All Your Favorite Characters Are Slaves: Review of Solo
There are going to be spoilers in this review from the very beginning, so if you don’t want Solo spoilers, please don’t read anything after...
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Is the Fast and the Furious Just Latinx Crack?
Friend Josh told me that there’s a rumor going around that Latinx audiences are the reason for the massive and unprecedented success of the Fast...
Mass Effect Andromeda Review
It hurts me to say this. I am disappointed in Mass Effect Andromeda. I was practically drooling when I played Dragon Age Inquisition in 2014...
Just 1:38am Things
I’m listening to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s audiobook In My Own Words and true to title, they actually do have recordings of speeches she’s given. Which...
Fall Intensifies
Tonight I ate pumpkin spice mochi ice cream and I am not sorry, because it was hella good. I was worried that the ice cream...
I Robit: Interstate Cyborg Games
We are about to play a game with our friends. In California. I know, it’s not that surprising that online gameplay is already thing. It...
Honda: Just don’t sit in the front
Letter from Honda: Hey so you might be accidentally exploded by your air bag. Try not to let passengers sit in the front seat. Me:...
More Like Lakefront Socially Constructed Gender Binary Hunt
I’ve been unreasonably obsessed with house buying shows lately and they’re giving me fucking heart palpitations, over how dumb they are, but also over some...
The False Dichotomy Between Easy and Hard aka I Just Watched the Coen Brothers Suck Each Other Off for Two Hours and This is What I Learned
First of all, and this is totally unrelated to the larger review, but who in the fuck told Hollywood it’s okay to hit women in...
You Need to be Watching Jessica Jones
Because fantastical things happen. Like a side piece dude showing up and not completely taking over the plot. UPDATE: I haven’t watched any more episodes...
Dark Matter is Good
A post that should have published yesterday, but never uploaded properly. I bit the bullet and took two days off in a row. I’ve been...
Last Witch Hunter Review
Due to my ownership of a bonafide Ghost Tour, I got advanced tickets to The Last Witch Hunter, and I really enjoyed it. It has...
The Fall of Rome: NCIS Charts the Arc of Post-9-11 Loss of Faith in the System
The first episode of NCIS aired on Sept 23, 2003 just two short years after the terrorist attacks. It’s clear in the writing that America...
About Broadchurch…
1. You should be watching this. 2. It’s free on Netflix streaming 3. I have no idea what British people are talking about with their...
Beast Portland
Editor’s Note: I wrote this at 1 a.m. while tired and more than a little drunk from 6 perfect courses of amazing food and wine....
Ant Man y Taco: The Mexican Shuck and Jive
We saw Ant Man on Friday, which I totally enjoyed, but I did have some issues with the character of Louis, played by Michael Peña,...
Dear Straight Dudes, I Love You: Magic Mike XXL Review
I know I get heavy with the feminism sometimes. It’s only because I’m a dried up, bitter cunt whose only joy in life is to...
Go watch Steven Universe
Right now. I just got back from LA and I am falling asleep all over the place, but that’s the only thing I can say....
Fuck Your Love Interest – Your Female Characters are Bad and You Should Feel Bad
I miss The Golden Girls, man. This were some bitches who knew what was up. I’ve been watching a lot of contemporary shows like The...
Backstrom, I Love You
I fucking love this show. If only for the shit he says. You really need to watch it for some of the most catty shade...
Why You Need to be Watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Do you ever think to yourself, “this show is okay, but why is everybody so not a giant gay black guy or a Korean immigrant,...
It’s Superlogical
In the span of a single weekend, Ben and I have become hopelessly addicted to the show Criminal Minds. Although they just did an episode...
5 Movies You Need to Netflix Before They’re Gone
Netflix has announced that it will be kicking some solid gold gems out of their Instant streaming on March 1, so you need to get...
If You See My Mother: An Open Letter to Kate Bornstein
I started writing this just after I finished Queer and Present Danger, Kate Bornstein’s compelling, funny, fascinating and wonderful autobiography. So it’s a little bit...
Wherin I Watch Honky Monstrosity “Devious Maids”
I saw a trailer for the Lifetime Original show Devious Maids, which seems to be some sort of social experiment regarding how many degrading outfits...
Don’t Eat This Stuff
It’s super gross. You know how some extremely artificial foods just taste like a pile of weird chemicals? This is like that, but not good....
Dragon Age Inquisition: Early Access
Thanks to the wonder of EA’s Early Access, you are reading the blog of someone who has played Dragon Age: Inquisition. The first thing I...
Your bank was dumb, I’m glad I left
Five years ago, I switched to a credit union. It was the best decision I’ve ever made. I was originally a Washington Mutual customer, and...
15 Movies – Part 3
15 movies that stuck with me, in no particular order, part 3 11. The Doom Generation: The one that started it all, the movie that...
Halloween Nails
Sadly, I don’t have much else to contribute. I binge watched some of the new shows. Forever is like New Amsterdam, except not broody, and...
15 Movies – Part 1
15 movies that stuck with me, in no particular order, part 1 The Wizard of Oz: A little girl wakes up in a world she...
The Ballad of April O’Neil – Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Friend Lauren and I went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles today, and it was a whole lot better that I was thinking it would...
Holiday Repost: Labor of a Different Kind
Happy Labor Day, here is a repost of the most popular blog from the last year. The original is from October 10, 2013. Friend Aldo...
Pretty Women
Since we moved to Portland, we’ve felt it necessary to start watching Grimm again. After a two or more year break, most of the minor...
The Best Book in the World aka The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing
The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. Hot on the heels of the most appalling thing I’ve...
Spoiler, It’s Poland: Review of “Where the Devil Can’t Go” by Anya Lipska
Where the Devil Can’t Go by Anya Lipska Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. This one may be my fault. I didn’t notice that...
Something’s Sure On the Ropes: Review of “Angel On the Ropes” by Jill Shultz
Angel On the Ropes by Jill Shultz Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. I picked this book because it was published by Broad Universe,...
Science Chicktion: Review of The Bone Road by Mary Holland
The Bone Road by Mary Holland Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. This book caught my eye while I was browsing the Recently Added...
In Defense of the M/M Romance
Can we talk about M/M romance for a second? I’ve been reviewing a lot of this type of erotica, mostly because there seems to be...
The Dream of 2000 Is Alive on Netflix
I know you guys have been gagging for it for the last 15 years. Finally your thirst is quenched. American Queer as Folk is on...
Beauty and the Beast on CBS Is a Critique of America
I’ve been on a Beauty and the Beast kick lately. The other week I rented Beastly, it was truly awful. I mean, in the best...
iFrankenstein Review – Laugh Riot
I know, I know, it’s I, Frankenstein, not iFrankenstein, but I don’t care. I like my version better. I feel like it fits the script...
Review: Dear Popsy
DEAR POPSY: Collected Postcards of a Private Schoolboy to His Father by Eric Bishop-Potter I got this from NetGalley, and was more than pleased with...
Books I Couldn’t Finish in 2013 – Sh through W
SHADOWS RETURN: Nightrunner Book 4 by Lynn Flewelling This is the terrible 4th volume in what I think has otherwise been a pretty good series....
Secret Life of Walter Mitty Review
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will feel a little bit familiar to those of us who are fans of Wes Anderson movies. A lot...
Books I Couldn’t Finish in 2013 – Fu through Ot
FUZZY NATION by John Scalzi This is another book I got for free or cheap in an Audible sale. Previously, I’d listened to Redshirts and...
Books I Couldn’t Finish in 2013 – C through Fi
THE COLOUR OF MAGIC – Discworld Book 1 by Terry Pratchett I got this in some crazy Audible sale where it was free, or came...
Books I Couldn’t Finish in 2013 – A through B
THE ART OF THE START by Guy Kawasaki Started but not finished. I guess you could say that I already know everything this book purported...
Disagreeing with Celebrities
I’ve just finished Dan Savage’s book The Commitment, and there’s a part where he says that, owing to the fact that children need stability, parents...
Lady Detectives Need Fuck Too
Aubible recently had it’s Black Friday sale, which amounted to 400 titles all reduced to under $5 each. Being the massive audiobook fiend that I...