Top 10 Dishes I Ate in 2018
This is a new exercise for me, but one I’ll likely continue as (or if) my interest in food and dining continues to grow. These are all dishes I ate… Read more Top 10 Dishes I Ate in 2018 →
Top 10 TV Shows of 2018
The bubble that was peak TV seemed to burst this year, to the point that Elizabeth Olsen, a movie star, played the lead in a show on Facebook Watch–a show… Read more Top 10 TV Shows of 2018 →
2018 Midterms Guide to Guides
Hey you, procrastinator! The midterms are tomorrow and you need to vote, rather than opting out and pleading ignorance, here are some guides for you. NOTE: These lean heavily on information relevant to Southern Californians and then more specifically North Orange County folks. Don’t know where to vote?!? Click here: https://www.google.com/search?q=find+your+polling+place&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS822&oq=find+your+polling+place&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.3111j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#eob=va/4/16/ For prop info: Ballot.fyi – Creative and semi-humorous bipartisan explainers. KCET Ballot Brief – Bipartisan explanations in written form and short 1 – minute explainers. https://www.kcet.org/ballot-brief LA Taco Voter Guide – A little more partisan, but deeper explanations regarding the propositions.… Read more 2018 Midterms Guide to Guides →
Burning Questions for “The Sandlot” Prequel
It was recently announced that 20th Century Fox will be making a prequel of The Sandlot, bringing in David Mickey Evans, the original writer/director, to show us what happened before Scott… Read more Burning Questions for “The Sandlot” Prequel →
Dinosaur Shaped Food and the French Way of Eating
Americans have a strange relationship with food. We’re equal parts over-indulgent and judicious, choosing to stuff our faces with heaps of non-fat products. In my Southern California perspective there’s a new diet… Read more Dinosaur Shaped Food and the French Way of Eating →
The Oscar’s “Best Popular Movie”: Picking the Would-Be Winners Across the Past Ten Years
The Academy of Motion Pictures Association recently announced a few changes to their format, the most notable announcement, drawing the ire of film critics everywhere, was the introduction of an… Read more The Oscar’s “Best Popular Movie”: Picking the Would-Be Winners Across the Past Ten Years →
In Which I Slowly Become Rev. Toller
We look to the Bible for answers on how to live in our day. Which makes sense, it’s a document that’s been passed down for all of human history, telling the story of God. Its words have inspired and led billions of people. Yet when we interact with the text, trying to apply the Bible’s wisdom and God’s will to our modern life it becomes absurd. The concerns that I have for my life are of the utmost importance to an all-loving God, but rendered instantly absurd when light is… Read more In Which I Slowly Become Rev. Toller →
On Anthony Bourdain
I write, I travel, I eat, and I’m hungry for more. This was the opening to Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, a travel show that ran for seven years on the… Read more On Anthony Bourdain →
