All right, it’s about time to write about this movie. It’s one of my favorites of all time, I’ll just say that right out. So it was directed by Stanley Kubrick, who is kind of a strange, dark, genius type of guy. And it was released in January of 1964, which was just 15 monthsContinue reading “High Movie Review #14: Dr. Strangelove”
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The Difficulty in Dealing with Declining Depression
Depression itself is difficult, obviously. It’s just really bad. It is a serious ailment that prevents [or seriously impedes] the ability to apply treatment to the ailment itself. Imagine if you had a cold, and the cold prevented you from taking vitamin C. What if you had an infection, and the infection prevented you fromContinue reading “The Difficulty in Dealing with Declining Depression”
Clay Higgins
Today I’d like to write about a tweet from a Republican United States congressman, Clay Higgins of Louisiana. The tweet, posted on February 27th, 2022, reads as follows: “You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save theContinue reading “Clay Higgins”
Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth
Once upon a time, a young man planned a beautiful date for his girlfriend. He laid out a white blanket, with flower petals, and champagne, and little bullshit sandwiches, and cheese, and stuff. It was a romantic picnic in a park, overlooking some city’s skyline. It was a thoughtful, wonderful gesture, a lovely date. TheContinue reading “Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth”
Sports Team Politics
A lot of words have been strewn about in order to describe, diagnose, and cure sports team politics in the United States. If you haven’t read or heard these words, let me summarize: sports fans root for their favorite team no matter what. This leads to contradictory, inconsistent viewpoints and opinions. All you want isContinue reading “Sports Team Politics”
Top 5 Greatest NBA Players Named Kevin
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the NBA, I thought I’d take some time and write about some of the greatest Kevin’s to ever do it. We’ve probably all known a Kevin or two in our lifetimes. I know I have. Kevin Love Kevin Love was selected fifth overall in the 2008 NBA draft.Continue reading “Top 5 Greatest NBA Players Named Kevin”
Dead Man Knocking
Hello! I am proud to announce that my first work of fiction is now complete and available for purchase! Hooray! It’s called Dead Man Knocking, which is a serious, serious title. It’s about death, and men, and knocking on things. Serious, serious stuff. No, it’s about a skeleton who tries to write knock-knock jokes. No!Continue reading “Dead Man Knocking”
Motivation
I recently attempted to complete a writing challenge called NaNoWriMo, which stands for the National Novel Writing Month. Essentially, it is a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. I did not complete my novel in time, but I am very proud of the incredible progress I made, especially consideringContinue reading “Motivation”
Gotta Buy ‘Em All! Collectibles, Consumerism, and Christmas [more like ChristMAS (cause mas means more in Spanish)]
On Christmas of 1998, I opened my gifts: a lime green GameBoy Color and the accompanying game, Pokemon Red Version. It was the first video game I ever owned, and I was filled with joy, starting my Pokemon journey with Charmander on that wonderful day. Pokemon in the late 1990s and early 2000s was anContinue reading “Gotta Buy ‘Em All! Collectibles, Consumerism, and Christmas [more like ChristMAS (cause mas means more in Spanish)]”
Interesting…
In 1983, musician David Bowie was interviewed by MTV host Mark Goodman. This was during a time when MTV played music videos, and Bowie pressed Goodman on the fact that MTV did not showcase black musical artists. And even when they do, they’re on at 2AM. Goodman responds by saying, well, we can’t just beContinue reading “Interesting…”
Lefty Forrester 