"How many lives does a cat have?" "One." Popsicle stick jokes just got a whole lot funnier with Matt Moore and Jason Kreher's Schadenfreezers. ...
My memories of reading The Bobbsey Twins brings back the first taste of pressing my face against a world I desperately wanted, and yet could believe in no more than I believed in Santa Claus.
My sports related conversations now revolve more around who I hate and why rather than who I cheer for. I believe this is a wonderful thing, sports has become one of our only bastions for letting our hate out in healthy ways.
Mike Kelley died of an apparent suicide in his bathtub a few days ago in Southern California. He was perhaps the most influential artist to emerge in ...
I live in a world of Schadenfreud, New York City, where a woman over 40 is often single and childless, as well as powerful, beautiful, and fit -- and where she is picked on by the newspaper she wakes up to every morning.
Drunk Cubs fan Colleen Henneman is not looking forward to this weekend. Even though the weather is expected to be pleasant, things are quiet in Wrigle...
A schadenfreude moment isn't shared with others. No, it's a moment of silent glee. We all do it; we just don't talk about it. Dark chocolate never tasted so good.
What is it about train wrecks? Why can't otherwise decent people look away from mayhem, blood, end-of-life scenarios and the personal tragedies of fellow human beings?
The trendy word that I've noticed most lately is "metaphor." This used to be confined mainly to academia, but in the past few years it has broken out like a rash among the general population. I am curious about how such trends get started.
It's fair to say that Red Sox and Yankees fans dislike each other as much as fans of any two teams playing today. Which makes those fans an obvious choice for studying rivalry and aggression.
Some people see snow in the forecast and they get excited, eagerly awaiting all the snowball fights and romantic winter strolls that are in their imme...
Nietzsche and Kierkegaard described herd mentality as people acting at the same time in the same way with no thought of consequences or a sense of responsibility for their actions.
According to Scientific American, the experience of Schadenfreude activates the same pleasure center of the brain as does a good meal.
It seems as if every time we turn on the television, open a newspaper, or go on line, the bad guys are winning. Television shows are a projection of anxiety and discontent that many in America experience.
I like seeing people fucked up, but I also like knowing they'll get better. There's nothing like a hobo story with a happy ending.
Why do we remember such disasters decades later? Is it schadenfreude, our fascination and guilty pleasure at the pain of others?
Have no doubt, I love bad movies. I still have fond memories of the first time I stumbled onto Robot Monster, back in the days when local broadcast te...
Hardly a day goes by when we don't read or hear about how our state's budget is down the toilet (it is!); or that the City of Los Angeles is so broke, it can't even afford a toilet (it can't).
Us Weekly has profited enormously from the Gosselins' marriage failing -- producing six consecutive covers this summer featuring either Jon or Kate -- and they're not quite done feasting off that carcass' bones.
Schadenfreude, sketch-comedy legends in Chicago, recently appeared on "The Interview Show." Below is an excerpt and a clip from a sketch they did with the rapper Rhymefest.
With Obama's Inauguration, help may be near, but remedy is far. Church and state are one. Democracy is capitalism. War is peace. Memory is shredder. Our national glands are fatigued from the shock of the Bush Doctrine.
Recent weeks have seen a spate of suicides by some of the most financially powerful people in the world. German billionaire industrialist Adolf Merckl...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say he took billions from investors, and now someone has taken a statue from him. Palm Beach police are investig...
Scroll down for video NEW YORK — Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff made an appearance at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to complete paperw...
Looks like the Razzies are confident in their prophesy that "Valkyrie" will land in their next derby, which commences on Jan. 21 when noms are unveile...
