An article on the curious appeal of miscellanea — or, why we’ll pay for information, but only if it’s completely irrelevant. Hop on, Pop: What happens when dads go online. An article on the bizarre revival of crop circles — and advice on how to make your own. Why do CAPITAL LETTERS so annoy us? A review of The Final Four of Everything by Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir. Why the #$%! do we swear? For pain relief. Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick. It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians — the key is to "hit hard and hit often". Average Dude: Here's an experiment in mediocrity. Welcome to the latest strain of cultural insanity: people changing their given names to slogans, political ads, and website URLs. A look at how the moving walkway nearly overtook the Metro. A review of Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey. A review of What Do You Want From Me? Learning to Get Along With In-Laws by Terri Apter. Pocketology 101: How the random stuff in your jeans is an artful summary of you. What can you learn from studying hair length in Florida? Do Not Pass Go: What, no one wants to play an eight-hour board game with fake money anymore? I know! We'll make a board game into a movie. Enough Already: Mark Edmundson on what he’d really like to tell the bores in his life. A review of Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies. Here are the top 10 things you didn't know about the penny.