Rage Quit: “10 Concerts I’ve Been To, 1 is a Lie”
You may have seen the social media trend of posting a list of 10 concerts where 1 of them is a lie. The idea is that your friends will look over the list and guess which one of the concerts you didn’t...
View ArticleNerdstalgia: (Grand) Mother’s Day Edition
I’ve got more Microprose and Legend of Zelda articles in the pipeline, but this Nerdstalgia installment is a little bit different. It was inspired by a post at IGN about the nostalgia of The Legend of...
View ArticleThe Lost Art of Syndication: My Top 5 Shows To Binge Watch
To finish what I started last month with my thoughts on the lost art of syndicated television (click here, in case you forgot), I feel I need a follow up post discussing the current state of...
View ArticleListening Pleasures – Let’s Pretend
Do you have little kids? Do you get sick of them watching the same stupid shows with no real plots? How about in the car, do you have trouble getting them to shut up and behave? Well I’ve got just...
View ArticleSycamore
When I was a kid we didn’t have summer camp or timeshares or ocean cruises. We had Sycamore. That was where my paternal grandparents lived when I was young. Their homeplace was located in the remote...
View ArticleThe First 5 Things I’d Tell My 15-Year Old Self
People always say that hindsight is 20/20 or bemoan opportunities lost to the sands of time. How often have you heard any one of the following? This may be a little over the top, but I’m sure all of...
View ArticleThe Death of the News Media: How Walter Cronkite Killed My Grandfather
Walter Cronkite dropped out of college in the fall of 1935. He quit school to pursue a career in the newspaper business. At the time, many people didn’t realize the true nature of Cronkite’s work....
View ArticleBojangles’ Famous Thighs
A couple of months ago a Bojangles restaurant opened right beside the office building in which I work. Even though it is close enough that I can smell the chicken on the way to and from my car in the...
View ArticlePrayers and Law
Twenty six people were killed this weekend in a shooting at a church in Texas. Among many, many others, House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted about the tragedy. “Reports out of Texas are devastating. The...
View ArticleJustice League Review
Despite having been disappointed by every entry in the DCEU except Wonder Woman, I went to see Justice League this weekend. It’s easily the second-best entry in the DCEU, but that’s not really saying...
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