How to Help Your Friend Who Recently Discovered The Americans
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View ArticleTwelve Knitting Patterns for Crafty Superhero Fans
If I had no other obligations — and if I hadn’t wrecked my wrists a few years back — I would knit all the time; literally fall asleep knitting at night and pick it up as soon as I woke in the morning....
View ArticleMadeline Kahn Briefly Had A TV Show Called “Oh Madeline”
The theme song is just Madeline jauntily and wordlessly wailing, which, fair enough! Read more Madeline Kahn Briefly Had A TV Show Called “Oh Madeline” at The Toast.
View ArticleAn Alternative Ending to Castle
In which someone's contract is not renewed, but instead of it being terrible we are all better for it. Read more An Alternative Ending to Castle at The Toast.
View ArticleThe Pitch Meeting for Animaniacs
EXEC #1: Tails? THE ANIMATOR: Yep. EXEC #1: Clothes? THE ANIMATOR: About half. [diligent note-taking] Read more The Pitch Meeting for Animaniacs at The Toast.
View ArticleA Comprehensive List of Things Sad Kit Harington Looks Like
Sad Kit Harington looks like a black cocker spaniel who needs to pee, but it’s raining outside and he doesn’t want to get his little paws wet. Sad Kit Harington looks like a guy who’d make you a mix...
View ArticleHappy Marissa Cooper Monday
I'm rewatching the first two seasons again and I've never been more jam-packed with feelings! 2002! Read more Happy Marissa Cooper Monday at The Toast.
View ArticleHappy Beverly Crusher Friday
I'm just making these up as I go, now! Read more Happy Beverly Crusher Friday at The Toast.
View ArticleOz: An Ode To Love
In November 2013, a few months into our friendship, I sent Mallory an email about a piece I hoped to write for her recently launched website, The Toast. I'm not ready yet to write it – I have to finish...
View ArticleA Bit of Fry and Laurie Friday: Dinner With Digby
"The Queen of the Adriatic, is just one of the things you've been called." Read more A Bit of Fry and Laurie Friday: Dinner With Digby at The Toast.
View ArticleThe Pitch Meeting for Ghostwriter
GENIUS: Ghostwriter manipulates letters of text in books, newspapers, what have you, to form clues that help the youths solve mysteries. His abilities transcend anagrammar. Most likely because he is a...
View ArticleCrush Cakes: Spencer Hastings
Spencer Hastings, wherever you are, at the mercy of the show’s writers and your own incredibly high standards: this cheesecake is for you. Read more Crush Cakes: Spencer Hastings at The Toast.
View ArticleThe Final Fry and Laurie Friday: Young Tory Of The Year
"And yes, why not corporal punishment?" Read more The Final Fry and Laurie Friday: Young Tory Of The Year at The Toast.
View ArticleSaga Norén, the Autistic Superwoman of “The Bridge”
When I found out at the age of 22 that I was not somehow failing at being liked by others, but that a series of horribly well-meant mistakes by my parents, teachers and pediatricians had kept me from...
View ArticleConspiracies of Faith: On Truth, Religion, and The X-Files
I've lost the certainty I once had -- the Biblical, childlike faith -- and exchanged it for a quiet plea that echoes Fox Mulder: "I want to believe." Read more Conspiracies of Faith: On Truth,...
View ArticleQuestions I Have Asked During The Only Episode Of Doctor Who I Have Ever Seen...
wait, are you Scottish? I thought you were from Birmingham this is unrelated but do you consider Coventry "the north" Do they not have cell phones in Scotland? Wait, did he just say "did you hear the...
View ArticleA Comprehensive List of Things Sad Kit Harington Looks Like
Sad Kit Harington looks like a black cocker spaniel who needs to pee, but it’s raining outside and he doesn’t want to get his little paws wet. Sad Kit Harington looks like a guy who’d make you a mix...
View ArticleThe Pitch Meeting for Animaniacs
EXEC #1: Tails? THE ANIMATOR: Yep. EXEC #1: Clothes? THE ANIMATOR: About half. [diligent note-taking]
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