I missed the subway this morning and got caught in the rain, and just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, I walked in and…
OK, so this one’s at least partially on us. We’ve admittedly been slacking off here at the Hard Times, and the deadlines have been creeping…
CHICAGO — Local man and ostentatious snob William Huller was struck with an intense wave of envy as he pretended to read ‘Gravity’s Rainbow” in…
CRANFORD, N.J. — The members of a Union County book club awoke this morning with no idea that every moment of last night’s meetup almost…
If you’ve ever been to a trendy coffee shop, you’ve seen someone sitting in an overstuffed armchair, conspicuously keeping track of the multiple bookmarks stuck…
My name is Mark Brooks, father of four, owner of Brooks Construction Fencing Rental Co., and, sorry liberals, a proud functioning illiterate. Teacher after teacher…
In the ’90s, R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” books unleashed a wave of truth-telling about the horrors of modern America. Stine primed the zeitgeist with suburban mythology…
John Waters says, “If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them,” which is why I recently started reading. Books…
Do you have that one friend who only reads a book every few years, but when they do, they don’t shut their damp, smelly mouth…
WASHINGTON — A new report from teachers, librarians, and anyone who has ever picked up a book at any point in their life rebuked claims…
Mr. Rollins, we’ve been over this. Twice. For the last time, it is against gym policy to do anything but lift in the squat rack.…
Oh shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. We just dropped our tarot cards in the toilet bowl. That can’t be a good sign. Can it? I mean,…
David Sedaris is one of the most beloved and universally appreciated writers of our time. His sharp wit, powers of observation and dark humor-meets-heart approach…
ATHENS, Ga. – Researchers at the University of Georgia offered irrefutable proof that leaving an unread article open on an internet browser for fourteen days…
The goal of a man is to identify his weaknesses, eliminate them, and then start crushing life right in the asshole. At least, that’s what…