An imaginary, plausible alternate history that asks a simple question: how exactly did humans decide to start drinking cow’s milk? A fun, weird premise that opens onto a real fact most audiences don’t know — most of the planet is lactose intolerant, and tolerance is a recent development in human history.
Traces how milk became several different foodstuffs over time, and uses the lost origin of that story to ask a bigger, funnier question about just how far people will go to eat.
An 1867 Brooklyn dare, a haunted corner near an old Revolutionary War fort, and a friend who never explained what he saw.
A dark New Jersey road in 1896, a decorated Civil War veteran, and the strangest first in American newspaper history.
A campfire legend about a hook-handed maniac who hunted children on Staten Island — and the real, disturbing history that got tangled up in it.
Notes on a Play – fred chong rutherford
I was at a sleepover for the first time, at Kerry Niesen’s house, decades ago. We’d picked a movie and were having dinner, me, Kerry, Jenny Niesen, and Kerry’s parents Jim and Rita. It was the first memory I have of seeing a family talking and having fun with each other at dinner. I didn’t […]
I saw a little kid, screaming at the top of their lungs today, “my best friend is an immigrant! You can’t take them away!” over and over again. I took a few pictures today, but not of little kids. Just this one because you can’t see their face. I just wish you could’ve seen it. […]
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