You’ve probably heard of HBO’s Oz, because in the nine years since it concluded, the name has become practically synonymous with jokes about dongs and prison rape. You know, because prison rape is so hilarious. But if you haven’t actually seen the series, I can assure you that it’s different than you probably envision it. [...]
2012
Confessions of a mobile bookworm
Reading while walking is a difficult hobby to discuss, because bringing it up raises all sorts of varied reactions, most of them negative. “How do you do that without throwing up?” “But you’ll get hit by a bus!” Once I was asked if I was a doctor or a lawyer, to which I just sheepishly [...]
That left turn at King’s Landing
HBO As you may have already guessed, the opening credits are my favorite part of Game of Thrones. The rest just can’t compare. Given the direction of this blog, it was only so long before I weighed in on HBO’s Game of Thrones, thus officially joining the Internet. But how could I not? Look at [...]
Gee, whiz: Rethinking fast-food tourism
RICH BUNNELL A now-defunct White Castle was among the destinations on my first Manhattan trip, but kitsch just isn’t worth the taste anymore. I just popped in Robert Keener’s documentary Food Inc., with no initial intent to write about it, because I figure plenty of people on the Internet are better equipped to cover the [...]
Nothin’ up my sleeve
COURTESY I don’t even know what the hell is supposed to be going on in this bumper sequence, but it’s surreal genius. I’ve long, long been a fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle, but it’s only been recently where I’ve revisited the show and found myself utterly fascinated. Take a look at the 9-second intermission animation [...]
