What does it take to be a Revolutionary War reenactor? @caityweaver traveled across New England and to New York’s Fort Ticonderoga, put on period clothing, and shot a musket to find out:

Read on to learn if I ever got my grubby little paws on a gun:

My brief career as a Revolutionary War reenactor, for @TheAtlantic

Please help: What is the best free restaurant bread in the United States? (ANY restaurant is eligible, but the bread must be free provided free to *every* table.)

youtube so bold w these double unskippable ads Imfao. y’all will never break me i ain’t gettin da premium

Quilted panel: The Activities of the Factory (Les... https://t.co/bTtd8iNF3u

Fired clay brick stamped with a dedication naming King Ur‑Nammu and bearing accidental dog paw prints, from the Ziggurat of Ur (temple of the moon‑god Nanna), Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2112–2004 BC; Collection: The British Museum, London..

St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office Flooded River - Gustaf Dahlstrom (1941) Photo by Charles Swaney

Bill Burr be doing random shit

Brownfield, Texas Post Office (now Police Headquarters) Ranchers of the Panhandle Fighting Prairie Fire with Skinned Steer - Frank Mechau (1940) Photo by Justin Hamel

"I do think it’s likely that within a generation or two...the median American will be able to handle spice levels that would have sent a medieval peasant into anaphylactic shock.”

august 11, 2010

don’t be coming in my house pouring no big cups of juice

i can think of a context in which i would enjoy almost every song you guys have called the worst. struggling to think of a song so bad that i wouldn’t still cut up the dance floor to it surrounded by loved ones. sorry for party rocking

So many great tidbits in this piece, including, "The lock screen on her phone is a headshot of herself."

They’re scared of how hard I ball

Hoisington, Kansas Post Office Wheat Center - Dorothea Tomlinson (1938) Photo by Tom Parker

dactylic tetrameter

june 8, 2015

UPDATE: They sent my @$$ to France, where I encountered foods ripped from my nightmares