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
I used to sit down at the end of the year to think about my favorite albums of said year, and sometimes I would actually out-think myself, trying to be too cute or clever with my choices. I’d think back to albums I may have listened to once or twice (and liked) but not again… Read More Uhhhhhhh-bsessed
I’ve been on a serious gummy worm binge lately. It all started about a month ago, when I impulse-purchased a bag of these self-proclaimed “World’s Best” Albanese Mini Gummy Worms near the checkout of my local grocery store. They were really good and I was thinking “man, why don’t I eat gummy worms more often? These are… Read More Albanese: The best gummy candy you can buy
I almost wrote this post in early December along with all the other best-of lists, but something (besides laziness) nagged at the back of my mind, telling me “wait, it’s not the end of the year yet, what if someone (Jay Electronica? Nah!) decides to drop a last-minute album that blows your mind?” Weirdly, my… Read More Surprise? ATR Best of Music 2014 featuring predictability
At the request of my friend Thomas, I looked through all of my old archived blog posts from the last 8 or 9 years and found all of my year-end music lists, which, nowadays, are basically the only thing I make time for writing-wise (cue world’s smallest violin). Some years I listed 15 top albums,… Read More ATR Music: Several years of top 10s
Summerslam 2014 was a very good wrestling pay per view. Almost every match advanced characters and storylines, made things interesting that were previously NOT interesting. That’s what you want if you’re a fan of this grown-up, violent soap opera called pro wrestling. You want to wonder what’s happening next. You want to be surprised. To… Read More Brock Lesnar vs. The World
The opening thrust of the AV Club review of ATR favorite Spoon’s new album, “They Want My Soul,” is that unlike so many other Spoon albums, it takes a while to get going. I consider myself a Spoon scholar. Some of my favorite Spoon tracks are B-sides I’m certain you’ve never heard, etc. I’m an… Read More Spoon has my soul: “They Want My Soul” review
Turkey Hill has a newish ice cream flavor called Double Dunker that wormed its way into my heart with just that little image in the upper left corner of the carton there: An Oreo-like cookie and a chocolate chip cookie dramatically splashing into a cup of coffee. What more is there to say? My wife… Read More Turkey Hill Double Dunker ice cream is double delicious
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