Millennials Next

Charles Gustine tackles one of last year's most self-reflexive rom-coms, "Friends WIth Benefits."

While moving, Charles discovers Bon Iver and is struck by its profound effects upon listeners.

Charles introduces a new column, The Love Connection.

Michael Bay is director criticized for embodying the "Summer Blockbuster" and the death of the art of film. Upon further examination, however, his films (even those about alien robots) address surprisingly human themes and contain value in their relevance to their audience, particularly Millennials.

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The myth of the eight-hour sleep

Is so called "middle-of-the-night-insomnia" a clue to how we should be sleeping? In this BBC article, scientists and historians explore how the eight-hour sleep cycle may be an unnatural and fairly recent cultural development.

Tupelo Hassman becomes Miss Bennett

Tupelo Hassman writes on the Office of Letters and Light (The organization behind NaNoWriMo)'s blog. She's kind of awesome, and I can't wait to sink my little paws into "Girlchild." This is her talking about it!

The blog I found this on is run by an organization that I keep pretty close to my heart, and its mission, I feel, is starting to make waves. Write 50K in 30 days, edit later, and get it published. That is definitely resonating. Water for Elephants, which was released in movies last year, is based on a novel originally written during National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and became a bestseller. and more people, more talented people are signing up every year.