Editor Sara Foss Sara Foss is based in Albany, N.Y., and works at a newspaper in upstate New York. She got bored at work one day,...
Rule of Thumb is a freeform online magazine that features content on a wide variety of topics. These topics include, but are not...
Courtney E. Smith has a new book out, called "Record Collecting for Girls," which sounds very cool. I haven't read the book, but...
When I was a kid, I always dreamed of living in a treehouse, and I still think they're very cool. If you feel the same way, check out...
The Wall Street Journal ran this piece looking at the post-vacation blues - the depression that sets in once summer is over. I often...
Over the weekend, I attended a wedding at Brooklyn Brewery, which was awesome. Over at the DG, I write about some of the beers I...
Over the weekend I attended a wedding, for friends who met while working at DC Comics. The man who officiated the ceremony hired the...
I recently watched the 1974 conspiracy thriller "The Parallax View," in which Warren Beatty plays an investigative reporter named Joseph...
Over in my column at the DG, I elaborate on my feelings about Hurricane Irene. The piece touches upon several different themes, but...
Dick Cheney's memoir just came out and, no, I don't plan to read it, because I never read political memoirs. However, I'm enjoying...
Last week the New York Times printed an obituary for Nazik al-Malaika, one of the Arab world's most famous poets. Here's an excerpt:...
The Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails has helpfully posted a recipe for Pimm's Cup, a...
Over at the DG, I write about the new film "Terri," from talented young director Azazel Jacobs. I didn't think the film was as good as...
I am a body surfer, but not a surfer. Nevertheless, I find this footage of the massive waves off the coast of Tahiti, and the...
Over on Gizmodo, this essay , which documents the writer's brief dating experience with a world champion Magic: The Gathering player,...
Over at the DG, I write about one of Albany's best musical events, a two-day festival held in historic St. Joseph's Church. Here's...
First of all, I'd like to start by saying that I feel terrible for anyone who suffered as a result of the flooding caused by Hurricane...
Last week the Columbia Journalism Review posted an item posing a question I've been wondering about for some time: Why do we never...
Courtesy of The Morning News comes this fascinating essay about the Hudson Valley's reputation as a hotbed of supernatural activity....
Before I started drinking, I always assumed there was some sort of complicated explanation for why people drank. Like, maybe they lived...
One of my goals this summer has been to get to Cooperstown to catch the Edward Hopper exhibit there. In his blog Get Visual, David...
In this week's column at the DG , I write about the joys of body surfing, white water rafting, hiking and bobsledding. But mostly about...
Occasionally a good action movie gets made - the summer hit "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is one such example. But as a whole the...
Last week my friend Adam Rust explained why housing prices are not going to go up at his blog Bank Talk. This week, he explains why...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders - the civil rights activists who rode buses throughout the Jim Crow south in...