The Sly Oyster

The Sports Guy’s new digs is named Grantland and will feature writing from Chuck Klosterman, Dave Eggers, Malcolm Gladwell, Katie Baker, Molly Lambert, and others. I wrote a bit…

In Focus surveys the damage from the violent southern storms: “Powerful storms swept through the South and Midwest regions of the United States over the past several days, bringing…

As far as iPhone cases go, this is a nifty bit of scruffy nerd-herding on the part of Greg Koenig. If you want one, go get it now, since both Apple and Star Wars protect their image…

Well, now how is Jodie Foster supposed to mine deep space for alien contact, which will turn out to oddly be her father on a distant beach, hmm? “Budget cuts have forced the SETI (Search for…

The latest VW commercial features a Little Thor running around the house instead of a Little Darth Vader — obviously it’s a parody on the VW commercials.

It’s just as adorable, but no…

This adorable and cute little guy is how I often feel in the morning. Except, I don’t look that adorable or cute even on my best days. I so want a fenec fox as a pet now. Make it happen…

I sort of missed out on John Vanderslice’s last album. It wasn’t his fault, by any means. I just sort of let it slip past me in the cultural jetstream. His new one is White Wilderness and from the…