of Lives

Also: Garfield in a bowl of fruit for some reason

Animated Manhattan: Part 1

How 5 classic cartoons depicted New York City

The Case for Keming

Why now is the time to add “keming” to the dictionary

My Ninja Turtle Action Figure Windfall

How I got $1,898 for eight Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Where Your Camera Came From

It all started back in 1975

Have We Reached Peak Wonder?

Are there any good questions left to ask?

The Ancient Technology Behind (Like, Literally Behind) The James Webb Space Telescope

What NASA has in common with Stephen King's “It” and “The X-Men.”

The Empty Picture Frame in the Oval Office

A White House secret revealed!

He Was From The Sun

Revisiting Morgan Taylor

Murder in the Hundred Acre Wood

“They’re funny things, Accidents.” —Eeyore

Innovations in Juggling

How many ways are there to throw balls in the air?