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Allegra Frank
Jan 16 min read
Allegra's year in movies 2024
This is everything I watched or rewatched, at home or in theaters, in the order that I watched them.
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Andru
Dec 29, 20249 min read
31 of my tweets that got 0 likes in 2024
I hit a record this year and I'm not sure what that says.
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Andru
Dec 21, 20244 min read
Taco Bell Chicken Nuggets review: new, but for who?
The chicken nuggets had a nice kick of spice — more than you would think, but nothing too spicy for regular Taco Bell customers.
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Andru
Oct 31, 20241 min read
What is White French Dressing?
I took a trip to Akron, Ohio to discover a salad dressing they named a baseball team after.
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Andru
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Podcast: Leap Day
Andru finds out there is a new kind of calendar. Later, his friends explain why they are celebrating their 2nd engagement anniversary, despi
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Allegra Frank
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Allegra's year in movies 2023
This year, I watched a lot of movies. There were several reasons why this was both my most treasured and habitual activity in 2023.
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Andru
Dec 27, 20236 min read
13 of my tweets that got 0 likes in 2023
Since 2021, I have been annually listing all of my tweets from that year that received zero likes or retweets whatsoever.
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Andru
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Updates on Stuffed Crust and French Dressing
Andru and Allegra revisit some classic tales from the AWYLATT canon.
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Allegra Frank
Sep 30, 20234 min read
Now I know why my stomach hurts
As I learned in September, I have endometriosis.
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Andru
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Photos from the Vintage Computer Festival
This past April, I visited the InfoAge Science and History Museums in Wall Township, New Jersey to attend the Vintage Computer Federation...
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Andru
Dec 27, 20226 min read
12 of my tweets that got 0 likes in 2022
Last year, I made a list on this blog of my posts on Twitter that generated zero (0) likes in 2021. It ended up being pretty funny and...
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Andru
Nov 22, 20225 min read
The night before Thanksgiving is still a magical place
A love letter to late night TV
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Andru
Jul 25, 20221 min read
The many voices of Richard Nixon
This podcast focuses on the media portrayals of Richard Nixon
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Andru
Feb 1, 20222 min read
David Letterman's official late night archive hits YouTube
David Letterman’s Late Night and The Late Show archives are now being uploaded to YouTube, following the digital archive practice we’ve been
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Andru
Jan 12, 20223 min read
The FDA finally deregulates French dressing
After years of petitioning from the Association for Dressings and Sauces (ADS), the FDA has announced they are finally revoking the standard
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Andru
Jan 10, 20224 min read
KFC Beyond Nuggets review: finger brick-in chicken
Do they taste like chicken? They do, but mostly because of the KFC recipe breading.
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Andru
Dec 30, 20213 min read
13 of my tweets that got 0 likes in 2021
Mostly likely the reason I don't get a lot of likes is because I just don't compose anything worth liking.
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Andru
Dec 27, 20211 min read
A cold open to the new year
I've been putting off completing the Ice Bucket Challenge for several years now, so I wanted to get that done by 2021 ended.
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Allegra Frank
Dec 27, 20215 min read
Allegra's favorite songs of 2021
One of the things that appealed to me about my new job—I'm a Senior Editor at Slate, where I started working in January; was that I was...
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Andru
Nov 24, 20214 min read
The night before Thanksgiving is a magical place
Growing up, the only time I was able to catch a new episode of The Late Show with David Letterman was the night before Thanksgiving.
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Andru
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Mixtape of the month: November 2021
Listen to a food-themed mixtape titled "A Little Lunch" This month's mixtape is another one I found in a box on the side of the road...
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Allegra Frank
Nov 7, 20215 min read
Allegra's thought mixtape
Seven tracks on my mind. When I tell people I'm a writer for a living—or, even less accurately, a journalist, or a reporter—I feel a...
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Andru
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Listen to me carving a pumpkin
A few years ago I recorded binaural audio of me carving a pumpkin in my bedroom. You can listen to it right now!
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