Archives, in case of the apocalypse

Is RED DRESS by Sarah Brand intentionally going for Worst Music Video of All Time?
Can you make millions as a social media influencer–and how well does this whiskey pair with an Americano?
Writing, COVID, working from home, and how well this whiskey pairs with coffee
The path
VENGEANCE by Zack Hemsey is brutal and brilliant
Chapter 20: What’s real and what’s useless prepper fan-fic?
This music video is peak internet and you are required by law to watch it
Chapter 19: Why doomsday shelters in missile silos are an achy breaky big mistakey
Okay, this video is clever and hilarious–well played, well played
Exploding Whale cray-cray–watch glorious remastered 4k footage on 50th anniversary of historic event
The best pro-Biden ads of 2020
VIDEO: The Red Pen of Doom interprets the lyrics to ICE, ICE, BABY
I come to praise Florida Man, not to bury him
KILLER SURFING SNAILS is the science video we need in the hellscape of 2020
What went right, and wrong, with WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH?
VERY NOISE by Igorrr is definitely weird, but is it any good?
Part 2: The Reckoning–Actually building an Evil Supercomputer to take over the world
Part 1: Why you can and SHOULD build an Evil Supercomputer to take over the world
Top four mistakes made in TRIPLE FRONTIER–which legit stars Batman, The Mandalorian, the dude from Sons of Anarchy and Poe Dameron from Star Wars, I KID YOU NOT
A little moment of wonder and joy in the hellscape of 2020
Fire up the Netflix and watch Chadwick Boseman in MESSAGE FROM THE KING
ALL THE STARS is the perfect song for a perfect movie
Australian couple deals with infestation of death adders–and no, this isn’t a Harry Potter movie
The one where Pam overwrites THE DARK KNIGHT
THE MECHANIC is a clinic in betrayals, the beating heart of thrillers
Who actually made the first music video OF ALL TIME?
Why a 13-year-old boy who stutters inspired America
Oregon Man gives Florida Man serious competition by pulling Nerf crossbow on cops
Screenwriting 101 tips – The one where Pam ruins PULP FICTION
Top 4 reasons why WILD CARD is the best Jason Statham action movie ever
Top Four amazing musicians who PLAYED EVERY FREAKING INSTRUMENT on their album
Parasite fungus creates zombie insects, who become ‘flying salt shakers of death’
Writing secret: What two-sentence stories can teach us all
The subversive genius of COMRADE DETECTIVE
Why KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA by Muse is total madness that still works
Adopted girl dedicates herself to finding forever homes for senior dogs
Writing secret–emotions are everything
Should you watch Denzel Washington create havoc in THE EQUALIZER?
CARDIGAN by Taylor Swift and the evolution–or stagnation–of music
Obama’s eulogy of Rep. John Lewis is what we need today
Washington Man tries to outdo Florida Man, almost succeeds
HEIST is a master class in tying character arcs to plot twists
GUNS AKIMBO tests the Five Unwritten Laws of Action Movies
GET UP by the Bingo Players is pure weirdness, but in a good way
The rise of viral video weirdness
The acid test for all writing
Should you fire up Netflix and watch EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
1944 is a song that will make you cry
Trump would torch his own house to get a headline
Why we’re desperate today for a different flavor of weird news
Why “romance novels are trash” is such a bad take
THE OLD GUARD is good–and here’s what could make the sequel even better
MOTIVATION by Normani is the tip of her talent iceberg
This ROUS is the friendliest creature on the planet
Rampaging prairie dogs invade tiny Nebraskan town–is South Dakota next to fall?
The writerly brilliance of SNL’s best skit EVER–Adam Driver’s oil baron
Why ANNA violates three laws of action movies
Why PHYSICAL by Dua Lipa is such good fun
What makes THE WITCH PART 1 so damn great
IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING is the right kind of song for 2020
Here’s your nightmare fuel for the day: Ancient crocodile that ran like an ostrich
GOOD THING by Zedd and Kehlani is just about perfect
DATA AND PICARD is the weirdest music video in the quandrant
Murder Hornets expose the dark roots of our deepest fears
Fire up Netflix and watch THE PLAGUES OF BRESLAU
The problems with PICARD
An ode to my father
Toss a coin to your Witcher
JURANOID by Hevisaurus is heavy metal for kids about dinosaurs
Chapter 18: Will a shield save your apocalyptic bacon?
The Red Pen of Doom impales FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
The brilliance of RUNNING UP THAT HILL by Meg Myers
A beautiful shot that almost wasn’t
Photo of the day
Medieval Music Video Deathmatch–CIRCLES by Post Malone vs HOLY DIVER by Dio
A tale of two apocalyptic infographics–waste money and die or get smart and live
Exactly why THE MANDALORIAN crushes all three STAR WARS prequels
Squid beast from THE MANDALORIAN
Weird news you can’t improve: Feral hogs find and destroy cocaine worth $22,000 hidden in woods
Ed Sheeran and Khalid absolutely nail it with BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Zombie chicken breast wakes up, walks off restaurant table
Writing should spark joy–in you and the reader
JESSICA JONES repeats the same storytelling mistake as GAME OF THRONES
You can pitch ANYTHING except quality
Check out ONE SMALL SACRIFICE by Hilary Davidson
Amazingly weird headline–Man in underwear arrested at animal shelter after fighting invisible nemesis
Why every man must read a romance – and every woman a thriller
Random Review: ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE will make you snort coffee through your nose
WALK IT TALK IT by The Migos pays glorious tribute to the ’70s
Three days alone in the woods, no food, no shelter, no water
Ten ways to remove your shirt–and what they say about you
Random review: THE SPACE BETWEEN US is on Netflix–should you fire it up?
Two great music videos that cost zero dollars
How to build a survival shelter in the woods
The obscure art that rules the world
Friendly Friday–Author, editor and literary badass Linda Rodriguez
Top 10 creepy sea creatures — and why creatures are a staple of our weird news diet
Plot Ninja – story structure made easy
The careful genius of COBRA KAI’s season 2
Why BAD GUY by Billie Eilish is so damned good
Who says underground bunkers have to be boring? This one has a pool
Introducing the iPad killer – the amazing and affordable L-pad
Back from the dead!
Scientists bring pig brains back to life, so yes, go prepare for the zombie apocalypse
MEET ME IN THE LADIES ROOM by Klymaxx
SNL turns a skit into a musical masterpiece
Lessons learned from two terrible music videos: WILDER and WICKED WISDOM
POLAR has promise, then the weird piles up
The Exploding Whale and the explosion of weird news
Let’s get real about the hot mess of spell-check, grammar and editing tools
Chapter 17: WATERWORLD was a prophecy, so get your sweet sailboat ready
William Shatner sings RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, and yes, it is insane
Hot tub crime machine
How could I not know the insane YOU DON’T KNOW by 702?
Why the Hot Duck of Central Park went so viral
Why heavy writing requires heavy equipment
Where ROBIN HOOD went wrong
The sweetness of WHEN I TASTE TEQUILA by Dan + Shay
The fatal flaw with zombie apocalypse movies
Great food, beautiful beaches and giant man-eating reptiles
Monkeys monkeys monkeys
Epic haikus explaining all six parts of speech
The Red Pen of Doom analyzes I WANT YOU TO WANT ME by Cheap Trick
Fine, you maniac, no one can stop you from doing #NaNoWriMo
Gertrude Stein is a literary train wreck
The Red Pen of Doom shoots up Train’s DRIVE BY
The Mighty MacGuffin
A Tour De Force of ’80s Videos
Writers, we are doing it BACKWARDS
Storytelling insights from 3 minutes of glorious film with subtitles
Violins and cellos gone wild
Real geniuses dressing up as ninjas to rob gas stations
The secret truth about writing
Will the new DARK PHOENIX fill us with wonder or be a Mountain of Meh?
Weirdest Lyrics of All Time goes to THE REFLEX by Duran Duran
How to carve a survival bow
30 achy breaky Twitter mistakeys
Two pigs walking a cat
Why I believe Dr. Ford
The Red Pen of Doom sends LIKE A FOX ON THE RUN into hyperspace
Here’s why movies and shows are so good today vs years past
Toad the Wet Sprocket is back! Listen now, then go see them live
Chapter 16: How to survive in a nuclear wasteland–mostly, by doing the opposite of Mad Max
News junky, heal thyself
What do you want?
Weird news headline of the century: Don’t Mess With Nana–Grandma Mayor Shoots and Kills 580-pound Alligator to Avenge Death of Miniature Horse
A tour de force of writing styles
A tour de force of writing styles
A BOWL OF WARM MILK AND MURDER
A BOWL OF WARM MILK AND MURDER
The simple secret behind why the trailer for CAPTAIN MARVEL is great
The Red Pen of Doom digs up the existential dread hidden beneath the BABY SHARK song
Writing insights revealed by country twang
Writing insights revealed by country twang
Survival Lilly shows you how to build a Super Survival Shelter in the woods
Social media experiments–the good, the bad and the ugly
A love letter to TV weather reporters, those brave, storm-chasing fools
The world explained by TWO COWS
Everything they taught us about stories was WRONG
Everything they taught us about stories was WRONG
Why are all writers lazy bums?
Romance novelists are a secret, epic army
Romance novelists are a secret, epic army
The Red Pen of Doom embraces THE AX by Donald Westlake
The Red Pen of Doom embraces THE AX by Donald Westlake
Zombie movies are NOT standard horror movies
Take a peek inside the nightmare machine
Music video dance-off: Janet Jackson vs. Dua Lipa
$50 cheapo bugout bag vs $500 version and $5,000 cray-cray Backpack of the Zombie Apocalypse
Five pro-tips for Twitter, because conventional wisdom is dead wrong
Unlikely animal friends will restore your faith in the world
The sleeper cells have awoken
The Red Pen of Doom reluctantly nukes THE GREAT GATSBY
A beautiful map to movies
We have a contender for Worst Music Video of All Time
Chapter 15: Why killer robots and Artificial Intelligence Gone Bad are great apocalyptic scenarios
Why this video has ALL the secret ingredients to go crazy viral
Why writing is EXACTLY like running, except for the part about words
The different types of coffee, explained
Writing dialogue
The Red Pen of Doom destroys A SHORE THING by Snooki
Welcome to the age of the meta-story
Clean Bandit makes a clean getaway with SOLO
Chapter 14: A super volacano will go off–the question is WHEN
The Series of Tubes is not a strategy
Just what Florida needs: Pythons interbreeding to create Super Snakes
Honor your muse
Top 10 movie fights that are so bad, they circle back to good
Battle of the Trippy Music Videos: GOD IS A WOMAN versus MINE
Chapter 13: How to prepare for a WATERWORLD-style apocalypse
Quirks and legs beat the pants off talent and perfection
One man’s love letter to romance authors and readers
Why the best weird news stories involve glorious karmic payback
How to format your screenplay’s title page
Here’s why THE MEG works
Okay, fine–let’s admit the brilliance of DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART by the Backstreet Boys
Chapter 12: What types of apocalyptic insanity should you actually prep for–and which can you ignore?
Why Facebook friends, Twitter followers and blog hits don’t actually matter
Hey there
Why rare puppers and kittehs dominate the Series of Tubes
How to sell a screenplay
Why does MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT work so well?
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN is a mini-movie masterpiece by Zayn and Sia
Chapter 11: What’s the actual likelihood of all the different flavors of apocalyptic craziness?
Trump’s trouble with Twitter
If you care about protecting our democracy, follow these people on Twitter
Florida Man: Why one state is the absolute mecca for weird news
Four reasons why COBRA KAI completely obliterates THE KARATE KID
How to raise the stakes
Developing characters
Character problems and what to do about them
SOBER UP by AJR is a true beauty, except for this itty bitty fatal flaw
Don’t try to understand PSYCHO by Post Malone—just enjoy the trip
Remember this Iowa college kid, the Eagle Scout with two moms? He just won a primary for the state senate
Sweep the leg, Johnny! The genius of COBRA KAI
And now for something completely different — THIS IS AMERICA by Childish Gambino
Why the USS CALLISTER worked so well while METALHEAD turned meh
This one chart cuts through the heart of EVERY MUSICAL GENRE
31 brand new animal species discovered by amateur naturalists
Kygo and Selena Gomez bring it with IT AIN’T ME
SALUT SALON gives us a musical clinic and a giant dose of joy
Why all writers need to study the secrets of screenwriting
Taking apart the expensive disaster of LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO by Taylor Swift
Redemption: Vets behind bars helping other vets by training service dogs
Powell’s City of Books is packed with people, ideas and goodness
Carly Rae Jepsen + NIN = WIN
A peek inside the brain of puppers and doggos
Robert Hardy was the epitome of elegant humor
Writing prompt: Bob the Butcher puts his thumb on the scale
Three ways to fix a very rusty IRON FIST
RICO SUAVE by Gerardo shows the power of silly fun
Chapter 10—Prepping for Day 1 of Any Sort of ‘Pocalypse
Robin Boyes: ‘The heart must be moved’
Chapter 9—Getting Real about Long Range Weapons
Chapter 5: Resisting Oppression
Chapter 8: Blades, Bludgeons and Bad Ideas
Chapter 4: Winning the War on Truth
Chapter 7: Fire and Water
Chapter 3: The Hidden Fight
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 6—Suit Up with Seriously Practical Armor
Proper use of jiu jitsu against a bear
Chapter 2: Dismantling a Wall of Lies
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 5—Yes, Any Sort of Apocalypse Means Looting the Mall
33 ways to fight lies, propaganda and oppression—Chapter 1: Marching Toward Liberty
Battle of the Hollywood Franchises, Week 1— GAME OF THRONES vs THE WALKING DEAD vs WESTWORLD
The Avalanches get weird with FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 4—One Backpack and a Pair of Hiking Boots
The Hoff massacres HOOKED ON A FEELING
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 3—Getting Around
Earth Day and the March for Science–because there is no Planet B
Georgie Dann has talent, so why is PALOMA BLANCA so amazingly awful?
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 2—Lone Wolf in a Bunker vs Nimble Nomad with Friends
Ed Sheeran gets his Fight Club on with SHAPE OF YOU
Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Chapter 1—You’re Doing It Wrong
Leaked script for JUSTICE LEAGUE
How U2 turns WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME into an event and PR stunt
ALL THAT WE SHARE
SILENT NIGHT by Chewbecca, just because we can
Why WESTWORLD blows our mind—and what may happen next
Deep story goodness for writers via The Mother of All Cheat Sheets
ARRIVAL hits you like a giant space rock right in the feels
Part 2 of Why NaNoWriMo is noble nuttiness–Why first drafts are always flawed and how to fix them
HALLELUJAH by Kate McKinnon, who is just killing it
Why NaNoWriMo is noble nuttiness–and 8 steps to make it easier
Why MELANIANADE is peak SNL and brilliant comedy
The Saga of Sir Bushytail the Brave
Writing prompt: this epic armored squirrel
Things to watch on Netflix, Part 2: Every Korean Action Movie Known to Man
SALSA TEQUILA is a classic parody turned accidental hit
Top 5 reasons why GO 4 IT by Corey Feldman is so bad, it circles back to good
The five greatest cover songs of all time
What Thor was doing during CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Things to watch on Netflix, Part 1: CARTEL LAND
Why the world needs newspapers more than ever
Top 7 ways SUICIDE SQUAD went epically wrong—and could have gone right
STAR TREK and STAR WARS are now opposite sides of the same repetitive story
Big boat from a much smaller boat
FROZEN: THE PHANTOM EDIT
The past, present and future of news
Quirky and Fun versus Weird for the Sake of Weird
2016 craziness leads to brilliant and funny music videos
The killer beside you
Is this dinosaur-sized alligator fake or real?
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE proves that explosions are meh
DANCE OFF by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis opens with … Idris Elba!
Ducks with jobs
Just picked my first lock
7 secret ingredients to cook up a Bad Superhero Blockbuster
CHARACTER ISSUES – A new column in Criminal Element
Mother goose calls the cops to save her baby
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR does the impossible
Student makes insanely great 007-style musical opener for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Man leads police on 112 mph chase, crashes, then flees with his pet monkey
Jimmy with the Good Hair
Things I’m selling that you should buy and such
An ode to Joy (the Cat)
Waterfall on Mt. Rainier
The Red Pen of Doom takes on GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee
Ruby Beach
BATMAN VS SUPERMAN is 10 times better than I expected
From the top of the Needle of Space
EMP and Needle of Space
Great Wheel of Seattle
SO WHAT’CHA WANT by the Beastie Boys is even better with muppets
Mini documentary: The football coach who never punts
Monkeys amazed by magic tricks
Superhero movies: Golden Age or insane glut?
Ariana Grande blows up Saturday Night Live
Double rainbow at the Dome
Alan Rickman: a tribute
SUNRISE by the Olson Bros, Donald Trump and the power of authenticity
Top 7 reasons why SPECTRE is average while SKYFALL soared
The four secret purposes of music videos
Barn full of walkers!
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON in two minutes, using Legos
DOWNTOWN by Macklemore is daring and different
Why MAKE ME by Lee Child gets graded on a curve
Man Uses Raccoon To Start Breathalyzer Equipped Car, Raccoon Then Attacks Driver
Defense against the Dark Arts: Propaganda vs. journalism and rhetoric
Watch the beatiful visual echoes in both STAR WARS trilogies
CARL POPPA by Bad Lip Reading is a brilliant parody–and you can DANCE to it
Why WATCH ME by Silento is simple and viral
Why this lost trailer for FANTASTIC FOUR in 1994 is better than the turkey now in theaters
The simple story of a dog–and why it makes you cry
The most epic and hilarious Crime Stoppers in history
This is where you stop
Snowy volcano of beauty and doom
THE SEVENTH ELEMENT by Vitas is inspired crazytown
Just dogs freaking out about magic tricks
Bourbon and birthdays and such
4 ways to improve STARLORD VS MUTANT DINOSAURLAND (aka JURRASIC WORLD)
8 reasons why blockbusters are meta-stories instead of Villain of the Week
7 reasons why music videos possess tremendous power
Hard and Complex versus Impossible and Bizarre
Top 6 reasons why MAD MAX crushes AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON
Top 6 reasons why Batman must DIE!
SAY IT RIGHT by Nelly Furtado is just right
Top 10 titles for a novel
JADE HELM: Texas rebels train kamikaze armadillos for coming federal invasion
True facts about the Mantis Shrimp
Put your writing to the Screen Time Test
The Red Pen of Doom puts a stake through TWILIGHT
What you need to know before seeing AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON
The random junk in our garages, it is multiplying, and IT MUST BE STOPPED
Four killer trailers for the best movies of 2015
YOU SPIN ME ROUND by Dead or Alive is the best of the ’80s worst
Why TITANIUM by David Guetta + Sia is a hidden gem
PACER is an awe-inspiring short film
Top 3 reasons why YOUR LOVE by The Outfield epitomizes classic ’80s videos
EXPLODING KITTENS is what card games should be
Top 3 reasons why the new, extended trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON rocks so hard
How Obama’s 2015 State of the Union tries to break the mold
TAKE ME TO CHURCH by Hozier is film-noir goodness
Pop Danthology 2014 absolutely destroys all music video compilations, forever
Six smart steps after #NaNoWriMo
Many Bothans died to bring us this teaser for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Top 9 reasons to write in first-person plural
Golden retriever destroys obedience course, wins Interwebs
Do not look upon your #NaNoWriMo word count and despair, for there is hope
Sam Smith makes a sweet short film out of I KNOW I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE
Why TOO MANY COOKS blew up the interwebs
Six easy ways to improve NaNoWriMo
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
Harry Potter hops on the Tonight Show and absolutely nails ALPHABET AEROBICS by Blackalicious
Where the lava kissed the ocean
Bamboo forest
Little fire, big burning ball of flame
Hurricane is coming, but it’s beautiful
BLACK WIDOW pays excellent homage to KILL BILL
The one little thing that made Hong Kong’s protests so big
Monster Truck Bike
Was Episode 2 of GOTHAM an epic fail or glorious win?
Lake Sylvia, black and white
Reading times for famous book-like objects
The six types of insane song lyrics
Photo of the Day: The otter abides
DOWN ON MY LUCK by Vic Mensa is different and special
Why this video is intentionally bad and tremendously good
Age and size matter not — attitude is everything
Photo of the Day: A castle passageway in Luxembourg
Photo of the Day: How many students can fit in this autorickshaw?
Big, Beautiful Movies with Sad, Stupid Endings
Photo of the Day: Hand this tiger a script and he’ll read the nightly news
Photo of the Day: This is NOT the set for a sci-fi movie
The poetry of TEAM by Lorde
Random Photo of the Day: Stoplight and local star join forces to create art
Mystery Monster in Backyard possibly not so mysterious
Random Photo of the Day: Houseboat in Kerala, India
Random Photo of the Day: A simple river valley
Random Photo of the Day: A sunset in Germany
The trouble with LUCY by director Luc Besson
Deconstructing the classic ROUND HERE by Counting Crows
‘Native advertising’ disguised as news: miracle money or menace to journalism?
WORD CRIMES by Weird Al is a writer’s anthem
Barnes and Noble, tear down these walls
IT’S GOOD TO BE IN LOVE by Frou Frou conceals writing truths
Giving THE TRANSPORTER a tune-up
Fireworks set to music, from a drone flying INSIDE THE FIREWORKS
GAME OF THRONES as a cheesy ’80s TV show
Insanely great photos taken the most epic possible way
Why ARCHER’s arrows are hit and miss
Throne gets trippy with the first embroidered music video ever
The Duckpocalypse is upon us
Top 5 reasons EDGE OF TOMORROW works — and why it redeems Tom the Cruise
Success is often accidental
Bad Writing: The Six Horsemen of the Writepocalypse
Top 3 reasons why DEAR KITTEN won the interwebs
How weird news teaches us great storytelling
FANCY by Iggy happily subverts CLUELESS, start to finish
Introducing the iWatch, which will change the world FOREVER
Bears climbing cliffs, I kid you not
Crazy storm + music = mind-blowing video
Tiny film teaches us big honking writing tricks
PLEASE USE THIS SONG wins the interwebs
French filmmaker’s epic tribute to BREAKING BAD
What words get shared on social media – and what doesn’t?
Wait for it
Improve your blog’s bounce rate and such
What YMCA by the Village People can teach us
Everybody panic: expert says Yellowstone Supervolcano could ‘destroy the United States’
Super-powered mutant Avenger of the ocean: The Mighty Cuttlefish
Why the classic movie DUNE is a hot mess
Why boy bands — and girl bands — will haunt us forever and ever
SELFIE by The Chainsmokers is timely and brilliant
Why THE LEGO MOVIE works like magic
KISSING IN THE RAIN by Patrick Doyle is perfect
007 the Crow solves epic eight-step puzzle using TOOLS
SAY SOMETHING by A Great Big World and Christina the Aguilera
Smug yuppie Snow Joggers give TV interview, then fail
A little girl discovers rain — and what we all can learn from her
Sting nails it with WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU?
Super Bowl goodness: Bad Lipreading, the NFL edition
Say hello to Teddy Bear the Talking Porcupine
The Red Pen of Doom harpoons MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
Why WORLD’S END ended with a wimper
Billy Squire wrecks his career with ROCK ME TONITE
BREAKING BAD music video mashup is pure gold
This is how you do a White House Xmas card
THE WOLVERINE proves Writing Law #1 – Less is More
A montage set to music: The best movies of 2013
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 skips right to three villains, which is nuts
MISSING YOU by John Waite teaches us all about subtext
Snow!!
Bulletproof skin and other insane inventions
This is not a photo, I kid you not
Why Hollywood is plagued by The Invincible Hero problem
NOVEMBER RAIN rocks out for an epic nine minutes
SAFETY DANCE by Men Without Hats is insanely classic
Some of my favorite editors OF ALL TIME
I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK IT is epic, brilliant and classic
OBLIVION swings for the fences and misses
Giant killer hornets prepare to devour the planet
Top 5 reasons BREAKING BAD was insanely good
WE ARE BROTHERS by Baddy Paris and Rufus Starlight is pure brilliance
What doesn’t kill you makes you happy FOR MONTHS
THE FOX by Ylvis is pure nutty goodness
The Greatest Synopsis that Ever Lived
Six ways to fix NEVER GO BACK by Lee Child
The Mother of All Query Letters
Six immortal — and possibly invincible — animals
A random duet turns out to be awesomesauce
Beach cliff
THE AVENGERS + THE BREAKFAST CLUB = AWESOMESAUCE
CLARITY by Zedd is ambitious and good
I DID IT MY WAY by Walter White (Br Ba)
SUFFERING by Satchel will break your heart, then rebuild it
DESERT ROSE by Sting
New advice column: ASK AYN RAND
The most epic movie trailer mashup OF ALL TIME
ICE, ICE BABY as sung by the movies
CAMERA ONE by the Josh Joplin Group
Great writing tips from reddit, of all places
Let Jessie Ware turn out your NIGHT LIGHT
Like Godzilla in Tokyo, PACIFIC RIM smashes all expectations
I threw it on the ground — why people stop reading books
Snuffy the Seal, plus an epic round-up of Shark Movie Goodness
TIM’S PLACE: three minutes of film that’ll make you smile and cry
Another musical invasion from the UK: Jessie Ware’s WILDEST MOMENTS
Walk Off the Earth blows up GRENADE by Bruno Mars
MAN OF STEEL and the Invincible Hero Problem
Portland
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS: Why it works
Music video madness: HURRICANE by MS MR
Watch this rare and beautiful graduation speech – DO IT NOW
This video — and this man — defines determination
Possible script for STAR WARS VII by J.J. Abrams
007 marathon: Just say yes to DR. NO
Leonard Nimoy’s insane music video: The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
This’ll make your hike more exciting
HANDLEBARS by Flobots deserves some kind of award
DON’T YOU WANT ME by The Human League
Happy birthday to the Twitter!
Backyard
Just a man and his wombat
Banned substances for writers
DANNY BOY by Sinead O’Connor
Prepare yourself for the robopocalypse
A short film full of win
A sad and beautiful music video: KHWAAB by Niraj Chag
BARBIE GIRL by Aqua may be the worst video ever
Vini sinks DEEP BLUE by Kat Martin
DECAY, a zombie movie made by real scientists
Ice sculpture FTW
Fog in the forest
Golden eagle: the honey badger of birds
One second, every day, for one year
3 ways to change the digital world FOREVER
The happiest hurdler in the world deserves more screen time
Writers: can you do it in FOUR WORDS?
SAME LOVE by Macklemore
What made SKYFALL so insanely great?
I’M ON FIRE by Bruce Springsteen
007 villains: Getting rid of incompetent henchmen
007 music video montage
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN by Elle Goulding is completely bonkers
IRON MAN 3 trailer gets all Sweded
Simple and impressive: The Finnish Whistler
A media star is born, then goes all supernova on us
Why new STAR WARS movies by Disney are an achy breaky big mistakey
Joss Whedon + politics + zombie apocalypse = EPIC WIN
5 ways to make blog posts GO ALL VIRAL
The Red Pen of Doom impales FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
THE PROTOTYPE trailer is what movies should be
Top 4 features Twitter should add — or kill
Skydive from space — with Legos
SKYFALL song and trailers, for all you 007 fans
PSY, Klingon Style
The Mighty and Mind-blowing HEXAFLEXAGON
GOTYE played by robots or whatever
Say hi to HELLO by Karmin
Hunter S. Thompson + Conan O’Brien + whiskey + machine guns = WIN
Headlines you can’t make up: Burger with onions ignites ‘McFury’ at McDonald’s
Honest trailer: THE AVENGERS
Short film ROSA blows Hollywood away
SIMPLE SONG by The Shins
Insane ’80s show MANIMAL returns to the Glowing Tube
C.C. Humphreys: author, actor, fight choreographer
Danish commercial makes Michael Bay look like an AMATEUR
Real animal that should NOT exist: the blue dragon mollusk
Top 10 Myths of Journalism School
Thank you, beautiful and brilliant blog readers
Otter stacks cups, breaks hearts
Hollywood: Sidekicks do NOT need their own stupid sidekicks
Writing secret: all you need is CURIOSITY and SURPRISE
Here’s how that movie should have ended
HO HEY by The Lumineers
Journalists just wanna have fun
Banning women from college degrees is an achy breaky big mistakey
Seven movie clichés that must be NUKED FROM ORBIT
TAKE A WALK by Passion Pit
TOO CLOSE by Alex Clare
Top 10 evil tips for authors, actors and artists
Scientist puts book into thimble of DNA, has extra room for THE ENTIRE INTERNET
Storytelling secrets from a 4-year-old boy pretending to be Batman
Top 5 reasons Batman crushes the nancypants known as Superman
BATMAN MAYBE by random funny peoples
Why PROMETHEUS was such a Big Movie Mess
XANAX by Maria Taylor will not put you to sleep
Australian billionaire may resurrect DINOSAURS … for his park
THE WALKING DEAD walks into Dumb Movie Land
Music Video Monday: GANGNAM STYLE by Psy
COUNTDOWN by Beyonce and some genius student in a snuggie
Psycho killer raccoons terrorize Olympia … and Tacoma, and Seattle
The Red Pen of Doom dissects every Batman movie IN HISTORY
Insane music video + lyrics – EXCELLENT HORSE-LIKE LADY
The worst movie poster OF ALL TIME
Freaky musical commercial from Norway
Music Video Monday: Iron Maiden on the Ukulele
Pixar deathmatch: BRAVE vs. WALL-E
Violinist creates clone army to play THE AVENGERS theme
Time lapse photo goodness, set to music
Good things come in small, funny packages
Writers: Cross-training is essential
YouTube video lovingly guts everything Aaron Sorkin ever did
Storytelling: Some random man on Facebook takes tired, bored SUPERMAN and nails it
Music Video Monday: Florence + The Machine
Zooming on das Autobahn to Belgium, the friendliest place IN THE WORLD
The aliens, they have landed
Three random airplane movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
OUKA does crazy things with rings, to music
Book publicity: The case of the hitchhiking writer who gets shot
Difficult doesn’t make it good
ONE DAY vs. THE DESCENDANTS
THE KILL by 30 Seconds to Mars
SUGAR WE’RE GOING DOWN by Fall Out Boy
TAKE ON ME by A-Ha
ONE SHOT by Lee Child
Two insane illusions turn beauty into ugliness
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART is totally bonkers
Five MC Hammer flash mobs from AROUND THE WORLD
ENTER THE NINJA by Die Antwoord
Stop-motion music video dubstep goodness
YES, SIR, I CAN BOOGIE by Baccarra
How to survive the coming Robopocalypse
Found art, literary garbage and spam
Steampunk goodness
Stretch your editing muscles
The lost art of rhetoric and persuasion
Crazy funny documentaries: DARKON and TREKKIES
Insanely bad B-movies: RAWHEAD REX
Movie trailer madness: WILD WILD PLANET
Music Video Monday: Can it get any better than this?
Why critique groups MUST DIE
Seattle superheroes challenged by supervillain Rex Velvet
Dog confused by cat’s magical technologies
Movie trailer critique: THE AVENGERS and TOTAL RECALL
A new contender for Worst Music Video of All Time
JUAN OF THE DEAD, the epic Cuban zombie movie
Anthony Griffith: Nobody wants to see the clown cry
ICE, ICE BABY as interpreted by the Red Pen of Doom
Why the Inverted Pyramid must DIE
Music Video Monday: Some White Girl
ELECTRIC AVENUE, as interpreted by the Red Pen of Doom
The Red Pen of Doom whips SWITCH by Camryn Rhys
The Red Pen of Doom destroys FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen
The evil truth about reality stars like Snooki and The Situation
The Red Pen of Doom murders THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
The Twitter, it is NOT for selling books
Out of fairness, I destroy my favorite genre: thrillers
My first photo show is on like Donkey Kong
Epic Black Car deserves good owner; are you worthy?
Vonnegut, Einstein and a Grand Unified Theory of Writing
A secret society of British editors discovers my silly blog
Writers: social media is a tool — not a magic bullet
Evil storytelling tricks NO ONE SHOULD KNOW
The Red Pen of Doom guts THE NOTEBOOK
The evil secret to ALL WRITING – editing is everything
Writing secret: Light as air, strong as whiskey, cheap as dirt
Survival Sunday: Concrete Canvas Shelters of the Apocalypse

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