Sometimes the holidays suck. I can remember one specific year, when a then-recovering uncle of mine kept disappearing into the bathroom with a spoon, only to resurface with fresh bandages on his arms asking me for money, or the time my cousin got into a scuffle with my grandmother’s boyfriend after an altercation with an airsoft gun. Happy birthday, Jesus.…
No one can every really understand the music that we like when examined from a distance. Music tastes change, they grow, and evolve, and we are left looking back wondering “why the fuck did I like that?” In today’s fun and exploratory article, we will take a glimpse back twenty years ago, to revisit the…
Every year around this time, I start to hear a lot of people discussing how we need to put the “Christ” back in “Christmas”. You know what? Maybe I don’t want to. Do you know who else thinks we should put the “Christ” back into “Christmas”? Kirk Cameron. And he’s fucking looney tunes. Don’t be Kirk Cameron.…
We’ve all been there. You fire up Netflix, and you’re in the mood to watch something entertaining. Now the only obstacle in your way is actually finding it. In this short and sweet article, we will discuss the five stages of finding something to watch on Netflix. Enjoy. Stage #1 – Searching Your Instant Queue If…
Seriously, fuck Redbox and Netflix. Yes, I’ve used them both, and in turn I have contributed to the downfall of the modern video store. The video store was a magical place, and completely enabled my overweight and introverted high school years. As a kid, my parents would take me to Bullseye Video in Ravenna every…
I still remember the first time I laid eyes my on the Mayflower, pulling into Plymouth Rock. And thinking to myself, oh god-damn, not white people again. My story actually starts back in 1580, when I was born near what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. I had a happy childhood, running through the woods near my village,…
As you may already know, I recently went on a vacation in Miami for the very first time, and it was quite an interesting trip. Oh the sights, the sounds, the smells, the… Latin people. In today’s article, I will take you on a recap of the vacation, and discuss the things I learned while in Miami.…
I’ve noticed lately on the internets, that just about everybody dislikes, or worse yet “hates” Kim Kardashian. I mean, she poses naked in a magazine, the pictures go viral, and the world acts like someone pissed in their Cheerios (or even worse, on their tacos!). I guess I just don’t get it. I’ll give her credit,…
In the wake of the recent death of Elizabeth Pena at only 55 years old, today’s article will focus on the movie I most remember her from, the 1987 classic La Bamba. The film chronicles the musician Ritchie Valens, his family life, and his rise to fame, before he tragically died at only 17 years old. As a…
Ever since I was a kid, I have always loved me some zombie movies. Zombies movies were always kind of a niche genre, and only hardcore zombie fans like myself or horror movie fans ever really enjoyed or actually sought out these films, but thanks largely to the success of AMC’s The Walking Dead, zombies have successfully…
Get Your Swoon On
self-consciously narcissistic
A lá Julie&Julia, I will watch a movie for 365 days, and then blog about it- in memoriam of my mother who recently lost the battle with cancer, but won the race of life!
Pop Culture, Humor, and Random Awesomeness by Eric Malcolm
Tacos and Dinosaurs 