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Non-Fiction Archive

Rethinking Kosher Wines
Monday, April 21, 2008

Actual Excerpts From ...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Bunnyfucking

Things I've Learned about the Harry Potter Series from the Online Slash Community
Monday, March 10, 2008

Hannukkah!

Some Thoughts on Improving Hannukkah! by Mick Stingley
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I Think I Need to Dispell Some Misconceptions about My Six-Foot-Tall Swedish Ladyfriend Who Happens to Be a Licensed Massage Therapist by Mick Stingley
Monday, September 24, 2007

My Recent Rejection Slips, Rendered in the Same Manner in which Movie Advertisements Selectively Quote Reviews by Andrew Kiraly
Friday, July 13, 2007

Things We Learned from Eunice and Marvin Weinstein after Buying Their Home in Suburbia by Wayne Gladstone
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Kindergarten Cop by Russell Bradbury-Carlin
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Vonnegut's Asshole

R.I.P., K.V. Jr.
Friday, April 13, 2007

Vaguely Valentines by Martha Miles
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Good Times, Bad Times by David Martin
Monday, November 20, 2006

36 Hours: Penn Station by Mick Stingley
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Aileen Gallagher Up in the Guff Spot by Aileen Gallagher
Monday, September 4, 2006

I'm Totally into American Idol by Geoff Wolinetz
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Believe the Hype? The Black Table by Tim Grierson
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The Black Table: I Only Know Them for Networking Reasons by Joel Keller
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

A Quick Roast, Pt. I by Lindsay Robertson
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

A Quick Roast, Pt. II by Jeff Koyen
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The Week in Craig by Amy Blair
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Deadeye Dicks
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Human Brain and Animal Brain, Analogous? No!: A Keen Example of Objective Scientific Argument by Professor Pierre Dugelay, Ph.D., Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Translation to English Permitted for Higher Education Purposes Only by Daniel Byard Cox
Monday, October 24, 2005

Will Wet Nurse Never Cease? by Jeff Schmitt
Monday, October 17, 2005

Dear Nipsey
Wednesday, October 5, 2005

How You Say, "Michel"?
Monday, September 12, 2005

Will the Real Alvy Singer Please Stand Up (Please Stand Up)?
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

"B.L.T.": A Review by Will Layman
Friday, July 1, 2005

A.I. Wanna Rock and Roll All Nite by Daniel Nester
Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Reader’s Block by Steve Finbow
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Was the Pope Polish?: John Paul II, 1920-2005
Saturday, April 2, 2005

My Laundromat picks by Jason Roeder
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Pop Stars in Hotel Rooms: An Occasional Series by Steve Finbow
Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Two Real Case Studies in Snap Judgment Involving My Parents by Jeremy Martin
Monday, March 7, 2005

A Brief, Reasoned Argument to Counteract the Two-Second Judgment You’ve Made to Buy Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking by Gideon C. Kennedy
Monday, March 7, 2005

Five Disquieting Modern Trends
Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Thank-You Notes to America
Friday, November 5, 2004

Why Dogs Don't Conduct Polls
Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Ten Things You Used to Be Able to Get Away With in Grade School but You Probably Can’t Get Away With at Work by Kevin Kinsella
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Things You Can Accomplish before Conan Takes Over “The Tonight Show” in 2009
Monday, October 18, 2004

At Last, Respect: Rodney Dangerfield, 1921-2004
Wednesday, October 6, 2004

UPN or Made Up? by Geoff Wolinetz
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Zello, Dolly!, or, Three Big Boobs
Friday, September 3, 2004

Choire Sicha Is Not Who You Think He Is by Claire Zulkey
Monday, August 23, 2004

A Very Short Roast by Jessica Coen
Monday, August 23, 2004

Choire Sicha, Literary Critic by Andrew Krucoff
Monday, August 23, 2004

My Site Meter's Best Friend by Brian Sack
Monday, August 23, 2004

Choire Destroyed My Art Career by Joy Garnett
Monday, August 23, 2004

Random Thoughts while Watching the I Love the… Series on VH1 by Geoff Wolinetz
Friday, July 30, 2004

I Hate I Love the 90s by Amy Stender
Thursday, July 29, 2004

I Love ... Pt. IV
Thursday, July 29, 2004

I Love ... Pt. III
Wednesday, July 28, 2004

I Love . . . Part II
Tuesday, July 27, 2004

I Love I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s, I Love the 90s, and I Love the 80s Strikes Back
Sunday, July 25, 2004

Hawaii Diarii: Kauai by Nick Jezarian
Friday, July 23, 2004

Requiem for the Gay Divorcé: Tony Randall, 1920-2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Edible Television by Amy Stender
Friday, April 16, 2004

Great Moments in Pantyhose Jurisprudence by Richard Grayson
Thursday, April 15, 2004

Some Things You Ought to Have Mentioned before You Brought Me, Your Irish-Catholic Boyfriend, to Meet Your Parents at My First Seder Ever with Your Orthodox Family by Mick Stingley
Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Time Is on My Side; No, It's on My Side by Alan C. Baird
Friday, April 2, 2004

If I Had a Million Dollars by Will Leitch
Monday, March 29, 2004

St. Pat's Facts
Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Some Replies to “Where’d Ya Get That Shiner?” by Kim Bosch
Thursday, March 4, 2004

K.B.N. on Engagement Rings by Karen Newman
Friday, February 20, 2004

K.B.N. on Bridesmaids by Karen Newman
Thursday, February 19, 2004

Mr. Wolinetz Goes to Houston: Geoff's Wacky Super Bowl XXXVIII Adventure by Geoff Wolinetz
Friday, January 30, 2004

The DeVito Code
Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Pop Quiz & Why You Should Be Friends with Me by Amy Shearn
Thursday, January 22, 2004

Gimme a Half-Caff Soy Triple Latté (No Foam) and the Unagi/Torigai Special: In Defense of the Green Mountain State by Amy Stender
Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Re: Spicy Latinas Want to Taste Your Big Burrito by Brian Hughes
Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Things I Say to Various Loved Ones, Coworkers, and Strangers When My Aunt Flo Visits by Amy Stender
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

The Roastee Responds by Neal Pollack
Sunday, December 21, 2003

Neal Pollack: The Most Important Artist of Our Time
Monday, December 15, 2003

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Josh Abraham
Friday, December 12, 2003

Commands My Dog Hasn’t Yet Learned by Amy Shearn
Wednesday, November 19, 2003

What I Hope to Find in Hell by Darby Larson
Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Lessons Learned from HBO by Ray Stillman
Thursday, October 30, 2003

What I Hope to Find in Heaven by Heather Kelley
Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Cautionary Tales for Teens by Jennifer Amey & Andrew Beer
Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Hollywood Interruption by Josh Abraham
Thursday, September 25, 2003

Inner Monologue from This Morning's Subway Commute by Lisa Grover
Tuesday, September 23, 2003

The Nature of the Carolina Ghost Crab by Dennis DiClaudio
Monday, September 8, 2003

Useful Phrases for the American in Paris
Monday, September 1, 2003

"I Do" by Ray Stillman
Monday, August 25, 2003

A Reason to Party
Thursday, August 21, 2003

Obituaries by Ray Stillman
Monday, August 18, 2003

.edu: An Exchange with My Alma Mater by Nick Jezarian
Monday, August 18, 2003

Things I've Learned from the Internet by Tony DiGerolamo
Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Inner Monologue from This Morning’s Subway Commute by Lisa Grover
Wednesday, June 18, 2003

“Rectum? I Damn Near Killed ’Em!” by David Abraham
Monday, June 9, 2003

I Could Simonize My Car
Thursday, April 24, 2003

Top 10 Things That Sucked about My Day (In No Particular Order) by Jason Kucharsky
Monday, April 14, 2003

Things I Can't Believe Happened (March 2003) by Harold Middleman
Thursday, March 27, 2003

A Salute to Some Things Irish by Ray Stillman
Monday, March 17, 2003