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Articles Tagged with #thenonexpert

The Non-Expert

The Answer, My Friend
by Eric Feezell
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. To help a reader determine which Dylan album is best, we arrive at every possible solution. Introducing “Your Best Bob Dylan Album Calculator.”
The Non-Expert

The Analyst’s Cookbook
by Jonathan Bell
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. We help a reader ferret out the truth about which foods are good to eat, and which ward off bullets.
The Non-Expert

Mixed vs. Medley
by Jessica Francis Kane
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, we do absolutely nothing to assist a reader while coining a new phrase.
The Non-Expert

Are Your Cats Really Adorable or Just Regular Adorable?
by Choire Sicha
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we show you the 50 questions on this year’s census you didn’t see coming.
The Non-Expert

Come On, Sugar, Let Me Know
by Giles Turnbull
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, we reach out to the masses on Chatroulette for advice on sexiness, with horrifying consequences.
The Non-Expert

The Gift That Keeps on Giving
by Eric Feezell
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we advise a reader on what he should buy his girlfriend for their anniversary.
The Non-Expert

Terribly Happy
by Todd Levin
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we use some recent knowledge of severance packages to help one of the newly unemployed.
The Non-Expert

‘Tussin
by Eric Feezell
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we assist a college student who’s swimming in dirty laundry and drowning in cough syrup.
The Non-Expert

Just Like Heaven
by Paul Ford
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we answer that eternal question: What happens after we die?
The Non-Expert

Frugal Krueger
by The Writers
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help a reader in need of creative, recession-friendly Halloween costume ideas.
The Non-Expert

How to Become a Playwright
by Llewellyn Hinkes
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we attempt to help a young thespian realize his misinformed dreams.
The Non-Expert

God Save the Queen From You Chumps
by Jonathan Bell
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we defend Britain against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.