Saturday Night Social: Nandi Bushell Loves Nirvana as Much as I Want to Love Anything

I’m back with this week’s Saturday Night Social! I’m so proud of all of us for making it through the week that saw the start of the public impeachment proceedings, another man entering the Democratic primary, and the House Science Committee debating an absolutely bonkers policy. To say it was a lot is an understatement.

So I’m looking for some joy for tonight. Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduced a...

15 Years Later, November 2004 Might Still Be One Of The Best Months In Video Game History

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2. A big game for sure, but it was just one of many huge and popular games that were all released in November 2004. Those weeks in late 2004 saw the release of World Of...

Stop Using Public USB Ports to Charge Your Phone

Battery power is one of those things that’s always at a premium, especially when you’re traveling and need to use one of the precious few power outlets at the airport to keep your device charged.

This week, the LA County District Attorney’s office put out a warning to remind everything of one way you shouldn’t keep that device charged: a public USB port.

We warned people about using public USB...

Barack Obama Is Making Me Roll My Eyes So Much

At a gathering of “wealthy liberal donors,” former President Barack Obama told the wealthy to not worry their wealthy little heads — and it’s so entirely annoying. “Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision we also have to be rooted in reality,” Obama told the annual Democracy Alliance meeting, a club of wealthy liberal donors who give “hundred of thousands of dollars a year...

When Carroll Shelby And Ford Gave Up On The Car Ken Miles Believed In

Carroll Shelby, as anyone who’s seen Ford v Ferrari can tell you, went from creating and distributing the AC Cobra to running the racing operations of the entire Ford GT40 program. And engineer-slash driver Ken Miles came with him, whether Ford wanted that or not.

In the battle between Ford and Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le...

She-Ra Season 4's Most Emotionally Intense Scene Was Already Heartbreaking in the Storyboards

Oh, wildcat .

Late in the most recent season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, things are looking pretty dim for Catra . She’s been left, attacked, or insulted by pretty much every named character in the cast at this point, and she’s buckling under the weight of everything that’s happened to her. Then, to deal the final, character-shattering blow, enters Double Trouble.

In a wrenching...

Buy a One-Way Holiday Flight on Frontier For as Low as $19 Today

If you’re still on the hunt for a holiday plane ticket, then you might want to work on making that purchase this weekend. Prices are only expected to increase for both Thanksgiving and Christmas travel from this point forward. That said, you can still snag a deal on some flights.

I decided to make a last-minute trip home for Thanksgiving this week and was shocked to find that Frontier was...

Apparently Ukrainian President Zelensky 'Loves' Trump's Ass

It gives me no pleasure to report that an American ambassador told President Donald Trump that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky “loves your ass.” Oh, and also that the Ukrainian government would be moving forward with the investigation into Joe Biden, CNN reported on Friday. That’s probably the more important part.

Yes, that’s what the guy pictured above — who looks like “me drunkenly...

Subject: In-town pool report #2

From: Marisa Schultz
Date: November 16, 2019 at 2:55:01 PM EST
Subject: In-town pool report #2

The WH passes along this statement from the press secretary:

“Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, D.C., to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam at Walter Reed.”
— Stephanie Grisham

Marisa Schultz
New York Post
Washington...

Subject: In-town pool report #1

From: Marisa Schultz
Date: November 16, 2019 at 2:51:52 PM EST
Subject: In-town pool report #1

The president arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at 2:47 pm. Pooler did not see POTUS enter.

Pool was advised POTUS movements were strictly unreportable until now.

The motorcade ride was uneventful, except for some traffic jams on GW Parkway and 495 as we crossed into MD.

The president...

Disney Plus Is Going to Embiggen The Simpsons Back To Its Proper Aspect Ratio Next Year

For classic The Simpsons , 16:9, the default widescreen viewing ratio, is not the most cromulent option. In fact, it’s a pretty bad one.

But it’s the option that shipped with Disney Plus, much to the consternation of classic Groening fans everywhere. The problem is simple: the widescreen cropping, which has been an ongoing problem for those wanting to watch The Simpsons in a worthy fashion,...

Making a batch of holiday butter

Making a batch of holiday butter. For the holidays.

So...Facebook's Got a Boob Problem

Dozens of activists plopped a giant inflatable boob outside Facebook’s London headquarters to protest the platform’s restrictions on depictions of nudity, the BBC reported Friday .

They were led by Vicky Martin, a medical tattoo artist who specializes in recreating the appearance of areolas on those who have undergone a mastectomy as part of breast cancer treatment. Her Facebook page...

Clive Owen to play Bill Clinton for FX's Impeachment edition of American Crime Story

Today, in potential accent-based high crimes and misdemeanors: Clive Owen has been cast as Arkansas-born former president Bill Clinton in FX’s upcoming American Crime Story installment, Impeachment . The British actor—who recently popped up in Will Smith’s Gemini Man , after two seasons of doing the very grossest sorts of surgeries on Cinemax’s The Knick—has signed on to play Slick William...

South Jersey Sicko Accused of Anti-Semitic Vandalism, Plotting to Kill Black Shoppers with Machete at Mall

The sickness is so deep!

Racism and mental illness is a deadly combination.

Folks in South Jersey could’ve felt the full effect of this as some fool who authorities said ordered vandalism of Midwestern synagogues plotted to “let loose” on black shoppers at a nearby mall.

18-year-old Richard Tobin is federal authorities’ latest target of a law enforcement crackdown against alleged white...

Max Verstappen Brings Honda Its First Pole In Brazil Since Ayrton Senna

Max Verstappen, for all the excitement he brings into any given Formula One race, has only started a race on pole once in his career. Today, after being dominant in every session, he extends that list to two. And the pole is the first for a Honda-powered car at Interlagos since 1991 when Ayrton Senna qualified first for McLaren.

Verstappen was in a class of his own throughout all three...

Make Reading Articles on the Web Less Distracting With This Chrome Extension

Sometimes reading articles on the web can be distracting. Taking notes about what you’re reading can also get pretty complicated, depending on how involved that article is. Readermode is a Chrome extension that can help. Once enabled, the extension allows you to customize how you see an article on the web and highlight and annotate directly on the article so you can go back to the important...

Mountain Dew Merry Mash-Up Is Like Christmas In A Can

We are only a few weeks into November, which means it’s time to start celebrating Christmas. For some reason. I’m not a big fan of Xmas and seeing Christmas trees and candy canes popping up in stores already makes me hiss like a cat. Really. And to help celebrate the holidays, Mountain Dew has released Merry Mash-Up, a new flavor of their popular soda.

Well, actually, this flavor was first...

Sophia Di Martino Is Joining Tom Hiddleston for Marvel's Loki Series

With Disney Plus launched, more or less, a slow trickle of news related to Marvel’s upcoming TV shows for the platform has begun. We still know very little about Loki’s series , which will feature Tom Hiddleston reprising the role of the trickster Norse god he made his own in the Avengers and Thor movies. But at least we know one of the other stars now.

As Variety reports, Sophia Di Martino...

Finally, Celine Dion Weighs in on The Door Debacle

Céline Dion has finally weighed in on a question that has haunted a generation: Why didn’t Rose make room for Jack on The Door in Titanic?

In an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (god, get a different/shorter name, respect the bloggers) to promote her new album Courage, Fallon did his first good thing in years and...