Action Figures

‘Star Wars’ turns 35, reminds us how much it made us need action figures

25 May 2012

On this day — May 25, 1977, the Wednesday before the Memorial Day weekend — “ Star Wars � opened in theaters and changed the pop cultural landscape. To borrow the words of a Washington, D.C. resident whose Cleveland Park neighborhood was overrun that summer with “Star Wars� fans, waiting in line over and over to see Luke, Han and Leia at the Uptown Theater: “It’s ... it’s an invasion.� (Read ...

How will you celebrate Geek Pride Day?

25 May 2012

If there ever were a time to display all your collectible action figures at work, it would be today.

Food Writer JJ Goode Drinks Iced Coffee Year-round, Likes Wine That Tastes Like Action Figures

25 May 2012

Goode, drinking iced coffee despite the weather. He won't ever admit it publicly, but food writer JJ Goode has what basically amounts to a dream job: As a cookbook writer — you could call him a ghostwriter — he spends a bulk of his time hanging out with the country's best chefs, alone, while they cook him amazing meals — chefs like April Bloomfield (Goode co-wrote her first book ; the duo is at ...