The first thing I can credit Game of Thrones for is inspiring me to read the monumental A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. (More on that later.) The second thing I can credit the show for is being an excellent, admirable adaptation. It hews closely to the books, but not…
If you read about sports online, there’s about a 150% chance you have crossed paths with Simmons or his site, Grantland. Simmons is one of the golden children of the ideals of online journalism and “sports blogging.” Regardless of how much you enjoy him, you have to admit he’s been influential in shaking up sportswriting…
Today’s post is a crossover Top 100 Everything and Mixtape post. It’s a playlist of 20 of my favorite songs by artists who did not make my the Top 100 or the Honorable Mentions. I tried to focus on “one-hit wonders” — artists or bands whose playtime in my headphones is dominated by one song…
Every 25 entries, I’m going to take a break listing my favorite things to talk about something I don’t like: Deadspin is easily my least favorite website that I regularly visit. They’re the sports wing of the Gawker empire and a frustrating, mean-spirited, unambitious web site that does more to poison online discussion about sports…
Today’s entry is presented through some of my favorite clips and quotes from Dumb & Dumber. Sometimes, when I tell people that Dumb and Dumber is one of my favorite movies, they just sort of look at me in confused silence… It’s a dumb Jim Carrey movie from the 1990’s with almost no plot, they…
It’s a cliche for white males under the age of thirty, but my favorite comedian is definitely Louis CK. Prolific, hilarious, and insightful in a dark sort of way, CK is always a delight. He’s also someone whose creative career I admire. There’s an independence and perseverance about him that carries over in everything he…
In the fourth entry of our ongoing Mixtape series — in which one or more writers picks about twenty songs from under a single umbrella — we’re digging deep into some of our favorite non-singles from well-known artists. As always, we’ve included a Spotify playlist to listen to as you read. Someday’s Gone – All-American…
Jim Croce is one of my all-time sentimental favorites, the first of several artists I fell in love with by picking up a CD I found on my dad’s bookshelf, putting it into my boombox, and pressing play. Croce released five albums in the 1960s and early 1970s, and almost all of his songs of…
Chances are, if you’ve had an Internet connection at any point during the six years, you are familiar with Portal. Created by the Internet-beloved Valve and shipped with a set of games called The Orange Box back in 2007, Portal took the gaming world by storm. Three years later, Valve released the eagerly awaited sequel,…
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a very funny movie. I don’t think that is heavily disputed by too many people. Humor is also very, very subjective. I personally think Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an absolutely HILARIOUS movie. I love how quotable it is. Some hilarious movies (I’m thinking of Superbad right now) have great joke-packed scripts,…