In an unlikely union of two of the most loathed subcultures in America, Rolling Stone reports on an afterhours…
The scenario earlier today at SeaWorld checks off many of the qualifications of torture: being trapped in a giant…
Is it hot in here, or is it just hell?
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” —Mr. Baseball, My Life and Memories, Volume 2: The Childhood Years (Book 2,…

French can be a lovely language: mellifluous, romantic, and even melodic.
I mean it literally, though. As a longtime hell-dweller, I can say with great authority that cab service sucks here.…
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
There's a calm that comes with surrender. Like Joan of Arc on the stake or a particularly stoic French aristocrat…
Dick Young goes to Hell, files his column anyway. "Memo to Joey D.: Marilyn is sick of your weekly roses. Give it a rest." [The Stacks] Read more
New York sportswriting legend Dick Young was a lot of different things. Among them, for reasons laid out in this clas…
A Harris Interactive poll commissioned by California online data-storage company Backblaze found that one in five…
Motorcycle crash helmets have essentially been the same old thing since they were invented 60+ years ago - an…
The very last thing the world needs is a $3.99 Disney app that sings "It's a Small World".
A high school Valedictorian in Oklahoma says she uttered the word "hell" during her commencement address because she…
We have mixed feelings on God in these parts, but it turns out "He" had one thing right: if you threaten to punish…

Roland Emmerich may have stopped directing apocalyptic films after 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow, but he's still…
When it comes to predicting a country's crime rate, sociologists typically look at such factors as income…
90 minutes outside of Bangkok sits the Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, one of several "hell gardens" that can be found…
The gig's up, homos — Republicans in Illinois are on to your bullshit. They know that all these pinko attempts to…
Here's a series of play sets that won't be debuting in the toy aisle anytime soon. Sculptor Mihai Mihu has built…