I spent Easter afternoon enjoying the spring buds and blooms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I didn’t see many folks in Easter finery, but there were plenty of Asian families and couples and orthodox Jews enjoying the brisk but sunny Sunday afternoon. Oh, and one gigantic hat.

Here is a video I put together from footage I shot last year in Cartagena, Bogotá and Zipaquirá, Colombia. It’s also viewable on TIME.com here.

The editorial in this past Thursday’s edition of The Jambar, the student newspaper of Youngstown State University, began this way: Even out of the most depressed of cities, there are examples of why all hope is not lost. Youngstown State University alum Craig Duff is one of these examples. YSU students have long had an

Is up today on TIME.com, and here:

Here’s a prediction. In the future, there will be a crisis in the music world when all the clever band names have been used up. Looking at the list of bands competing for some spotlight photons at the music industry’s spring break phenom known as South By Southwest, it’s clear some are straining for a

They’re awards. Kind of like the Oscars. Only not really. Honoring the best Weblogs in 30 different categories. They handed them out this week in Austin at the SXSW Interactive festival. I was there. Here’s proof.

Affliction. It was written on the pillow case. Last night on the hotel bed, in the neatly arranged array of pillows the housekeeper had crafted after she turned down the linens, there was one black pillowcase. It was soft and felt good under my head. I noticed it had writing on it, but didn’t bother

Last week, Barbie turned 50 years old. You can insert your own joke here about: “had some work done” “plastic surgery” “a painting in the attic of the Barbie Dream House that ages but she never does.” My friend Katherine Lanpher is also turning 50 this year, and when she saw the essay Brian did

Part of being the master of a small slice of the universe is that you can hire your friends to work with you on fun projects. I’ve known Brian Malow for more than 20 years. We met in grad school in Texas, when he diverted from a career in film & TV to pursue standup