In the days after the complete disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, conspiracy theories multiplied. Rush Limbaugh proposed that the flight was shot down by a hostile government. A former scientific advisor to the United Kingdom speculated that a cyber-attack was responsible. Rupert Murdoch blamed terrorists and wrote that the plane could have been…

For some reason, the 36th annual Bay Area Renaissance Festival brought out the semi-barbarians in us all. From gaudy, period-themed costumes to grizzled, greasy turkey legs, it began to makes sense why patrons lined up and paid to be spanked at “The Whipping Post,” (for the authenticity of the era, of course). Once…