Ever since I moved back to Minnesota, my parents have slowly been giving me things that have been hiding in storage at their house for the past 15 years that they want to get off their hands. The most recent box my mom gave to me contained something I completely forgot I ever had. The [...]
There are very few things that make me laugh. No, let me rephrase. There are very few things that make me really laugh. Out loud, and not just to myself. Laugh so hard that tears come out of my eyes and I have to run to the bathroom. I know that if that happens, I’ve [...]
The morning is a time for me to relax, have some cereal, check Facebook/Twitter/email/Smurfs Village, and watch about twenty minutes of TV before I start my day. I usually watch some old cartoon on Boomerang because old cartoons seem to be better in the morning and don’t require me to really think. But I recently [...]
Ever since I learned how to turn on the television on Saturday mornings, I’ve been a fan of cartoons. It started with Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks, then made its way to The Disney Afternoon with Gummi Bears and Duck Tales, found a path towards anime with Sailor Moon, and dropped me off at Cartoon Network as a college [...]
The Grammy Awards are a funny business, don’t you think? Ever since I can remember, I’ve never been a fan. I’m not saying I wasn’t a fan of music, but back in the day it seemed that the Grammy Awards never represented the music I was listening to. Of course I was always the odd [...]
There have been hundreds of TV shows that have come and gone throughout my 32 years of life, many of those lost and never to be thought of again (because who else has really heard of “The Young Riders” besides me?) And lost among all those shows are the forgotten actors. Some went on to [...]
The term “rubbernecker” is usually used when talking about car crashes. It refers to the drivers who can’t help but look at the carnage left from an earlier car crash, “craning their neck to get a better view” (Wikipedia). It’s human nature; we all do it. There’s usually nothing to see, but you get the [...]
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I thought it would be appropriate to take a moment to acknowledge all that I’m thankful for in this world. Of course I’m thankful for my family and friends and the health of my loved ones, but I’d like to give thanks to the little things in my life, the little [...]
Whatever happened to predictability? That line pretty much sums up what the TV show Full House was all about: predictability. Week after week from 1987-1995, millions of Americans could count on this show for being wholesome, heartwarming, and predictable every Friday night on ABC (well, until it moved to Tuesdays). I spent a good chunk of [...]
Everyone’s got a guilty pleasure. Even if you think you don’t, I guarantee that you do, hidden somewhere in there amongst all the things you consider to be okay to like. The official Wikipedia definition of a guilty pleasure is “something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. The “guilt” involved is sometimes [...]
