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20 Songs About Summer (You Already Know)
Up here near Canada, the non-winter is transient. In order to make it seem longer, locals can often be heard
5 Beach Reads for the Non-Beachy Types
Does summer make you pine for winter? Do seaside resorts play second fiddle to that dank coffee shop you hang
New Zealand: The 10 Numbers You Should Know
Besides rugby and proximity to Australia, Americans don’t know a ton about New Zealand. These 10 numbers will make you
The National Women’s Hall of Fame: It’s a Place
Upstate New York is no tourist magnet. Unless, of course, the tourist and magnet are of the same pole, but
The Women’s World Cup in 10 Numbers
These 10 numbers will help you make sense of the Women’s World Cup. (That’s soccer by the way.) 1991
Speed Reading: An Ultra-Quick Primer
Reading is so passé. But speed reading—actually, it became a thing in the 1950s. So passé as well. But as
The Reading List for Geeky People
If the yellow T-shirt with E=mc2 wasn’t a dead giveaway, I’ll be even more overt—I fit the description in the
Marijuana: 10 Facts To Clear Up the Smoke
I don’t smoke (or eat) marijuana. But a lot of people do. And with the changing legal landscape, everyone is
The New Yorker
The New Yorker stopped pining for Dhaka years ago. Those days are long gone. The ones with youth. Options. Optimism.
New York City: 10 Numbers That’ll Wow You
Living in Upstate New York, it’s easy to have an inferiority complex. Why? Because Downstate is home to the city.