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mental_floss Blog - Sep 4, 2008
Charlie Kaufman is the writer behind movies including Adaptation, Being John Malkovitch, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. (He also wrote two episodes of the TV classic Get a Life, though he didn’t win any …
Also tagged: blogs, books, movies, literature, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Sep 2, 2008
Adam Savage is best known for hosting the Discovery Channel program Mythbusters, but he’s got a lot more going on than televised science experiments. He’s a master builder and special effects guy for major movies, and …
Also tagged: animals, blogs, science, nature, mad scientist
mental_floss Blog - Aug 20, 2008
In last July’s issue of Harper’s, Joshuah Bearman revealed a wealth of information on classic gaming in general and Billy Mitchell specifically. Mitchell is one of the subjects of last year’s documentary King of Kong …
Also tagged: games, blogs, history, video games, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Jul 16, 2008
We’ve covered nerdy comedian Ze Frank and comedy nerd Jesse Thorn’s The Sound of Young America before, but now these two great tastes are tasting great together. (See what I did there?) Jesse Thorn of TSOYA interviewed …
Also tagged: blogs, humor, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Mar 3, 2008
Story time has long been a completely analog process — employing good old-fashioned print books, read together with a child. Well, like most things, there’s now an option to enjoy kids’ stories online: Storyline …
Also tagged: blogs, books, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Jan 10, 2008
Yesterday we looked at writers’ rooms — now let’s turn to a related topic: how the actual work gets done. Rod McLaren has been posting tidbits on the creative process since 2004, collecting over one hundred fascinating …
mental_floss Blog - Jan 2, 2008
Being a product of the Delaware school system, I can’t help but love Quakers. My middle and junior high schools were located on a Meeting House Lane. Pacifism, abolitionism and tolerance have always seemed like good …
mental_floss Blog - Dec 31, 2007
While thumbing through the mental_floss archives, I found this story that I’d completely forgotten about. Check it out! According to CNN, one of the three muggers who attacked illusionist David Copperfield and his two …
Also tagged: blogs, current events, bizarro
mental_floss Blog - Dec 21, 2007
This weekend I’ll be competing for the championship in my fantasy football league. I don’t want to brag, but I’ll just say that I’m favored to win and it’ll be my second championship in a row. That said, I’ve grown …
mental_floss Blog - Dec 12, 2007
by Elizabeth Lunday 1. Voltaire exposes Rousseau as a Deadbeat Dad (5 times over?!) They say you’re not paranoid if someone’s really out to get you. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was paranoid, but Voltaire was really out to …