Staff Picks – The Best Books I Read in 2016 in No Particular Order (most of these books are downers)
The Best Books I Read in 2016 in No Particular Order (most of these books are downers*) Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire – If this collection of poems doesn’t touch your soul, I don’t know what to tell you.* Jubilee by Margaret Walker – A story of a young […]
Staff Picks – Shweta’s top 15 Holiday Movies from Bollywood
Munna Bhai MBBS starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi and the beautiful Vidya Balan, it presents the spirit of goodness wrapped in a fakely doctored degree. Chak De showcases a somber Shah Rukh Khan to balance the 11 bubbly gutsy women hockey players who beat the hell out of their opponents, all in good faith […]
Staff Picks – Kristina’s 10 favorite 404 errors
10 great 404 errors, proving that although you might be lost on the web, it doesn’t mean you can’t still find amazing things! http://www.bluefountainmedia.com/404/ http://hotdot.pro/404/ http://www.mattel.com/404 http://www.whitespark.ca/404 http://www.limpfish.com/404 http://www.colourmd.com/404/ http://huwshimi.com/404notfound http://magnt.com/404/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/error http://www.lego.com/404notfound
Staff Picks – James’ Top Ten Movie Trailers of 2015
These were films that weren’t necessarily the best, they didn’t win all of the awards, and I haven’t seen many of them yet because they’re not yet out. These trailers are notable because they made the prospect of seeing the film exciting. They reminded us why we go to the movies in the first place- […]
Staff Picks – Vanessa’s Long Lost Chocolate Treasures
Long Lost Chocolate Treasures 10. Seven Up bar (last produced in the 1970s) – If you loved chocolate but couldn’t decide if you like chocolate & nougat, or chocolate & mint, this was the candy bar for you. It contained seven different flavor combinations. 9. Butter Nut (1960s & 1970s) Very gooey, very good. 8. […]
Staff Picks – Margaret’s Offbeat Christmas Albums
(image: uncubed.com) One Christmas at a Time – Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick From the leader of The Long Winters and cult favorite nerd rocker Jonathan Coulton comes a hilarious reimagination of the Christmas album with the reality of dealing with difficult family members and spending the holiday in unusual places like jail. They […]