The Stopgap (Page 14)

IN and OUT for 2024

Jan 1, 2024 Etiquette

The Stopgap council breaks

I Met a Wonderful Lizard: The Stopgap's Year in Review

Dec 28, 2023 Housekeeping

I met a wonderful lizard

Would You Rather? Work Edition

Dec 21, 2023 Puzzles

a quiz

It Pays To Switch: Monty Hall's Problem

Dec 20, 2023 Ars rhetorica

Someone must ferry the remaining goat and unwon car across a river. But there is a terrible cost: if the goat and the car are ever left unattended together, they will tear each other to shreds.

Contemporary "Crowns of Thorns," Ranked

Dec 19, 2023 Ranked

mixed metaphors

How to Make a Paper Kite

Dec 17, 2023 Literature

The underside of your kite should have a rudder.

Why We're Leaving the Left

Dec 15, 2023 Ars rhetorica

I NEVER left. The left left ME!

Tuesday Obituary on a Thursday: Leonard Cohen, Trevor Pinch

Dec 14, 2023 Tuesday Obituary

I’d texted Trevor that morning to let him know that Cohen had left us. His reply read “Good that he didn’t have to see this!”

Different Ways The Warrior Android Acknowledges Onscreen Deaths On Your Fantasy/Sci-Fi Limited Series

Dec 13, 2023

"For every heartbeat, a footprint" or something.

Dear Businesslady: Vocation Or Panic?

Dec 12, 2023 Dear Businesslady

I feel like I'm at a crossroads.