New York's Museum of Modern Art—better known as MoMA—announced Thursday that 14 video games will soon be added to its collection, with another 26 planned for later. Among them is the arcade classic Pac-Man, which should please old school pixel junkies. But there are also some more, shall we say, avant-garde titles: The cult rhythm game Vib-Ribbon, for instance, or Katamari Damacy, wherein players roll cows… Read More >>

Who doesn't love George Washington? Nobody, that's who. And who doesn't love "Washington Crossing the Delaware," the famous painting that captures a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War? Plenty of folks, apparently. And this disliking of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's 1851 masterpiece has apparently been going on for a long time. I happen to love the… Read More >>

While most of us were busy gnawing the last of the turkey bones or strategizing the endless Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sales, a few intrepid souls were out there posting videos of over-the-top holiday decor. Forget Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and even Vixen; here's a house that dances to Angry Birds. (If you're still adding to your "thankful" list from Thanksgiving, you… Read More >>

I've never been one for online shopping. I prefer tactile gift-buying, going through rows of trinkets with my hands or flipping through the pages of a book before I decide to toss it onto the conveyer belt and checkout. A new website called Wantful, however, has me singing a different tune. Visit the online gift guru and fill out a brief questionnaire about the… Read More >>

"Gangnam Style," the dance hit  by Korean pop star PSY, has become perfect fodder for video reenactments worldwide, from dancing Thai prisoners to Ellen Degeneres' JCPenney takeover to dancing lights. Yes, dancing lights. Texan John Storms "choreographed" his holiday light display to the record breaking hit. In a clip posted on YouTube (which has over 700,000 views), twinkly Christmas trees, snowflakes, wreaths and… Read More >>

I once worked with a woman whose fingernails were so long (not quite like Flo-Jo, but close) that the clicking of her nails on the keyboard as she typed echoed around the office. The ferocity of her finger strokes was made more obvious by the near silence that surrounded us. My point: most offices these days aren't the buzzing hives they used to be. As Alex… Read More >>

Sixty years ago, a new magazine took newsstands by storm. It was smart, funny, irreverent, and spoke to a generation of readers anxious to break free from the yoke of post-war blandness. I’m talking, of course, about Mad. Every modern-era comedian and humorist worth his spit-take will tell you they owe their warped sense of humor to that warpest of… Read More >>

If you're a social media junkie like me, that hour before bed signals quality time with a smartphone or laptop. Or both. I indulge in one last scan of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and when I'm finished maybe I'll open my laptop and unwind with my favorite episode of "The Office" on Netflix. Eventually, I'll push it all aside and close my eyes and go to… Read More >>

'Tis the season for Christmas cookies. There's the three dozen to bake for your neighbor's cookie swap party, the batch to bring to the church pot luck, and the tray to take to your in-laws. So many cookies, so little time. Why not make it easier for yourself? With just one simple sugar cookie recipe, you can actually concoct a multitude of cookie… Read More >>

It's the question that caused a debate throughout the office: When is it too late to eat turkey leftovers? "I don't trust old turkey," said one editor, who cans the carcass after 3 days. "I think of it as aged," shouted another, referring to birds that linger in the fridge beyond his colleague's 3-day limit. "Vintage turkey," the first… Read More >>