Aside from the obvious answer of entitled/manipulated Trump supporters, fake Christians and self-described crackpot “free-thinkers” who do their own research—generally the same population of scum—my pet peeves are varieties of senselessness: 1. Rude behavior It is easy to be kind. To be rude takes effort, whether one goes full “Fuck your feelings!” or is purposefully […]
The beer: Earth Eagle Good Helmet Schwarzbier The headline: “This history lesson doesn’t make any sense.” – Built to Spill, “The Plan” The commentary: At Canobie Lake Park, a teenage boy with an alarming chest rash gathers among friends and wet towels. Nearby—too near, by accident—a man approaching fifty kills time on his phone while […]
Week seventeen The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Great Rhythm Long Beach Lager The result: Win, 23–21 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week eighteen The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Twisted Fate My Promises Are Lies Tonight India Pale Ale The result: Loss, 35–23 The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “All the […]
Goodreads: Describe the book you’re currently reading in three words! Jarrod: Author reinserts himself. If I’m going to review books V and VI then I might as well close it out with number VII—more Roman numerals, please! Do I then follow the author’s lead and start over with The Gunslinger next? “Stephen King fled through […]
The game: Bears at Patriots The beer: Mast Landing Gunner’s Daughter Milk Stout The result: Loss, 33–14 The method: Live via NBC The headline: “Just ’cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.” – Radiohead, “There There” The commentary: You’d think Radiohead, of all bands, would have written a song called “If’n You Got Two […]
Week nine The game: Patriots at Panthers The beer: 603 Toasted Pumpkin Ale The result: Win, 24–6 The method: NFL Game Pass Week ten The game: Browns at Patriots The beer: True North Endangered Ale The result: Win, 45–7 The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “Shame on the brain, that’s right!” – Six Finger […]
Week six The game: Cowboys at Patriots The beer: Jack’s Abby House Lager The result: Loss, 35–29 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week seven The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: True North Festbier Lager The result: 54–13 The method: Live via CBS The headline: “Will the sun rise up tomorrow?” – Black Sabbath, “Children […]
Stephen King’s Under the Dome was adapted into a CBS series a few years ago. The book was good (not great) but the show was awful (not mediocre) and I hate-watched the hell out of it for some reason. That reason was The AV Club’s weekly recaps, where Joe McAlister (one of several protagonists) was […]
[Mind redacted spoilers—highlight to reveal.] According to the book’s back cover, “Between life and death there is a library.” Wrong. According to the book itself, “Between a life and a near death there is a library or whatever.” Stacked there are numerous copies of Stephen King’s 11/22/63, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and Kurt Vonnegut’s […]
[Mind redacted spoilers—highlight to reveal—and paragraphs ending with questions.] Goodreads: Describe the book you’re currently reading in three words! Jarrod: Author inserts himself. Such is the wrong turn King made when resuming The Dark Tower after a six-year hiatus that nearly killed him. Equal time passed between the earlier third and fourth books—The Waste Lands […]
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