Tom Billington, known to pro wrestling fans as the Dynamite Kid, passed away earlier this week. His influence on the craft of professional wrestling can scarcely be overstated. Neither can the toll his style took on his own body – Dynamite Kid was a pioneer of hard-hitting, high-flying wrestling, but he spent the last couple … Continue reading An Appreciation of Bret “The Hitman” Hart

2018 is ending, and, like countless years before it, all of my favorite websites are starting to put out their Best Albums of the Year lists. And, as happens every year, I find myself reading these lists and thinking to myself, “Holy shit, I consider myself a music lover, but I haven't listened to damn … Continue reading End of Year Musical Panic Attack

My wife and I moved to Raleigh, NC this past weekend – this has been the cause of my radio silence the past two weeks. Thanksgiving went right into packing, which in turn went right into moving. Now we're here at our new apartment, there's internet, and we're unpacked enough that I have the mental … Continue reading Unrelated Thoughts on Moving

Since I'm not working right now, I spend a lot of time chilling at home with my dog. (His name is Geordie, and he is cuter than your dog). As a result of our extended time together, I recently gained the ability to jump into his mind and read his thoughts. Here are some of … Continue reading Dog Thoughts

-Matt Riddle vs. Kassius Ohno: NR. I love squashes but I do not rate them. -Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler(c) ,NXT Women's Championship Match (2 out of 3 Falls Match): Excellent match all around, packing a lot of stuff into a relatively short time frame. I would have liked it if they siphoned off a … Continue reading (Mostly) Spoiler Free Ratings for NXT Takeover: War Games

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Why in the blue hell did a do a Power Rankings list last week? I have no idea what I'm even talking about in doing this list. Maybe, if this had been a few years ago, when I still made it a point to try and watch most of … Continue reading NFL Power Rankings, Week 11

Playing Dungeons & Dragons is fun as hell. This isn't an opinion, mind you, it's a dang fact. True, the game's very name conjures up many associations, not all of which are positive. While we as a society enjoy the benefits (and the drawbacks) of not living in an age where people are afraid of … Continue reading Unsolicited Advice for New and Aspiring Dungeon Masters

Make your own salad dressings! Store bought salad dressings are fine and all, but one of the real joys of home cooking is that there are all sorts of little things you can do that are easy as heck, and which elevate the final result from “fine” to “oh wow, this is friggin' great!” Making … Continue reading Make Your Own Salad Dressing

Please Vote. I know it's past noon on Tuesday already, but please vote. For a while, ever since my punk as fuck days when I was in middle school, I often struggled with the idea of voting. It was very easy to be disgruntled about the two-party system in particular; this period coincided with Ralph … Continue reading Please Vote

If you're like me, you enjoy educated but also arbitrary quantification. Thus, I bring you these NFL Power Rankings, the ideal vessel for presenting the raw experiential data of how good each team appears to be in an easy to read, reductive, and under-considered numeric listing! First, a few ground rules. Some teams will receive … Continue reading NFL Power Rankings, Week 10