“Sometimes Richard would suddenly say, ‘Let’s knock off and go somewhere and fool around!’ The usual place we went was a topless bar in Pasadena, called Gianone’s.”

What happens if you compare the quality of strip clubs in different cities to the performance of certain, pro athletes in those cities? In Atlanta Hawks’ Lou Williams’ case, there is a correlation between the two datasets that might affect how you bet on Lou’s next game.

As a smoker, you’re good at saying, “Screw you!” to people when they talk down to you...so we recommend this movie highly.

Here are professional tips I gleaned by five years of writing for the “Los Angeles Daily News.”

We’re big fans of HP’s Instant Ink program: you pay for ink by the page you print, instead of paying by the cartridge. This HP ink comes in a “smart cartridge,” so HP knows when you’re low on ink. They automatically send you a new cartridge for free—it’s hard to beat that.

Feminist filmmaker Cassie Jaye set out to expose the Men’s Rights Movement as “ground zero in the war on women.” She instead decided a lot of its positions made sense—then came the blowback from the sisterhood.

If you want to become much better at what you do—whatever it is—the next thing you should do is accept that sales is a big part of it.

David Black, deep into a successful career as a novelist and TV producer, looks back on the frustrations and failures at the start—and the celebrated writer who helped him through them.