BREIN Shut Down 564 Pirate Sites & Blocked 258 Pirate Bay Proxies in 2019
Founded in 1998, BREIN is one of the world’s most recognizable anti-piracy groups and has taken on some of the largest names in piracy, including the...
Any Friend of Pickles on Pizza is a Friend of Mine
An excerpt from Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier Her name was Jenny Hauser and every Wednesday I put pickles on her pizza. The first time...
My Science Project, a Big Middle Finger, and Me
A middle finger coming out of the trunk of a car. That was literally my only memory of the 1985 sci-fi comedy My Science Project. For...
PlayStation Plus memberships just got even cheaper
TL;DR: A 12-month subscription to PlayStation Plus is on sale for £29.85 on ShopTo as of June 3, saving you 40% on list price. It wasn’t...
Running an Independent Bookstore in a Conservative City
Grand Rapids, Michigan, my hometown, is many things. A national poll proclaimed it Beer City, USA (the phrase appears frequently on bumper stickers and billboards). It...
Massive Piracy Damages Award Against Cox is Not Excessive, Court Rules
Last year, Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels. Following a two-week trial, a Virginia jury held Cox...
21 Excellent Books With Happy Endings
If there’s ever been a time to escape into book with happy endings, it’s now. 2020 is not the time for novels that ambush us with...
15 Compelling Historical Fiction Audiobooks
Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres to listen to on audiobook. I’m fairly new to the genre as a whole and historical fiction audiobooks...
That Time Batman Was a Good Dad, Kinda
Dunking on the Dark Knight for being an emotionally constipated stick in the mud is practically a national pastime. I include myself in that, because seriously,...
Poetry Out Loud 2020 Virtual Celebration
Poetry Out Loud is an annual contest for high school students to recite poems. The Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts make it...
