Today on Defenestration: Maggie Russell understands just how difficult it is to prepare for a medical appointment, so she's chronicled the process in devilish detail. You're welcome.
Today on Defenestration: Ayoung Kim presents an email exchange between a gourmet grocer and an enterprising inventor with a disgusting new artisanal product.
Today on Defenestration: Matthew Smith presents a thought leader's bold new app to revolutionize the Humanities. Prepare to get your think on!
My 9-year-old just caught four shiny Pokemon in a single session so he's going to be insufferable for the rest of the evening. 😆
Today on Defenestration: We get it. Work is hard, but a steady income is essential. Lucky do you, author C.J. Kelly has found some great ways to solve all your burnout problems.
I try to do that every day. 😆
I need a trained monkey or homunculus that sits by my fireplace and feeds it wood so I don't have to keep getting up while I'm trying to write.
Most of you associate Presidents' Day with sales, but here in the DC area we spend the day in fear, locked in our homes with the spell wards up, as the ghosts of presidents past make their way to the capital and haunt the streets. So happy Presidents' Day, I guess.
Friday the 13th used to be a magical time. But now that I'm experiencing fear, anxiety, and paranoia every day, how am I supposed to make Friday the 13th feel special?
Yesterday on Defenestration: A vampire-themed party. A lack of coats. An urgent need for a bathroom. Marissa Phillips has all the gothic details in this true story of teenagers at their first Dracula's Ball.
I eventually got a Nintendo, too, but I was late to the game and had to be content with my Atari 7800.
Heck, I owned it. 😆
Today on Defenestration: Jackson Mattocks cares about your mental and emotional well-being, so stop getting freaky with the cinnamon buns and pay attention!
This is acceptable. 🙂
It's a tomato soup and grilled cheese kind of day.
Gotta eat something or else I'd just be screaming.
Catherine O'Hara was an amazing talent and her passing has seriously bummed me out. What the heck, universe?
Saw a police car covered in road salt today. Someone had drawn a large penis on the rear window. Not sure how the cop didn't notice. 😆
Today on Defenestration: Kat Joplin had an embarrassing experience at an onsen, and they want you to avoid their mistakes!
Two of my sons and I have an ongoing competition to catch six shiny Pokemon in Z-A. My 9-year-old found an alpha shiny Litleo yesterday, but I came roaring back with a shiny Kangaskhan.
Kangaskhan is my favorite Pokemon, and I have NEVER caught a shiny of this magnificent momma until today.
When I was in preschool, I used to put a plastic shovel down the back of my shirt and climb to the top of the jungle gym. Then I'd raise the shovel above my head and yell "I HAVE THE POWERRRRRRR!" in my squeaky preschooler voice.
Sharing that for no particular reason today.
My fortune cookie hasn't lost all faith in the human race. I'm taking that as a good sign. 🥠
Today on Defenestration: If you've been looking for a high-quality llama urine, Robert Philen has got a deal for you!
Today on Defenestration: L. L. Babb has smuggled in the bar menu from a local restaurant. Something seems a little off, though...
I've slept on a lot of Nintendo controllers in my day but this one actually looks comfortable.
Today on Defenestration: Cartoonist Mason Whitfield has an important announcement about flamingos.
Leaving Twitter was clearly one of the best decisions I ever made.
Today on Defenestration: Michael Pauchet knows that the best way to start the year is with complete and utter rejection.
I've cleaned some of the darkest recesses of the house this week: the junk drawer, the smaller junk drawer, the foyer closet, and the linen closet.
I am unstoppable.
Today on Defenestration: It's the last day of 2025, and we have one last piece to share with you before we roll into 2026. Find out how to consume responsibly in today's offering from Julia Kopstein!
My 9-year-old described something as "rad" today.
He probably picked this up from me, since I refuse to relinquish the slang of my past, but it was still jarring to hear it from the lips of a modern human.
