Hiring will now involve job ads, interviews, and background checks. “Some sexy babe just wandered by” is no longer a valid reason for hiring. The company car for our top secret organization will no longer have “Torchwood” etched on it in huge letters. We’re trying to stay discrete, people. On that note, we’re looking into…
I’ve been watching a lot of TV dramas lately, because I’m struggling with character development and those long-form dramas can be great examples of how to get it right (or hilariously wrong). Isaac likes political shows, so we’ve dipped into both House of Cards and Scandal. Both are solidly made shows with one gaping flaw,…
If you haven’t read Le Morte d’Arthur you really must, because Thomas Mallory was a fascinating dude and his stories–many of which inspired the versions of Arthurian legends we’re familiar with today–are just completely bonkers. Lancelot has a habit of finding himself in the wrong lady’s boudoir. One day he randomly wanders into a pavilion,…
I was supposed to be an English major, but I majored in Medieval Studies by accident. I just kept taking literature classes I liked, and it turns out I liked writing papers about the many levels of satire in a dude farting on another dude’s face (If you never studied medieval literature then you are…
COUSIN ISOBEL Well I think the flower arrangements are entirely adequate. COUSIN VIOLET Oh no you don’t, bitch. Cousin Violet pulls out the elegant knife with the mother-of-pearl handle gifted to her by the Duke of Flimmington. Cousin Isobel counters with the silver letter opener that Edith stole from the Count of Courbray. There is…
I made the same mistake as thousands of students before me: I believed that since I loved to read and write, my only choice was majoring in English. I completed most of the required course load, but ended up in Medieval Studies instead when I realized that lit crit classes were not compatible with an…
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The Stacker Pentecost: Order a whole pitcher. Drink it by yourself. Scream “I BRING NOTHING INTO THE DRIFT” as you’re hunched over the toilet. The Mako: A beautifully mixed cocktail, full of liqueurs and bitters and orange twists and all kinds of fancy cocktail things. Costs $20 at the swankiest bar in town. The Raleigh:…