If you're an ignorant doofus like me, you have a certain assumption about what a singer-songwriter is, and what their music sounds like. Even though I know better, the term still conjures up images in my head of a single person with an acoustic guitar playing a set in a coffee shop. And you're at … Continue reading Album Review: Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow

Championship Sunday has come and gone. Both of the games were fun and exciting for the most part, but both were also marred by terrible officiating. The most egregious officiating error occurred very late in the Rams/Saints game, when Rams DB Nickell Robey-Coleman smashed into Saints WR Tommylee Lewis in a way that is definitely … Continue reading On Officiating in the NFL

Today is the most poignant Martin Luther King, Jr. day I can recall. A bunch of shitty, racist teenagers saw fit to harass a Native American man on Friday. I want to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the ways in which saddens me. I am saddened at how racist American society remains. … Continue reading Untitled

Is it me, or did last weekend's games kind of suck? Both AFC tilts were the football equivalent of squash matches – Patriots/Chargers, in particular, was unwatchably grim and depressing. Then there was Rams/Cowboys, which was close most of the way, sure, but was also weird and disjointed. It didn't feel like an organically close … Continue reading Championship Sunday Hype!

Last night, I attempted to make chicken paprikash. I suppose that technically speaking, I succeeded, as I did end up with fully cooked chicken and a sauce that had all the right stuff in it. However, the end result was quite the disappointment – the sauce was both too watery and too schmaltzy, the skin … Continue reading Failures in Chicken Braising

Do it anyway! This is my life advice. In life, we are all often tasked with doing a bunch of dumb shit that we hate doing, whether it be our shitty jobs, or our dumb household chores, or our stupid-ass court mandated counseling sessions. Getting things done is a cornerstone of a contented lifestyle, and … Continue reading Do It Anyway

A couple of weeks ago, the Vikings lost to the Bears at home in the last game of the regular season. Had they won, they would have made the playoffs and thus earned the privilege of losing to the Bears again, but this time in the playoffs. Instead, they straight up fucking faceplanted, losing at … Continue reading The Vikings Still Suck: A Series of Grim Prognostications

I. Julia Child Cooks a Hamburger; Rob Loses His Fucking Mind Please refer to 4:09-6:41 of this video Getting drunk and watching cooking videos is one of life's simpler pleasures, and my wife and I threw the above video on late last night as we were in the process of passing out. Julia Child was … Continue reading Fuck It Friday Grab Bag

Recently, our dog Geordie La Forge (a/k/a Chief, a/k/a Senator, a/k/a Sneezy Boy, a/k/a Dipshit) came into possession of a squeaky hedgehog. The last time he had a squeaky hedgehog was the day we brought him home from the shelter, and he utterly destroyed the poor thing in less than 24 hours. There were bits … Continue reading On Dog Toys

Last week, I wrote and posted a long-ass article ranking all of Iron Maiden's albums. This was a passion project for me, and an article I had been planning to write since I started this blog. I worked on it for three days, I put a lot of pressure on myself to make it as … Continue reading Editor Needed