Best of 2014
All the Books I Read in 2014
You might think literature is a dying art, but there are more books now than ever. This year the stacks on stacks piled up around me. Here's a list, in chronological order, of what I read.
Best Of 2014: Meet Your Meat
There's no easy way around it: Eating meat involves killing an animal. We looked at several sides of that potentially hazardous moral quandary this year—and every one of them had a face.
Who Was the Worst Cry-Baby of the Year?
The mom who called the cops because her kid was watching porn? The pastor who refused to bury a gay man? The cops who arrested a 90-year-old for feeding the homeless?
Best Of 2014: How We Pissed You Off This Year
From pizza to food allergies to the merits of Yelp and pumpkin spice flavoring, we touched on some tender spots this year—resulting in total chaos in our comments section. Let's revisit, shall we?
Best Of 2014: The Most Delicious Meals We Ate This Year
Because no pocket restaurant guide or Yelp app could ever compare to thumbing a ride with ravenous chefs and hitting up secret (and not-so-secret) spots around a given town, that’s exactly what we did. It’s a little show we like to call Chef’s...
2014 Was a Desperate Year for UK Celebrities
Being "famous" now apparently means humiliating yourself over and over like you're a perpetual game show contestant.
Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Shares His Best Movies of 2014
Here's a list of stuff to watch instead of the Oscar bait that's being rammed down our throats.
Los Angeles Sucked and Ruled in 2014
Our police aren't always as racist as we thought, wealthy Westsiders are responsible for our whooping cough epidemic, and there are apparently ways to get around town besides driving. Oh, and the Lakers still suck.