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: Illinois Basketball Student Tickets Sell Out Student season tickets for the 2026-27 Illinois …
: KISS: The Official YouTube Station KISS has officially launched the KISS 24/7 YouTube station for …
: Baker's Bridge The plan was all too simple, which usually means it was a bad one. Baker’s Bridge had a spot where …
: Jon Ossoff is Doing Something Different Elaine Godfrey, writing in The Atlantic, has a smart …
: Motivator I work out with my wife every morning. We do a circuit at the YMCA or walk two miles …
: Does Your College Football Roster Cost $8M or $50M? The Athletic conducted a comprehensive study of …
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: By Hand Warren Ellis – Handwriting fixes ideas in the memory better. Thinking on paper is more …
: Rough Draft & Modern Day Typographer Elle Cordova is a fantastic Instagram/YouTube creator. She …
: Late in the Evening When I was a small boy, my family would take Sunday drives, and we would inevitably listen to either …
: 9/11 As It Happened Each year on 9/11, many may feel the need to get into the time machine that …
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: A Loss Would Have Been Less Embarrassing Than Michigan’s Win Over Western Michigan David Roth, …
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: Felicity, At Your Service I plan my weeks on paper. A Baron Fig Confidant, one spread per week, colored ink. I’ve fiddled with …
: Neighbors Marco Arment blogs about his old neighbors and the divisive nature of our current …
: Lanterns I read John Stewart’s first appearance as a kid, out of my Dad’s comic collection. Green …
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: Productivity Shawn Blanc – Every productivity book boils down to three things: Get clear on what …
: Apophenia Seth Godin – Apophenia is the uniquely human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or …
: Taste Daniel Pink – AI can now make almost anything — 100 logos from one sentence, a song in …
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: A Stadium-Sized Time Capsule In 1975, a struggling band with a couple of records under their belt and a balls-to-the-wall touring …
: KISS Destroys Anaheim '76 4K Upscale with Updated Audio This YouTuber spent four days gathering the …
: Dolly’s Happy Heart Dolly Parton – I was born with a happy heart. I’ve always tried to let that …
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: Epic Spaceman YouTuber Epic Spaceman uses animation and storytelling to help us understand the scale …
: New Words Stuart Heritage, writing for The Guardian, lists, with explanations, several new words …
: Star Trek The Next, Next Generation There was a stretch in the 90s when I could turn on the television at five in the afternoon and land …
: The World According to Harp Philip Wegmann, Meridith McGraw and Josh Dawsey, writing for The Wall …
: Keeping Book Will Leitch, writing for The Washington Post, has a wonderful story about baseball …
: Give It Six Months Anthropic wants to watermark everything Claude writes now. Not invisible …
: Long Past Time Ned Resnikoff, writing for Public Comment, argues that it is past time for everyone …
: Beeswax Beeswax is a daily spelling bee that only takes two minutes. You hear each word spoken …
: D23 Trailers Here’s the trailer for VisionQuest, the third leg of the Wanda/Vision/Agatha trilogy. …
: Three Swings There’s a particular way you watch baseball in a rebuilding year. You stop watching for …
: The Innocence of Youth When I was a kid, I watched my favorite shows just like any other kid my age. If you grew up in the …
: The Largest Video Board in College Football The 2026 Fighting Illini football season will feature …
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: Verity My wife read Verity several years ago and recommended it to a ton of people. So, when I saw …
: Work in Progress I’m writing a novel. I want to put that in writing before I lose my nerve. I’ve got …
: Culling my Podcasts Took a little time to go through most of my podcasts in Overcast and unsubscribe …
: Comic Book Superheroes/Villains, Ranked by Weirdness/Craziness The Saturday Evening Post columnist …
: Fight the Good Fight I can remember a handful of times my parents fought in the same room that I was in. The reason for …
: Submariner Austin Rogers, writing for GQ, has a heartbreaking story I loved about a stuntman and a …
: Americans are Turning on Trump David A. Graham, writing in The Atlantic, outlines the shift that has …
: There Will Come Soft Rains Seventy-six years ago, Ray Bradbury wrote a short story titled “There …
: AI is a Swiss Army Knife Jeroen Sangers – AI is a Swiss Army knife. It does everything and excels at …
: Habit Octavia Butler – First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you …
: Is This What Comes After AI Slop? Will Oremus, writing in The Atlantic, has a great story about …
: Three Autograph Stories One of my favorite possessions came about because I stood in line for three hours. The line was for …
: Can Anyone Finish the Impossible Bike Obstacle Course? Yesterday, I was flipping through YouTube on …
: Baseball’s Labor History Is Repeating Itself Once Again Sarah Borus, writing for Defector, takes us …
: Writing by Hand is Good for Your Brain Neil Stephenson is known for handwriting his entire novels …
: The First Patch Busey Bank is now the exclusive jersey patch sponsor for nine Illinois sports: …
: Avengers Doomsday The new Avengers Doomsday trailer dropped a week ago, and I’ve watched it more …
: AI is Smart Nicholas Bate – AI is incredibly smart if its user is smart. The big worry is when the …
: Moving Day A few weeks ago I went looking for something I wrote. It was an older essay. I remembered the …
: Three Blind Mice Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman knows what he’s talking about when he …
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: The Cardinals and the Trade Deadline The Cardinals are fading after the All-Star break again, and …
: Seth's Riffs Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow, Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and This Is Marketing, …
: 20 Questions Inspired by the Proust Questionnaire and the Colbert Questionert, this is a list of 20 questions to …
: Josh Whitman Gets Contract Extension Josh Whitman isn’t going anywhere. Not until 2036, anyway. The …
: Home Run Derby I didn’t watch any of it. I kind of forgot it was happening. Then I get a notice that …
: Digger Digger is a new Tom Cruise movie that popped up on my radar so I had to see what this was all …
: 5K On Sunday, Maria and I decided to walk to this nearby park in a neighborhood or so over. The park …
: Overwhelmed I’m feeling overwhelmed right now. I’m the problem. Me. I have decided to tackle a bunch …
: Thank You For Being a Friend My wife and I go to sleep every night to echoes of The Golden Girls theme song. I have seen every …
: Dune Part 3 Here’s the official trailer for Dune 3. I am so looking forward to this. It might be my …
: Platner Drops Out I generally liked what Graham Platner, the politician, was saying and doing. …
: Starlog is Back One of my all-time favorite things growing up is coming back. My Dad will also …
: Two Hundred and Fifty My first Fourth of July, I was a few days old, asleep in the bleachers behind a backstop while my …
: The Odyssey Watching the last trailer, I am oddly underwhelmed by this movie. It will probably be …
: Fable 5 Anthropic put out a new AI model called Claude Fable 5, and the name is what stopped me. …
: Happy Birthday to Me Birthdays are supposed to be remembered and cherished. On my 16th birthday, I …
: All About the Shoes The night before the Clippers picked him fifth, Keaton Wagler was thinking about his shoes. He’d …
: Hello Stranger Logline Does this logline make you want to read the actual screenplay? A comic-shop …
: Rereading The Great Gatsby I own a wonderful edition of The Great Gatsby. I’ve cracked it open a few …
: Be Where Your Feet Are Alan Stein, a leadership and basketball performance coach who’s worked with …
: $112 Million Man Extending the Illini in the NBA coverage, ESPN reported Monday night that Ayo …
: What if Star Trek The Next Generation Was a Streaming Show? Some days my mind wanders. I think about weird things like what my favorite Star Trek episodes are …
: The New Mister Rogers' Neighborhood YouTube Channel The folks at Fred Rogers Productions have …
: Obligations I wish I could float smoothly from project to project with the ease of self-assurance. I …
: Backmasking I love backmasking. Now with digital music files and home editing software, there’s no …
: Hello, Stranger Update You may not care, but you are reading this, so maybe… I wrote a screenplay …
: And the Thunder Rolls My favorite B-movie is called Thunder Alley. I watched it again over the weekend and enjoyed every …
: Little Things Shawn Blanc - Life is almost entirely a series of small, seemingly-inconsequential …
: None Of It Is Important Or All Of It Is Seth Godin — Steinbeck points out that the stars shine in …
: The Future President Michelle Goldberg wrote a piece this week titled, “Why Everyone Wants Jon …
: Gambling in Sports Brendan Sorsby admitted to wagering at least $90,000 across more than 9,000 bets, …
: The Fill Rush opened the Fifty Something tour Sunday night at the Kia Forum. First show in 11 years, …
: Mulch Spent the weekend adding mulch to the beds in the back. It looks great. Every time I do it, it …
: P!NK Takes Flight My wife loves P!NK, so the Tonys were on in our house Sunday whether I voted or …
: The Myth, The Mythos, and the Man Om Malik with a great blog post exploring Anthropic’s naming for …
: Umpin' Ain't Easy “Hey you in the stands? I’m way closer than you when I made the call. Like way closer.” Everybody …
: Defining Humanity Cory Doctorow: Refining humanity: Computers don’t just clarify what we know and …
: Running in the Rain I used to run cross-country in high school and college. I was mediocre at best, …
: No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere near …
: Taste Warren Ellis — All year I’ve been reading about taste. Someone somewhere identified that one …
: Tarps Off On May 15, a group of Stephen F. Austin club baseball players showed up to Busch Stadium …
: Something is Happening in Georgia This is one of the best political speeches of my lifetime. It’s …
: Caught in Joy I listen to a lot of YouTube at work. The moment I clicked through to the Caught In …
: The Hobby Question Last Tuesday, around three in the afternoon, I caught myself staring at a wall in our office at …
: What can a person learn in 10 minutes that will be useful for life? This Reddit thread asks what a …
: Stojakovic Stays For a few weeks there, I checked my phone like a worried parent. Andrej Stojakovic …
: There is no Scoreboard Dan Oshinsky — If you’re an athlete, results are measured in wins and losses. …
: The Mandalorian and Grogu Review Matt Singer on The Mandalorian and Grogu — The movie’s set pieces …
: Hello Stranger I finished a screenplay. Not this week, exactly. The file says draft four, so it’s …
: The Start of Summer It’s Memorial Day weekend. For me, it always represented the start of summer. The start of summer …
: Cancellebration James Poniewzik on Colbert ending The Late Show — He didn’t land the pope, but he …
: Bond, Casting Bond They’ve started casting the new James Bond. Amazon MGM hired Nina Gold to find …
: Randy Rainbow Has a Question Political musical satirist Randy Rainbow’s new one dropped this week. …
: Lanterns Teaser Shines HBO dropped a new Lanterns teaser, and the show might actually be good. …
: New Achievement: A Dungeon Crawler The dog needed a walk and I had a new audiobook queued up. Of course, it’s the one BookTok wouldn’t …
: The Difference Paul Stanley — “There’s a difference between standing up and telling people what …
: Welcome to the Machine I have been thinking a lot about what it is I’m doing when I talk to Claude. …
: Foo Fighters Tiny Desk Concert
: My Mind’s Eye is Blind I don’t quite remember the first time I understood that other people can …
: The Noticing Is the Love My step-daughter has lost something. Her garage door opener, a notebook, or a permission slip that’s …
: The Illini at the NBA Combine The NBA Draft Combine runs May 10-17 at Wintrust Arena. Three names …
: “Sweet Transvestite” on the Tonight Show The first time I heard the Rocky Horror soundtrack, I was …
: WKRP Comes Home Baby, if you’ve ever wondered. A radio station in Cincinnati just changed its call …
: May the Fourth Two things stuck this Star Wars Day. The first one I’m still thinking about. Chris …
: Not all Opinions are Equal My random hot take on a Sunday trying not to doomscroll: Not all opinions …
: The Bundle The moment my neighborhood got broadband fiber-optic internet, I opted in and had it connected to …
: The Minnesota Fighting Illini The Minnesota Timberwolves have a couple of former Fighting Illini …
: Artemis II Timeline Most weeks, the internet is a place that takes things from you. This week, it …
: A King in Washington I did not watch King Charles address a joint session of Congress this week. …
: The Zone Is Not a Feeling A Saturday night in Cincinnati. Sixth inning. Eugenio Suárez stepped in against the Red Sox with …
: Stuck in a Time Loop (or is he?) Will is stuck in a time loop. At least, that’s what he thinks. His …
: The Onion Owns Infowars After 18 months of court fights, the deal is done. The Onion has acquired …
: First Light When you watch the official title sequence for 007 First Light, you might be fooled into …
: Here. We. Go. Sean Bonner is on a tear and I’m here for it — I’ve been amused at the headlines over …
: He's a Child David Graham in The Atlantic — In the lead-up to the war, which Trump launched without …
: Truvia Vanilla Liquid Sweetener I need to tell you about Truvia Vanilla Liquid Sweetener. I say …
: Prospero and Guano Island After several weeks of college basketball coverage, I thought I’d change it up. Here’s a short story …
: Run it Back Brad Underwood’s pitch to his Illinois roster after the Final Four run was three words. …
: Blue in Green on Loop Miles Davis recorded “Blue in Green” in 1959 for Kind of Blue. The original …
: Remarkably Bright Creatures Trailer I listened to the audiobook of Shelby Van Pelt’s novel earlier …
: The Choice I realistically think Keaton Wagler declares for the NBA Draft while maintaining his …
: The Right Question Nicholas Bate – The question to ask is not will I be replaced by AI but how can I …
: You Can't Always Get What You Want It was REO Speedwagon two weeks ago. Tom Petty last week. Today, it’s the Rolling Stones. “You Can’t …
: The View from Artemis NASA’s Artemis II crew flew around the Moon this week and the photos are …
: The AI Writing Witch Hunt Joan Westenberg wrote a piece this week about the growing culture of …
: Less but Better Greg McKeown — Dieter Rams, the legendary designer at Braun, worked from a simple …
: Michigan versus UConn I stayed up to watch Michigan beat UConn. It was a good game. I kinda hoped …
: Name in Blood There’s a new Black Label Society album called Engines of Demolition that I’m really …
: The Ball Has to Go In Brad Underwood on the loss to UConn – “We fought, we fought, we fought, and …
: The Waiting Last weekend, it was REO Speedwagon. This week it’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with “The …
: We Were Always a Final Four Team
: So Much Offense Isaac Trotter – The Illini have so many different ways it can generate paint touches …
: Fools Mark Twain — “The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the …
: Yeah. I think she's back. The full trailer for Supergirl dropped this week, and I’ve watched it …
: Tourney Thoughts Things worked out as ideal as possible for Illinois in the tournament this year. As …
: Cardinals Baseball is Up and Running The Cardinals opened at home this year for the first time in a …
: Keep on Rolling So if you’re tired of the same old story/Turn some pages/I will be here when you are ready/To roll …
: Illinois versus Houston What a game. It was advertised as a Final Four caliber match-up and it …
: The Changing of the Guard I’ve noticed something while watching lots of college basketball. The …
: Are You Ready? Will Leitch on this Illinois basketball team — This weekend, we will find out how, …
: Sweet For the last six weeks, I’ve been a bad fan. I had decided somewhere in that fuzzy space …
: Enthusiasm Charles Hayward — “There is a dynamic quality about enthusiasm which nothing can resist. …
: One-Man Band Here’s a bit of harsh truth. Occasionally, I used to find new music through Instagram Reels. I know. …
: Brand New Day The Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer dropped this week and I’ve watched it a couple …
: Illinois versus Penn Illinois put up 105 points against Penn. That’s the most any Illini team has …
: Three Reasons Illinois Makes the Final Four Since Selection Sunday, I’ve been sitting in my feelings …
: Have a Website You’ve likely heard it all before, but it’s good to remember… You don’t own shit that …
: Vote I voted. It was incredibly easy. Yeah, democracy. Also, Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
: Aim to be You Matt Haig, The Midnight Library ― “If you aim to be something you are not, you will …
: Animated Firefly Well, I was right. It was never going to be a live-action reboot, but something …
: Pressing Pause It is a difficult thing being a fan. To be so invested in a team that every mistake is total …
: They’re Doing Something with Firefly I don’t want to get my hopes up. I am absolutely getting my …
: Harsh Reality The harsh reality from today is Illinois basketball is going nowhere in the NCAA …
: Perspective is Everything Dan Oshinsky – A week ago, something pretty remarkable happened in the …
: The Kid Nobody Wanted When Keaton Wagler committed to Illinois, he was the 150th-ranked prospect in …
: Bread Elastic Laces Are Not a Joke A year or so ago, I read a review of Bread elastic shoelaces. I …
: Blue in Green I was having a bad morning. Nothing major, just several things not quite working …
: Marching Up the Mountain As March once again comes roaring in and college basketball is ramping up to its most prestigious …
: We Lost Dan Simmons Dan Simmons died on February 21st. He was 77. He wrote lots of books, but the …
: In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night The first teaser for HBO’s Lanterns has arrived, and if you were …
: The AJ Redd Game I went to the final regular-season game at State Farm Center on Tuesday. It was …
: No Max Leibman: No means no. No, I do not want to install your app. No, I do not want that app to …
: A Quick Thought on AI-Written Material Lately, I’ve seen commentary on Large Language Models (i.e., …
: Pop Culture Curation I’ve concluded that I cannot watch, read, play, or listen to all the entertainment that I would …
: Almost I watched the Illinois Women’s Basketball team nearly knock off the #9 Iowa team at their …
: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2026 The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees arrived this week. As …
: Simplify I want to simplify my life. This is difficult for me. One of the best things I can do is a …
: Paying Attention It’s hard to walk the line of being informed, being outraged at the news, and not …
: Collapse Illinois basketball blew it against UCLA. Just a complete collapse. Lost another OT game. …
: Be in the Moment It is far too easy to bite back boredom with a smartphone. Of course, is that the …
: The Great Culling This might get a little nerdy. Bear with me. Real Simple Syndication, or RSS for short, is one of …
: Vanilla in my Coffee Before Christmas, my wife, my step-daughter, and I went up to Algonquin, …
: 10 Years. 1 Leader This is pretty powerful. 10 Years. 1 Leader. Josh Whitman.
: More Like It The Illini game on Sunday was more like it. Heavy domination on rebounding and size. …
: Valentine’s Day Dio On Valentine’s Day, I was tasked with acquiring a heart-shaped pizza from Papa …
: The Flowers We Buy I was in line at Costco on Wednesday night, and I watched a man stand in front of the flower cooler …
: Friday the 13th Sometimes I wish I gave a shit about horror movies and the like, but I don’t. Friday …
: The Neil Gaiman Situation I read a long investigative piece into the allegations against Neil …
: Fixing Big Ten Officiating Brad Underwood is tired of the shitty officiating in the Big Ten …
: “The Only Failure in Life is Not Trying” Lindsey Vonn crashed during a training run at the 2026 …
: Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl The Super Bowl halftime show featured Bad Bunny with special guests Lady …
: Super Bore As soon as Seattle finally scored their first TD after four field goals, the game was …
: Fool’s Spring Today is the first day I could legitimately wear a T-shirt or a Polo to work without a …
: The Post Joan Westenberg — “When you write a blog post, you’re creating a standalone document with a …
: The Occasional Burst of Motivation James Clear – Use the moments of high motivation to make it …
: Dosunmu to the Timberwolves Ayo Dosunmu has been traded to the Timberwolves. I haven’t been …
: Remarkably Bright Creatures on Audiobook My wife has chided me for continually listening to podcasts …
: Tank and Rebuild With Spring Training on the horizon, Chaim Bloom and the St. Louis Cardinals …
: Something Special Illinois earned another massive road victory over a Top 5 team on Sunday. The …
: The Keaton Wagler Game Right around when Illinois basketball practice started, and I was trying to figure out who was who …
: High Hopes Illinois basically stiff armed Washington last night to get their tenth win in a row. …
: Rian Johnson Scripts Writer-director Rian Johnson has posted many of his scripts on his website. It …
: 46 Well, that was a hellava Saturday. I’m still a little stunned. Keaton Wagler put together one of …
: "He just plays." Illinois head coach Brad Underwood on Keaton Wagler’s 46-point performance against …
: The Blueprint Indiana won a national championship on Monday night. Let that sink in for a second. The Indiana …
: One Piece of Advice Corey Doctorow — “I have one piece of advice: if you read a book you love, tell …
: The Rip I watched The Rip last night and thought it was an entertaining couple of hours. It’s a good …
: Stojakovic Andrej Stojakovic, in his previous stops, was the primary everything. At Illinois, he …
: Not Knowing Leo Babauta – For a lot of my life, I had a very strong attachment to being right. I …
: Really Dope Patrick Rhone – There is a cannabis dispensary opening soon in my neighborhood and they …
: The Ultimate Bus Story This person relates the most unhinged bus story I’ve ever read. It starts …
: Our Practice Seth Godin – What do you do regularly? Where do you show up, what do you publish? Who …
: Thinking Time My wife was upset with me and rightfully so. I was distracted. I was neglecting important things at …
: Wake Up Dead Man I finished Wake Up Dead Man, the third movie in this series, last night. It was …
: JD Vance is a Piece of Shit Drew Magary is on fire. “What does he actually stand for, besides …
: Scott Adams Obituary Here’s some advice: Live your life in such a way that when you die, your …
: The Largest Video Display in College Football Illinois, Daktronics Install Largest Video Display in …
: The Madness of Living in 2026 Will Leitch has had a hard week. Haven’t we all? “I have regularly …
: Shortcuts Seth Godin – The simple rule: Nine shortcuts take longer and are less productive than …
: Sparking Joy We’ve finished the first full week of 2026, and I’m already so, so tired of everything. In an …
: Having Fun It was a good B10 road win the other night, but what I noticed is that Illinois athletics …
: Murder It was murder. Dave Pell of Nextdraft made this Atlantic piece a gift article and it should …
: Office Hours with Scott Galloway Scott Galloway answered my question on his video. It starts at …
: Illinois State versus Montana State Last night, Montana State won the FCS national championship in …
: The Start This is the start of another year in our lives, and I hope to improve upon it, hold …
: The New Year December 31 means a great deal to me. It’s the last day of the year, of course. However, it’s also …
: A Whole New Year Judy Garland — “Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn’t it be …
: Christmas Morning I wake to a loud house. My three-year-old nephew is with us for the holidays, and he’s excited. His …
: Songs of the Season Christmas is nearly upon us. I’m sure you, like me, are getting inundated with songs of the season. …
: My 25 Favorite Films of the 21st Century As the year wraps up and everyone starts sharing their end-of-year lists, I figured I’d join in and …
: Honoring KISS at the Kennedy Center The Kennedy Center Honors represents one of America’s most prestigious cultural celebrations, …
: Give Thanks My wife and I have raked and bagged all the leaves, and they are waiting for the city to pick them …
: A Merry Little Ex-Mas Was More Fun Than It Deserved to Be My wife loves Christmas movies. She starts right in as soon as they get dropped on Netflix, Hallmark …
: Holding on to Autumn There was a chill in the air for the first time a few days ago that was significant enough that I …
: Diary of a Madman The morning alarm goes off. You wake up, reach for your phone to turn it off, and your thumb …
: Method to the Madness It’s the first of November, and I tell myself the same lie. This year will be different. This year, …
: Winterset Hollow Is Perfect October Reading October is in full swing, and I’ve been thinking about the kind of horror that I like. I never cared …
: The Spaceman Has Left Orbit As the famous story goes, Ace Frehley showed up to audition for this band called Wicked Lester (soon …
: Ghost Runner on Third It’s October and that means playoff baseball and pumpkin spice, sweatshirts and shorts weather, and, …
: 60 by 60 The other day, I was feeling down about my life, my work, my hobbies—just about everything. While …
: When Politics and News Became Professional Wrestling When I was a kid, the news came on at six o’clock. Oftentimes, we’d eat dinner on fold-up TV trays …
: The Crowning Achievement The other day, I was chatting with one of my best friends about new television shows. I brought up …
: Time, Energy, and Balance There are fans who spend considerable amounts of money to turn their basements into shrines to …
: KISS Alive! at 50 My favorite band is KISS. I understand that conjures up all sorts of weird visuals for people. No, I …
: I Should Hate Football I should hate football. While I admit I’m not a crazy fan of football, I do enjoy watching it. I …
: Superman and the New DC Movie Universe In 1978, I was ten years old when I watched Superman the Movie. While it wasn’t quite the revelatory …
: Don't Stop Believing On our morning walk, my wife asked me if I had ever been a morning person. I thought about it for a …
: Unleash Your Inner Awesomeness In sporadic periods of my life, I’ve felt awesome. Good examples include when I broke the four-mile …
: Whyte Python Never Dies You know that feeling when someone you trust recommends something and you just know it’s going to be …
: Master of Reality The world lost Ozzy Osbourne on Tuesday. It was mere weeks ago that the world watched the final …
: Too Good to Be True What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “too good to be true?” Immediate skepticism? Do …