1. I have an unfortunate tendency, when traveling, to view the place I am visiting as a utopia where no one, not even the locals, have any problems. This tendency has abated somewhat as I've been to more places, and it's easier to adopt in some places than others. If you visit Denver, for example, … Continue reading 12 Not Necessarily Related Thoughts About New Orleans

(Enjoy this bonus article I wrote last week and shopped around unsuccessfully - Rob) By now, you've probably heard all about how much the Super Bowl sucked. It was an atrocious game indeed, chock full of busted plays, wobbly throws, and terrible officiating. It would not be wrong, per se, to refer to the game … Continue reading The NFL’s Modern Labor Insanity

Once you hit a certain age, for me it was my late 20's, the imperative nature of eating my dang vegetables very loudly and painfully asserted itself. Don't get me wrong, pooping is still hilarious, but it's no longer any laughing matter. The good news is that eating one's dang vegetables is a super easy … Continue reading Kale Salad with Gorgonzola

Well, that game sucked even more than I thought possible. It was as dispiriting a treatise on existential futility as I can recall, the food was good and the beer got me drunk, so I had fun. Good thing my cooking projects turned out, although I'm never making a whole freaking porchetta for just two … Continue reading Halftime Heat

I'm not excited this year. I'm really not. Naturally, this is mostly because I find no reason to get excited about watching the Patriots win the Super Bowl yet again. Their victory in the AFC Championship game was dispiriting enough, and it's not like I care one way or the other about the Chiefs. But … Continue reading “Ugh, Not This Again” – A Super Bowl Preview for the Mildly Apathetic

This is my bastard tomato sauce recipe. I say bastard tomato sauce because this recipe does not come from any one particular place. Rather, this is an accumulation of saucing techniques that I cribbed from various places, which I then modified over the years via a long and tedious phase of experimentation, in the finest … Continue reading Rob’s Bastard Tomato Sauce

Most video games are indistinct, in the sense that the best way to describe a given video game is in relation to other video games. This game is like Super Mario World, but. This game is like The Legend of Zelda, but. This game is like Castlevania, but. As such, genre classification in video games … Continue reading Wild Guns: An Appreciation

Professional wrestling is a long con. Time was, you forked over your hard-earned money to a carnival barker/regional promoter/cable company, and in exchange you were given a few hours worth of distraction in the form of fake sporting contests. The goal for the promoters and performers, then, was about making sure that you, the fan … Continue reading Too Much Wrestling

War Raiders vs. The Undisputed Era (c) – NXT Tag Team Championship Match This was a good enough match that never fully clicked for me. What I’ve enjoyed most about Undisputed Era’s title defenses is their commitment to being total bastards – they hurt one of their opponent’s limbs, then attack said limb mercilessly, or … Continue reading NXT Takeover: Phoenix – Review

Picture, if you will, a modestly sized kitchen in a modestly sized townhouse in a thoroughly unremarkable quasi-suburban enclave. It is early in the morning, but not too early. It is raining outside. Coffee is brewing. The dog is lounging. Everything is normal. The guy is milling around the kitchen and looking for chores to … Continue reading Our Dishwasher Sucks And I Hate It