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Make Restaurant Food Ugly Again May. 25, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Since there are no bad ideas in brainstorming, here are a few new restaurant concepts: THE BEIGE BOW... Read More

Scary Campfire Stories for Middle Age May. 11, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Gather round, summer campers. Hey, Braden. Put that stick down. The marshmallows are for s'mores, no... Read More

Inside Kirstie Alley's Estate Sale, an Eclectic Life Emerges May. 04, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Past stacks of melamine dishes, a baroque dog bed and a Lucite stand that once held a Golden Globe, ... Read More

Navigating the Bloodbath of Mosquito Season Apr. 20, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

The morning of the reaping, I was so smug. I thought: Have fun at your meetings, suckers of the corp... Read More

Testing a Driverless Future in a Tesla Apr. 13, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

There are times when I want to move into a cottage and scold neighborhood children, wagging a crooke... Read More

The Timeless Satisfaction of the Middle Finger Apr. 06, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Anyone who sits through enough public meetings knows the audience archetypes. There are the single-i... Read More

Kids Are Smarter Than Us, and Other Facts on Social Media Bans Mar. 30, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Come, come into my awkward live chat. Let's discuss social media as moderators bounce the bots, ince... Read More

Pollen, Cold or COVID? Let's Play Spring Mad Libs Mar. 23, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

During an (adjective) stroll through the park on a sunny March, I was overcome by a series of violen... Read More

How To Tell if You're Too Old To Be President Mar. 09, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Let's talk about it: Are Joe Biden and Donald Trump too old to be president? I don't know. Maybe? Pr... Read More

How To Watch All 10 Oscar Movies in a Week Mar. 02, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Every year, I declare the same intention the way a tragic 1990s comic strip lady says, "Diet starts ... Read More

This Is the Time of Year To Touch Grass Feb. 24, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Someone recently asked: Have you been to the beach lately? No, I said. Despite living in a peninsula... Read More

In Defense of the Trefoil, a Perfect Girl Scout Cookie Feb. 17, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Each year, the Girl Scouts of America emerge from their campgrounds and crafty shadows to remind the... Read More

Erma Bombeck's Great Work Lives On at the University of Dayton Feb. 16, 2024

Holding Space for Good

I was unloading the car I'd rented when my neighbor asked where I'd gone. "The University of Dayton,... Read More

We Need to Talk About Death and Applebee's Feb. 10, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

I thought about death in Applebee's. Where the Maroon 5 flows as freely as the margarita mix. Where ... Read More

If Taylor Swift is a Biden Psyop, Can We Just Have Healthcare? Feb. 03, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

An unhinged theory flying around this country, a silly widdle country, is that the United States gov... Read More

Tip Sheet for Ron DeSantis Upon Returning to Florida Jan. 27, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

ALL-STAFF MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS Subject: One-pager of tips and talking p... Read More

A Floridian Reviews 'Steamboat Willie' Jan. 13, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Great news for any creatives itching to appropriate a wholly specific, old-timey version of Mickey M... Read More

Please Respect Those Who Are Bad at Work This Week Jan. 06, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

If you are resuming responsibilities after a holiday spent flopping around like a southern elephant ... Read More

Low-Stakes New Year's Resolutions Dec. 30, 2023

Stephanie Hayes

Since the dawn of my Type-B existence, I have been a strong proponent of taking it easy around the n... Read More

We Need a Christopher Hitchens, but We'll Never Find One Dec. 30, 2023

Georgia Garvey

I write this on the 12th anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. He was a writer and speak... Read More