First things first – the holidays are here, so everybody remember to breathe and unclench your butts. I don't exactly know why we do this to ourselves as a society, but it's the holidays, and therefore each and every single one of us has something to be stressed out about. Maybe it's whether or not … Continue reading Quick Grab Bag: 12/17/19

Yesterday will be a day long remembered for me, personally. Not only did I try sweetbreads for the first time (they're delicious!), I also, for the very first time ever, beat Ninja Gaiden III for NES without the assistance of save states, and now I can finally proclaim to the universe that I can beat … Continue reading 8 Bit Triumph

Hello to all four of my loyal regulars! It's been pretty quiet around here lately, so I felt the need to address my uh...public regarding the reasons for it. The main reason I haven't been writing too much lately is that I am still reeling from the fiasco that was everyone at Deadspin walking out, … Continue reading Still Here

Last night I, along with the entire football-watching population of the Eastern Time Zone, stayed up past midnight to watch the Seahawks just barely squeak a win past the 49ers in the dying seconds of overtime. That the game ended with a winner and a loser at all is something of a minor miracle, and … Continue reading Fixing NFL Overtime

For reasons that I was not fully clear on, and which were informed primarily through anecdotal evidence (meaning feedback I've received from you, the readers, as well as a handful of friends), there were some bad vibes around this season of the Great British Baking Show. No one seemed to like it all that much. … Continue reading Great British Baking Show – 2019 Final

The Great British Baking Show is, as I have previously postulated, a sport, and one of the things sports excel at is pitting labor against labor while management watches, impassive and unscathed. The Great British Baking Show is no exception to this; in a given season, 12 or so (there were 13 this year) bakers … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Patisserie Week

So wait, this show has a quarterfinals now? When did this happen? Did they call Week 8 the quarterfinals last year and I just forgot about it? Have they been calling Week 8 the quarterfinals for the entirety of the show's run, and I'm finally noticing it now? I guess I'm not surprised, since as … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Pastry Week

AEW Dynamite has aired three episodes as of now, and I have some thoughts. Some are positive, others are more critical, and some are neither. They are presented below in no particular order. -First and foremost, the wrestling itself has been awesome. Obviously, the promise of a more wrestling-centric presentation was a key element of … Continue reading AEW: Thoughts and Observations

(Note: I'm starting in with spoilers from the jump this week, so prepare yourself!) Has this been a weird season for the Great British Baking Show? I've seen and heard many comments to that effect, and this intrigues me because I too feel that this season has been weird, but when I stop to think … Continue reading Great British Baking Show Power Rankings – Festival Week