Richard Morgan
Most Recently: Religious Observances, In Order Of Popularity With Secular America
Richard Morgan used to write op-eds for Henry Louis Gates' Africana.com until they found out he's not black.
Religious Observances, In Order Of Popularity With Secular America
35. Makahiki
34. L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday
33. Solstices
32. Pioneer Day
30 and 31. Eid al-Adha & Eid al-Fitr (tied)
29. Purim
28. Diwali
27. Ramadan
26. Lent
25. Pesach
24. Epiphany
23. Equinoxes
22. Yom Kippur
21. Baptisms/Brises
20. Funerals
19. Wakes
18. Yule
17. Festivus
16. Advent
15. Day of the Dead
14. Celebrity Day
13. Sundays
12. Thanksgiving
11. Channukah
10. Easter
9. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
8. St. Patrick's Day
7. Carnival/Mardi Gras
6. Birthdays
5. Christmas
4. Halloween
3. St. Valentine's Day
2. Weddings
1. Saturdays READ MORE
Fictional Ducks, In Order From Worst To Best
36. Howard the Duck
35. Mallard Fillmore
34. The Aflac Duck
33. Mrs. Beakley
32. Webbigail Vanderquack
31. Quackula
30. Negaduck
29. Flintheart Glomgold
28. Wade the Duck
27. Kvack
26. Glittering Goldie
25. Daisy
24. Doofus Drake
23. Dewey
22. Louie
21. Huey
20. Herbert J. "Honker" Muddlefoot Jr.
19. Gosalyn Mallard (née Waddlemeyer)
18. Count Duckula
17. Deputy Duck
16. Drake Mallard aka Darkwing Duck
15. Bubba the Caveduck
14. Ferdinand the Duck
13. Emily Quackfaster aka Mrs. Featherby
12. Fenton Crackshell aka Gizmoduck
11. Gyro Gearloose
10. Donald
9. Ludwig Von Drake
8. Magica De Spell
7. Plucky
6. Baby "Down the Hooooole" Plucky
5. Launchpad McQuack
4. Daffy
3. Gooseberry Sprig
2. The Ugly Duckling
1. Scrooge McDuck
Seven Years as a Freelance Writer, or, How To Make Vitamin Soup
People like my resume—here's a PDF! But a resume is only the skin of a career. And, even then, it's skin with a lot of make-up on it. People live their lives, knowing the interior of their existence, and can only compare it to the exteriors of the lives of others—so, as a public service, here's a look at the interior of my seven years as a freelancer. That is to say, seven years as one of the choosiest beggars imaginable. The Devil does not wear Prada. The Devil wears Times New Roman. Or Arial Narrow. And he shows up in my inbox every hour on the hour. And the Devil is sneaky. He gets deputy editors to send me emails that read, in full: "Hey there. Got an idea for you. Any interest in writing a James Franco profile?" READ MORE
The Black Athletes Who Don't Play Basketball
Sometimes athletes are black. Depending on your sport of choice, this might be a big deal. And when a black athlete is on the rise-or even just in the mix-in an affluent, white-dominated sport, it becomes a very big deal. That's because writers like to write about these unexpectedly or surprisingly black athletes. In the past decade, the term "the Tiger Woods of [sport]" became common shorthand for a certain kind of athlete: the kind who is "changing the face of the game." READ MORE
