To be honest, I’ve never been much of a hardcore fan of TEAMS. I like sports: I like the athletic achievements of super talented humans. I like to be able to celebrate momentous happenings like no-hitters and perfect games, etc., no matter what team is involved. I’ve historically been a little bit of a clout… Read More Picking My Squad: A Not-That-Serious Exploration of WNBA Rooting Interests
I’m a professional wrestling fan. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve had less time to follow along and watch as obsessively as I once did, but the never-ending male soap opera still has its hooks in me. If you’re reading this and you don’t know anything about ALL IN, the record-setting independent wresting show that happened… Read More #ALLIN wrestling revelations
I’m 36. I’ve never been to a proper EDM show. I keep my finger on the pulse of what’s “hot” in music, but I rarely click with what is moving on the charts, so to speak. That said, I find EDM to be somewhat harder to keep up with. I honestly have no idea what’s… Read More Disclosure’s back
I really enjoyed Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett’s first album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit,” and not just because its title more or less describes my life. It’s a super catchy, super fun, jangly bit of rock and roll with some pretty poignant and thoughtful lyrics to boot (but not so… Read More Courtney Barnett’s in the groove
Like so many other nerd-favorite shows before it, “Timeless” on NBC has been in something of a fight for its life since the very beginning. Ratings haven’t been super strong for this time-traveling, crime-fighting, history-informed drama, but the people who do watch it seem to be VERY passionate about its continued existence. The show is… Read More Give NBC’s “Timeless” a try, whether it survives or not
I’m not saying there will ever be another Tom Petty, but may I posit that the closest we have is one Beck Hansen? I’ve been listening to the new album, “Colors,” which is awesome. The album before that, “Morning Phase,” was totally different and also awesome (so awesome it won Best Album at the Grammys).… Read More Beck is one of the all-time greats
I live about 90 miles from 3 Floyds Brewery, widely regarded as one of the finest, if not the finest brewery in the United States. I live about 4,200 miles from Mikkeller, a Danish brewery widely regarded as one of the finest breweries in Europe. For reasons I don’t completely understand, these very distant breweries… Read More Living up to expectations: Warpigs Lazurite IPA
I’m a fan of spicy chicken sandwiches, and I must admit that even the cheap-o ones tend to satisfy me (to wit: the spicy chicken biscuit sandwiches on offer at 7-Eleven for $1 and change are decent, at least to me), so perhaps this is a your-mileage-may-vary warning but: I really found myself surprised by… Read More All I really wanna do is Zing-a-Zing-ah: KFC’s surprising Zinger
It is nothing short of incredible that the Wu-Tang Clan is still putting out high-quality music after all this time … nearly a quarter century at this point. Sure, they’ve had some lower quality stuff over the years, but both of the tracks I’ve heard so far off this new album are REALLY good. These… Read More Wu-Tang forever
I’m something of a scentophile. Anytime I’m at an Ulta or a Sephora (generally because of my wife, but I have gone for myself a couple of times), I gravitate to the men’s colognes and start sniffing. I’ll smell everything, even stuff I’ve smelled before because, you know, my taste changes over time. As an… Read More Phlur of themselves: Heavenly scents
