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True This: I Like Strong, Determined Women
I’ve never really qualified on even on the most liberal levels as macho or “bro”. I’ve never had true athletic skills; I’ve never really enjoyed going to gyms and the one time in my life that I actually tried to build up my “six-pack”, which in my case has perpetually more resembled a single quarter-keg,
Fascism And Chill?
These days, I’m subserviant and a slave exclusively to data and information, not to the whims and the wishes of anyone who might want to control how and why I believe. It clearly frustrates quite a bit of people who might somehow see this as a sign of my ultimate demise. I know this because
And The Nominees (Yawn) Are….
My Starbucks was surprisingly busy for a chilly Tuesday morning at the otherwise ungodly hours I tend to keep. Either a bunch of other people had the same overly spicy soup I did last night, or they were grabbing something to keep them awake as the ritual of yet another pre-dawn award nomination announcement ceremony
Do We Even Want Choices Anymore?
When my best friend was exploring options for where to take their soon-to-be 91-year-old grandmother for a New Year’s Day brunch, they were handicapped by the fact that the nearest and what they saw as the most fiscally responsible option that was open was a Burger King. When I heard that was under consideration, I
Yes, Country For Old(er) Men
If you want to know how to get on my bad side, just try reassuring me in the manner that someone in an online chat group recently tried to when I remarked that I was having lots of trouble sleeping lately, most recently due to a persistent shoulder and neck ache. “You’re getting old!”, this
And Here’s To You, Mr. Levinsohn
When news broke last month that SPORTS ILLUSTRATED was found to be increasingly reliant on AI-generated content, even creating deep-fake profiles of non-existent journalists in the process, I, like many of those who immediately empathized with the human reporters who uncovered this behavior, laid the blame squarely at the feet of the man in charge,
Defining A Genre Just Got Muddier
Actually found the time and mental bandwidth to catch a couple of actual premieres in recent days. I guess one could call them game shows, but it would likely be a healthy debate in both cases as to the accuracy of that classification. And given my past experiences with such discourse, honestly, I’m currently not
Mr. Smith Takes On Washington
The name David Smith may not be one of the most well-known in media circles, and I’m willing to bet if you search it on Facebook there will probably be hundreds such possibilties for you to search through to find the one who’s making news this week. You can if you want to; personally, I’ll
The Sound Of Saneness
I’ve always had difficulties falling asleep at night, and lately, with a lot more reason. As a kid, devoid of options available later in life, my tranquilizer was my transistor radio, tucked safely between two head pillows, tuned either to a late-night ballgame or all-news radio. I gave them 22 minutes, they gave me a