A Hockey Fan Answers Olympic Questions from a Non-Hockey Fan
On the eve of the first Men’s Olympic Hockey game, avid hockey fan, Andy Verderosa, answers questions from Aaron Weiss, someone who doesn’t really know hockey all that well but wants to engage in a once-every-four-years patriotic event. Aaron: Are there any teams to care about besides the US, Canada and Russia? Andy: Oh,… [Read More]
The Coen Brothers Don’t Give a Fuck
The Coen brothers don’t give a fuck. In other words, the Coen brothers tend to create narratives that are in the purest sense, unique – films only the duo themselves could make. And they love not making any sense. Actually, I think they get a kick out of it. Each… [Read More]
Everyone Needs to Back All the Way Off of Bob Costas’ Eyes
The worst part about having pink eye is not the discharge, the pain, the irritation, the having to put in eye drops, nor the word “gunk.” No, the worst part is going out into the world and watching as people recoil away from you like you’re some kind disease carrying… [Read More]
Collab Piece: What will be the Biggest Difference Between 2013 and 2014?
In 2013, we witnessed the resurrection of Yeezus, the election of a new and cooler Pope, and Miley Cyrus becoming a woman. Six weeks into 2014, we’ve started to get a feel for what we can expect from the year to come. How will this rotation around the sun differ… [Read More]
Girls, You Are Not as Awkward as Jessica Day, and That’s Okay
Zooey Deschanel’s character in New Girl is appealing for lots of reasons. She’s cute as a button. She lives in a bomb-ass loft in LA and is the den mother to several attractive roommates. She bakes. She crochets. She crafts. Additionally, those who will need art materials and reliable hot glue… [Read More]
Forget Using Memory, You Have Reminder Apps
If you’re bad at remembering things, whether that’s birthdays, deadlines, names, and so on, you’re lucky to live in a time where that shortcoming doesn’t even matter. Every mobile device these days has an extra memory repository you can use to your advantage, and it comes in a very simple… [Read More]
Trying to Remember That You Don’t Care About the Grammys
The Grammys were last night and, let me tell you, a lot of stuff happened. Fashion happened, spectacle happened, music happened a lot. Other not-so-expected stuff also happened, like gay marriages, but for the most part the Grammys played just like how you’d expect an award show which gives out… [Read More]
The F.U. Effect
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0EzeStwP5I&w=560&h=315] You don’t have to know too much about football to know Terrell Owns (T.O.). His controversial career has made him quite the media tool. Before Carl’s Jr. grabbed him to promote their new heart-slowing Philly Cheesesteak Burger, my last memory of T.O was seeing him sobbing on some reality… [Read More]
‘GAME OF THRONES’ DINNER PARTY!!
Yesterday, the trailer for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones was released. Because it’s really fun to imagine GOT characters out of their medieval fantasy context, I decided to host a dinner party and invited some of my favorite inhabitants of the Known World. The following are snippets from… [Read More]
NFL Playoffs, Golden Globes, Downton, Girls: I Watched 11 Straight Hours of TV Yesterday
Yo, yesterday was a crazy day of TV. At 10:56pm the Golden Globes gave out its final award, Best Picture, to 12 Years a Slave, a great movie that I haven’t seen yet because my family didn’t want to watch something so heavy during the holidays. Like the movie itself,… [Read More]
