Game of Thrones‘ fantastic fifth season ends this Sunday, meaning we’ll have to bid adieu for another year to all the wonderful things it brings to our lives: scheming queens and awesome queens, plots within plots, HBO-rated sex of all sorts, and of course, everyone’s favorite cynical dwarf. Not to mention the element that truly  keeps […]

Happy holiday travel season! In celebration of flight delays, pricey cab rides, bags that don’t fit in the overhead bin, and seatmates who insist on eating chili mid-flight, we present our picks for 6 literary seatmates that could make hitchhiking look like a suitable alternative. Here’s to those tiny bottles of airplane gin: Ignatius Reilly. […]

Of all the deadly sins, envy is the one that always feels terrible. The rest of them can feel natural, fun, satisfying, even good. I find sloth to be a most enjoyable sin, which pairs nicely with gluttony. Wrath, greed, or even lust often go undetected as sins by the person committing them, and in […]

Say you’re going out for a night on the town, and romance is on your brain. You’d be wise to bring along a character who can break the ice, talk you up, and be an overall awesome wingman. Here’s a great list of some bros you might want to consider in your quest for love—but […]