It sucks your kids' (and your) brains out through their eyeballs. We intrinsically know this, but it just makes me giddy when the doctors confirm it. Just this week, the ... Read More

102 players from 45 countries competed in the 7th World SCRABBLE Championship on October 19-24, 2003 in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Panupol Sujjayakorn, a student from Bangkok, Thailand ... Read More

Kelly Palamino is not - I repeat, NOT - crazy. Yes, water does talk to him: his toilet tells him to eat fish; his Water Pik quotes Ezra Pound. His ... Read More

In "Feeding a Yen," Calvin Trillin's most recent collection of food essays, we tag along as he seeks out such delicacies as pimientos de Padron in Spain, pan bagnat in ... Read More

D.B.C. Pierre, first-time novelist and recovering drug-addict, was named the winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Vernon God Little. Among the other authors short-listed for the prize ... Read More

"Did you know that in the 1800s Hungarian peasants used to cover up all the mirrors in their houses so their small children wouldn't accidentally kill themselves with a reflected ... Read More

I've recently asked you all for your favorite books of all time, and have started publishing the results here. The BBC began doing the same thing back in April, ... Read More

A friend in Alcoholics Anonymous once explained alcoholism to me like this: "It's like dancing with a gorilla. You're not done until the gorilla's done." In "Dry," a shocking and ... Read More

"This short 160-page novel is subtly enthralling, and, despite it's completely boring story, it is almost impossible to put down. Smith's characters, the six different individuals inhabiting the house, are ... Read More

Neal Stephenson graced the Boulder Bookstore last night with his presence and wit. And while the man is undeniably sharp as a tack, the audience questioning left something to ... Read More