A couple years ago Dad's old band put out a concept album. They always said it was dealing with mental health and the ghosts of your past. They didn't hide that Dad inspired it. Sure. Fine. The music was good and I could stand by the message. They even gave Dad some writing credits on a couple songs. The charity got his estate's proceeds. That was ( Read more... )

It's been a while. But I stumbled on something I haven't thought of in a while, and it left me so profoundly in awe, and I felt compelled to share ( Read more... )

We're watching Luther, me an Tory. We laughed a lot more'n we should've. But y'see, this show's got everyone who looks just a bit like people in our lives. Tory's Dad looks like a much rougher Idris Elba. Indira Varma, who plays the wife in the first series, looks almost like Tory's wife Tess, which is incredibly laughable an uncomfortable. The ( Read more... )

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The retiring of Andrew Luck has brought up a lot of feelings around the sports community. I mean, I've already talked about it and it hasn't been a week yet. There's a lot of shit, and I've been trying to get through all of it without the emotions hitting me. Nothing like reading a writeup by some jackass to get me so riled up that I have to run up ( Read more... )

A 29 year old retired from his dream. His body was breaking down too fast, and he had to put his health first. Reasonable, right? I mean, I know a lot of us are masochists who push ourselves beyond our physical limits, but the concept of stopping before we kill ourselves is reasonable ( Read more... )

I had a dress fitting today. Of all things, a damn dress fitting. Gotta look fabulous for that Emmy, right? But, I was standing there, getting poked and prodded with pins and whatever and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror ( Read more... )

Today, on my lunch break, I came across this article. Since I'm not going to presume you have the time to read, here's the gist: Calvin Johnson and Rob Simms played in the NFL. They are partnering with the brand new International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute at Harvard (did not know the word "phytomedicines" was a thing) to conduct ( Read more... )

Every year, my stomach clenches. I get the call from Mandy who reminds me that it's a good idea, it keeps me in front of the geeks, and every year I agree and then wonder why I agreed ... until I get there. Until I take the stage, mic in hand, and get the chance to answer questions from fans ( Read more... )

So we have discovered a true, true treasure ( Read more... )