Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: Hitchcock and Bathing Suits
Pop culture. The ‘pop’ stands for ‘popular,’ just in case you forgot, and pretty much, if it is overly popular, I don’t care for it. Mediocrity is the driving force behind pop culture. It takes…
Jem – Truly, Truly, Truly Outraged
So, usually I just talk about comic books and crap and it all comes out fine. Today, we are going to diverge a bit, to a cool piece of intellectual property owned by Hasbro which…
Spindrift: Filters and Age Restrictions
Today I’m going to be talking about a serious topic that I feel needs to be addressed. The topic is about whether or not art and media should be restricted to certain age group or…
Kick It: Familiar Faces in New Places- Running Back Edition
Ask any football fan that is a little more than “casual” but a little less than “knowledgable”, and they will tell you that “running backs are expendable”. The exact opposite is true in Fantasy Football. …
Things I Noticed Last Week – 5.11.2015
I’ve got some things I’m excited about and some things that have disappointed me greatly. I guess it is just the way the world works; some people get it right and some people get it…
Spindrift: The Two Teams
As we all know Avengers: Age of Ultron came out. I’m not going to spend this whole article telling you what I did and didn’t like about the movie, instead I’m going to highlight a…
Kick It: Familiar Faces in New Places- Quarterback Edition
As promised in my last blog, which I’m sure you’ve all read (if not, what are you waiting for?) the plan is to give you guys a free agent pickup that can make a difference…
Wild Speculation: Marvel’s Cosmic Bling
[Disclaimer: This article will have big spoilers from Avengers: Age of Ultron and may have spoilers from future Marvel movies, but that’s not nearly as guaranteed.] I walked into Avengers: Age of Ultron, last weekend,…
Thing I Noticed Last Week – 5.4.2015
I know before I even start writing this I will bring a level of fury and anger to the heart of our very own Thanos, Jesse Edmond. I’m afraid, not of him, but the possibility…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: The Up Side of Underwater
From September 1968 until April 1972 I was in the Navy, most of the time aboard a nuclear submarine. We had two crews, blue and gold, and would have the sub three months at a…