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Awesome Men Throughout History: Gary Gygax

Posted February 21, 2012

It may or may not surprise you to learn that I am a nerd. Actually, it had better not surprise you; I write things on the Internet, for God’s sakes. The Cheeto clouds above m ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Rodney Dangerfield

Posted February 14, 2012

I’ve been listening to comedian Marc Maron’s podcast a lot lately, and he brings up Rodney Dangerfield a lot, both in his interviews (especially the Norm MacDonald one) ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Daniel Berrigan

Posted February 7, 2012

Since the Republican primary is still going strong enough to merit televised debates every six hours or so, now seems like a good time for Awesome Men Throughout History to examine ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Lemmy

Posted January 31, 2012

Okay, look, it’s time you people and I had a serious talk. Not nearly enough of you know who Lemmy Kilmister is, and to call yourself a man without owning any Motorhead album ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Pete Best

Posted January 24, 2012

You’d think, given the iconic legacy of the Beatles, that everyone would know who Pete Best is. But I’ve had several conversations lately where he’s come up, and ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Mark “The Bird” Fidrych

Posted January 17, 2012

As of this writing, the Ravens are in Super Bowl contention (hopefully they won’t screw that up by the time this column hits TSB’s website), and their success inspired ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Wilhelm Reich

Posted January 10, 2012

Happy new year, everyone! I hope all of your holidays were pleasant, and that none of the Mayan calendar bullcrap we’ve been hearing about for months now will amount to anyth ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Vaclav Havel

Posted January 3, 2012

Oh man, I feel bad about this week’s column. I’d planned on writing about Vaclav Havel eventually, but then he died and I feel responsible in some roundabout karmic way ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Serge Gainsbourg

Posted December 27, 2011

If I recall correctly, the last Frenchman I wrote about for Awesome Men Throughout History was a furious iconoclast who was always in trouble and didn’t care. The current Frenchm ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Nikola Tesla

Posted December 20, 2011

Nearly everyone reading this grew up learning that Thomas Edison invented electricity, and a lot of people still believe that today. They are wrong. Edison was a coked-up patent th ...