As reading declines, fragments of the literary past float to the cultural surface like corpses after a shipwreck. Complex thought survives in a motto: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ...

The phrase “Time is a flat circle” often refers to how the manic post-pandemic news cycle makes comprehension of the recent past impossible. A similarly dazed bafflement is explored in W. David Marx’s ...

Have you ever opened an Excel spreadsheet and felt instantly overwhelmed by its endless rows, columns, and cryptic formulas? You’re not alone. Many people see Excel as a labyrinth of complexity, ...

“His first misperceptions occurred when he was in a nightclub; the skin of the other dancers, even their faces, seemed to be covered with tattoos. At first, he thought the tattoos were real, but they ...

As tourists flooded into Harvard Square for the Head of the Charles Regatta, the line at Blank Street extended outside the store and around the block. Lines outside the door are not uncommon for the ...

There’s an aspect to ski design that I like to call the “sweet spot.” It’s actually a term I was first introduced to by the hardgoods manager of the first ski shop I worked at (Christy Sports in ...

The two members of the duo Still Blank come from Hawaii and Manchester, and they started collaborating while on opposite sides of the planet. These days, they're based in LA, and they're getting ready ...

Matthew Boyd pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning, and the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory Thursday night that pushed their NL Division Series all the way to a ...

When Martin Blank was asked to run as a Republican in the special election for the 35th District state Senate seat, he did some soul searching. Blank had run unsuccessfully for the Republican ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend ...

Aimee Lucido is a crossword maker, trivia writer, and the author of middle grade novels Emmy in the Key of Code and Recipe for Disaster, and picture book Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta, illustrated by Mavisu ...