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Band Mathby Jonathan San (12/6/2011)
Super Short Cliff’s Notes for All Classic Novels
by Arielle Zibrak (12/1/2011)
Passive-Aggressive Films
by Kevin Deutsch (11/29/2011)
Pardoned Turkeys: Where Are They Now?
by Tom O'Donnell (11/23/2011)
Crate and Barrel Furniture or Character from The Wire?
by Sarah Garb (11/17/2011)
Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation
by Eric K. Auld (11/8/2011)
Honest Chat Room Acronyms
by Bryan Cook (11/3/2011)
Bear Market
by Brendan Fitzgibbons (10/27/2011)
My Ballet Teacher’s Increasingly Threatening Metaphors for Lifting the Pelvic Floor
by Amy Schleunes (10/21/2011)
My Love for You
by John de Guzman (10/13/2011)
A History of Pizza Hut’s New Product Releases, 2002-2042
by Simon Rich (10/11/2011)
Beyond the 4th Wall
by Dan Markowitz (9/29/2011)
Proposed Additions to the Internet Lexicon
by Brandon Scott Gorrell (9/20/2011)
Thereof On Steroids
by Jessica Goldkind and Rebecca Azhdam (9/13/2011)
What Your Favorite ’80s Band Says About You, Part 2
by John Peck (9/8/2011)
TV Pitches From a Guy Whose Girlfriend Broke Up With Him Forty-Five Minutes Before the Pitch Meeting
by Ravi Mangla (9/1/2011)
The Candy Encyclopedia of American Literature
by Katie Pappageorge (8/30/2011)
For Those Starting Philosophy on Monday
by Jack Graham (8/25/2011)
2011 NBA Rookie Projections (Lockout-Adjusted)
by Chris Grace (8/18/2011)
Your Hollywood Internship Welcome Packet
by Joe Cristalli and Rob Turbovsky (8/11/2011)
Ineffective Pick-Up Lines for the Modern Internet Persona
by Stephanie Georgopulos (8/9/2011)
Things the Doctor Really Said When Called About the Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
by Vince Eckert (8/3/2011)
Dante Alighieri’s Google+ Circles
by Cara Pacifico and Meron Langsner (8/1/2011)
What to Say When Friends are Discussing Video Games That You Have Not Played
by Chris Grace (7/26/2011)
Reasons My Puppet Show Pilot Wasn’t Picked Up for Television
by Doogie Horner (7/21/2011)
More Realistic Makeup Slogans
by Liz Arcury (7/19/2011)
Advanced Yoga Positions for African-American Beginners
by James Hannaham (7/14/2011)
Other Adages for Sailors
by Sloan Schang (7/12/2011)
Great Quotes From the End of NASA’s Space Shuttle Era
by Jim Santel (7/7/2011)
What Your Favorite ’80s Band Says About You
by John Peck (7/5/2011)
Elements of Surprise
by Matt Powers (6/30/2011)
YouTube Videos With Minimal Views
by Jordan Seagull (6/28/2011)
Additional Improvements to the Coors Light “Cold Activated” Beer Can
by Marco Kaye and Sloan Schang (6/23/2011)
Conversational Italian for the Cast of Jersey Shore
by Mary Green (6/21/2011)
Famous Opening Lines from Novels Updated for the Modern Age
by Sean Ryan (6/15/2011)
Initial Pop Offerings
by Sloan Schang (6/9/2011)
Upcoming Urban Outfitters’ Books
by Megan Amram (6/9/2011)
Yiddish Words for the 21st Century
by Tim Harrod (6/9/2011)
Compliments Given to Me After a Comedy Show Where I Bombed For 45 Minutes Straight
by Doogie Horner (5/12/2011)
Roles I Imagine I am Auditioning for When I Shop at Whole Foods
by Sloan Schang (5/12/2011)
Lesser Nobility
by Matthew Charles Donald (5/12/2011)
Positions Found in The Kama Sutra for Midwesterners
by Pete Reynolds (4/29/2011)
April Fools’ Day Pranks to Play On an Unemployed 20-Something Male Who Still Lives at Home With His Parents
by Walter Carson (3/31/2011)
If the Beach Boys Had Lived in Great Britain
by Caspar Salmon (3/31/2011)
Less Popular Olan Mills Portrait Studio Backgrounds
by Sloan Schang (3/31/2011)
Gaius Julius CaesarStone™ Introduces the Roman Patriot Collection: New Countertop Colors for Spring 49 BC
by Kate Hahn (3/17/2011)
Tips for Your Mommy Blog
by Katherine Gehan (3/17/2011)
What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You, Part Two
by John Peck (3/17/2011)
Your Place in the Social Security Number-Based Caste System of the Future
by D.J. Buckmaster (3/10/2011)
Rubber Stamps I Wish I Had for Grading Freshman Composition Papers
by Katherine Perry (3/10/2011)
A Series of Haiku from a Shift at Starbucks
by Thierry Comte (3/10/2011)
Intramural Basketball Names for English Majors
by Alex Watt (3/3/2011)
I’ve Been Told My LOLCat Captions Are Too Wordy
by Laura Pearlman (3/3/2011)
Major Points in a Handwriting Analysis of Bigfoot’s Signature
by Ben Greenman (3/3/2011)
Kenny Logg-ins
by Tim Wassler (2/24/2011)
Taglines for The Social Network Knock-Offs
by Jackson Grant (2/24/2011)
What Your Favorite Classic Rock Band Says About You
by John Peck (2/24/2011)
Reasons Not to Think Outside the Box
by Michael Rodman (2/17/2011)
Important Instructions for the Babysitters of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Children
by Coleman Larkin (2/17/2011)
Growing Up, Our Neighbor Never Called Her Grandmother “Grandma.”
by Dan Kennedy (2/17/2011)
Ingredients in Tostitos Hint of Lime Chips
by Sarah Garb (2/3/2011)
Place I’ve Cried or Place Ludacris Claims He Had Sex in His Song “What’s Your Fantasy”?
by Anna Breslaw (2/3/2011)
Groupon Deals for My Friends
by Cara Gillotti (1/27/2011)
State of the Union
by Ben Greenman (1/25/2011)
Your Newborn’s Cries Decoded: A Guide for Manhattanites
by Jay Welch (1/20/2011)
Literary Symbols I Fear I Overuse
by Karl Pichotta (1/20/2011)
TED Talks Throughout History
by John Cafiero (1/20/2011)
Settlers of Catanlifornia
by Brian Garrison (1/13/2011)
Continued Problems With Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
by Marco Kaye (1/13/2011)
Other Guesses for That’s Why They Call It Blues
by Amy Brady (1/13/2011)
Things I Have Needed to Google While Writing Poems to Turn In to My MFA Workshop
by Daniela Olszewska (1/6/2011)
HGTV Program Or Film About Human Trafficking?
by David Harnden-Warwick (1/6/2011)
Modest Alternatives to “Fuck Me Boots.”
by Jimmy Chen (1/6/2011)
My Tenure as Holiday Party Planner Was Long, Controversial, and Will Be Ultimately Vindicated by History
by Edward Fairchild and Jake Swearingen (12/23/2010)
Surprising Things Mr. Potter Did With the $8000 Uncle Billy Lost
by Dave Coulter (12/23/2010)
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Tea Partiers of All Ages
by Greg Garcia, Kate Micucci, Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton and Shannon Woodward (12/16/2010)
Revelations from Wicked Leaks Plumbing, Inc. of Medford, Massachusetts
by Joe McGonegal (12/16/2010)
Phrases I Use to Practice My Katharine Hepburn Impression
by Anna Marquardt (12/16/2010)
The Stoner Gods Are Angry
by Greg Paulos (12/16/2010)
Quote from a 2010 Brett Favre Post-Game Interview, or Last Words of a Dying Celebrity?
by Robert Seulowitz (12/9/2010)
The Jazz Vocal Institute’s Glossary of Scat Syllables (Z)
by Gary Lucy (12/9/2010)
Suggested Caveats for Standard Wedding Vows
by Rachel Bachman (12/9/2010)
Surprising Index Entries from Sarah Palin’s New Book America By Heart
by David Harnden-Warwick (12/2/2010)
Continuity Errors and Other Mistakes in the Film Eat Pray Love
by Austin Sidley (12/2/2010)
Jehovah or J-Hova?
by Joe Aguilar and Kate McIntyre (12/2/2010)
Hemingway’s Blonde Jokes
by Chris Riebschlager (11/18/2010)
OC/DC Lyrics
by Josh Fischel (11/18/2010)
Metal Band or Collective Noun?
by Samantha King (11/10/2010)
Visual Representations of Sexual Congress, From Classiest To Crassest
by Rick Paulas (11/10/2010)
Metacritic Throughout History
by Ben Greenman (11/10/2010)
The Tea Party Agenda
by Joseph S. Pete (11/4/2010)
Other Types of Remorse
by Ainsley Drew (11/4/2010)
Endings of Martin Scorsese Films
by Adam Rothbarth (11/4/2010)
Other Political Parties Inspired By Things Upon Which People Generally Agree
by Eric Feezell (10/27/2010)
Microsoft Word to Your Mother
by Chloe Filson (10/27/2010)
Pickup Artists’ Favorite Discussion Topics
by Teddy Wayne (10/27/2010)
Names of Poses for American Apparel Models
by Kait MacMurray (10/21/2010)
Barack Obama’s Undersold 2012 Campaign Slogans
by Nathaniel Lozier (10/21/2010)
College Course or Brand of Dietary Supplement?
by Ashley Meyer (10/21/2010)
Recession Résumé
by Erica Reder (10/7/2010)