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Kelsey McKinney

This Is So Stupid

Unlike All The Archeologists, I Know What This Thingy Is For

Arts And Culture

I Am Obsessed With This Clay Pot

Everyone Pay Attention To My Beautiful Fast Son

The Great Outdoors

In Defense Of Chaos Gardening

Zillowing Out

A $1.2 Million House Where We Can Sit In God’s Light

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 04: Hot dogs are placed on the competition table ahead of the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island on July 04, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The annual contest, which began in 1972, draws thousands of spectators to Nathan’s Famous located on Surf Avenue. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Big Hot Dog Must Tell The Truth

Bryce Harper flips over a wall and into the camera well.

Uh-oh!

onion crank with missing written on top of it and some sad faces

Please Give Me Back The Damn Onion Crank

circa 1945: A young girl holds a chick beside a table with artificial grass, more chicks and a basket containing jelly beans and a bunny in an Easter portrait.

Underexplained Lists

Easter Candies, Ranked

photo of brick building with missing brick

BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE/MUST CREDIT KELSEY: They Cut The Wire

artistic rendering of color palates using flowers

Only You Can Find Your Best Color

Sydney Sweeney at the world premiere of "Madame Web" held at Regency Village Theatre on February 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Why Can’t People Be Normal About Sydney Sweeney?

Flaco, a brown and black Eurasian eagle owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo, roosts in a tree in New York's Central Park with a squirrel nearby.

Animals

Flaco Gave Us A Willingness To See The World

CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 07: Eugenio Suarez #7 of the Cincinnati Reds throws the ball against the Cleveland Indians in the third inning at Great American Ball Park on July 7, 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Answer To MLB’s Pants Problem Is Vests

dakota johnson in a red leather blazer looking confused

Defector At The Movies

Everything I Remember About ‘Madame Web’

missing brick showing wire going through the building

Hmmm … Something Is STILL Not Right Here

The Traitors cast arrayed around the round table.

‘The Traitors’ Is The Best Show On Television

charismatic megafauna (they/them)

Sabrina Imbler

Barry Petchesky

Patrick Redford

David Roth

Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. 'This fine specimen of the whale tribe was driven ashore at Winterton by the gales which visited the coast of Norfolk...When the whale found himself upon land he roared loudly, and he struggled most lustily to regain the deep...The colour of the outer coat is dark brown on the back, vanishing off towards the body of a bluish grey. The body is white; also about two feet of the nose and baleen is white; the rest of the outer part is black. We understand that the skin, head, and tail were removed from the carcase for exhibition. The whale is stated to weigh about 25 tons'. From &quot;Illustrated London News&quot;, 1857.

Defector Reads A Book

From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’

A photo of the painting Lady at the Piano' by Felix Valloton, from 1904.

Life Lessons

Learning To Play Piano When There Is No Recital

overexposed artistic rendering of a house

A $420,000 Home Where We Can Be Happy

black and white photo of a man photographing a family

What Can Another Photo App Give Us?

black and white photo of a building under construction

Hmmm … Something Is Not Right Here.

There’s So Little To Say About Taylor Swift Being Person Of The Year

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Chris Thompson

Nine perfect slices of lardy cake, from the show.