Holiday season is upon us again, which means family gatherings, consumerism, and... Christmas carols in minor key.

Minnesota musician Sean Wesche has followed his earlier spooky Christmas viral with this higher-quality rendition-slash-guessing game, featuring a surprisingly creepy head-wagging animation. Flash, pianos and Christmas are three things that can be used...

States have always loved to make fun of one another. Now's their chance to throw down.

Follow up to the "50 State Stereotypes (in 2 minutes)" viral.

In early January, my girlfriend and I decided to go on a diet. And not just any diet. One of the crazy ones.

I'm no health expert. I'm one of those lucky people whose high metabolism has been able to keep his often atrocious eating habits in check (though my...

[Editor's note: Some offensive historical images follow]

Ah, war. That great noble conquest in which one group decides that its ideology is superior enough to another group's that everyone in that other group needs to die.

Perhaps sometimes war is justified, perhaps not (I'll leave that for the commenters to...

Yesterday, I graded a practice SAT essay containing the following:

The student received...

A month ago, a mysterious letter was delivered to my house.

"Hi!" it read. "You may not know it, but there's a medical marijuana dispensary within 1000 feet of your residence. And if you're not already a client, we would like to introduce ourselves!"

Ah, the joys of living in...

To the approximately 4 million college students graduating this month: congratulations, and welcome to the jungle.

And to the approximately 3.99 million of you who don't have jobs lined up and are starting to panic: don't. You don't know it yet, but you may be about to start the most...

When I was 23, I drove my parents' beat-up turquoise van to all 48 contiguous United States. Don't ask.

If I learned one thing, it's that America has a lot of crazy/hilarious/accidentally dirty signs (I'll let you decide...