This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. In the fairest methodology I can conceive of, 90FM’s … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Mary
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. Although the whole structure of television release schedules as … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Fiona X
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I am tuned into the nerdier parts of the culture just enough that I was aware there … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Geeks Reunion for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I believe any explanation I would give about why this commercial for Nestlé Quik is entirely unnecessary. … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Adam West for Nestlé Quik
Critic, Critique Thyself by A.O. Scott I think A.O. Scott is a good film critic. I also think he’s great at writing about being a film critic. Upon the announcement that he’s stepping down from the co-lead position assessing the … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Balcony Is Closed edition
As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Say No by Michael Corkery Reporting for The New York Times, Michael Corkery writes about local governments rejecting the incursion of predatory discount shops that underpay employees and strategically drain the local economy, by … Continue reading Outside Reading — Bottom Dollar
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Someday I must write … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Muppets Tonight: Johnny Fiama, “We Hardly Heard Ya”
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Today, I’m like these … Continue reading Laughing Matters — The Kids in the Hall, “One of these Five Men”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I mean it quite sincerely when I type that the last fifteen seconds of this TikTok video … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Only Murders in the Building season three
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Although I’d prefer to … Continue reading Laughing Matters — The Simpsons, “Deep Deep Trouble”
Coffee for Two 