The Other Victims of Lincoln’s Booth

The President's fate wasn't the worst of those who were there

You’re looking for what now?

Plus: The nutty Nobel Prize winner we can thank for the COVID test

The Best Bar Bet Ever

And who should star in the movie version

At the Old Video Store

The only time I ever worked as an illustrator

A Biography in Buttons

Plus: A Button With A Mystery

The Boxing Philosopher

A tiny teacher by day. A badass boxer by night.

When Nobody’s Watching

The strange case of the sitcom “’Til Death”

What You Miss Out On When You Die

What world event will happen right after your death?

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