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I take a toke. I stare into the thick dark of my backyard. I expel the smoke against the breeze, helping my eyes to get used to the darkness of the moonless night. The outlines of trees, the compositional sketch of my backyard, at first fuzzy, slowly begin to match the mental picture forged in…
Nobody likes to run. Oh, some people may tell you they do, but what they really mean is that they like the way running makes them feel once it’s over, or that they like the sense of accomplishment that comes with setting a new personal record or completing a distance they never though they’d come…
If you can divorce yourself emotionally, there is a sort of pleasure in watching the growing pains of a freshman show. Sometimes it’s the unmitigated delight that we as humans – perverse critters that we are – feel watching a chain reaction train-wreck. But often it is the charm of watching a doe find it’s…
You consider yourself a reasonably good person. You’ve always played by the rules. You don’t cut corners or take shortcuts. And even when things don’t go your way, you take comfort in the fact that, sooner or later, things will even out and you’ll ultimately prevail because justice is on your side, your motives are…
It’s the battle we’ve all been waiting for. The White Walkers have arrived at Winterfell and our Game of Thrones stress is at an all-time high. If you’re anything like me, you ended the 80+ minute episode with a pit in your stomach and a lump in your throat. The Battle of Winterfell hit me…
Any parent of an exceptionally bright child will tell you that the last thing you want them to experience is boredom. Ideally, they need to learn to entertain themselves, but you can’t just leave them to their own devices and expect everything to be okay. If you don’t keep a smart kid intellectually stimulated and…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, a young Angelino escapes his troubled home life, and grows up fast in the company of…
The age of the Netflix Original is in full swing for the season. May ushers in the likes of Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph in Wine Country, which looks to be very promising. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile totes recent star of Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum, Zac Efron, who looks to be having…
Have you ever been to a concert where the music’s pretty good (but not great), and you’re really just ready for it to be over? The band plays the last song, and they walk off stage, and everyone claps politely and starts heading for the exits because nobody really wants to hear an encore. But…
Midway through what was an all together very enjoyable and absurd fourth episode of What We Do in the Shadows, I found myself wondering if the shows are being aired in the order they were initially intended to, or if there has been a bit of a shuffle, cementing myself as clearly a very cool…
Good things come in 12 inch packages. Delivering limited edition pressings of new and classic albums directly to your doorstep, Vinyl Me, Please operates under a simple philosophy: The Album Lives. With a carefully curated catalog of new and hard to find releases, the subscription service is more than just a record club, it’s a lifestyle choice…
Podcasts! People tune in for a lot of different reasons. Some people find a podcast with subject matter or a host they connect with. Some like using recap podcasts to delve deeper into their fandom of a TV show or movie franchise. And some folks need background chatter to propel them through repetitive professional work,…
We get one more episode of “Full House: Westeros” before the abominable snowmen tear down all of our hopes and dreams next week in the battle at Winterfell. But the last day and night before the big fight provided plenty of proverbial goats for us to sink our dragon teeth into. Gend-rya happened, Jon spilled…
It’s funny how, more often than not, the biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Like, “I can quit anytime I want to,” or, “I never really loved them anyway,” or, “I haven’t changed—I’m still the same person I’ve always been.” Everyone else can see that we’re full of it, and, deep down, we…
In its penultimate episode, Gotham finally reveals the one person with the strength, courage, and skill to save the city and protect its residents from certain doom. In other words, to paraphrase Jim Gordon from another version of the Batman universe, we witness the rise of a hero—probably not the hero Gotham wants, but definitely the…