Subscribe to a newspaper A few weeks ago I was up early on a Friday and stumbled into a Starbucks. My mission was to snag a copy of The Wall Street Journal, so I could flip through the mansion section to get a good sampling of my crushing failure in life. It’s …
MATTHEW: Let’s be honest; the decade took a hard, hard fucking turn towards the tank at the end, and not in order to land Zion. Our nation is run by a reality TV clown, we are addicted to drugs and Twitter, and the world hates us. We have new pronouns, we have …
Cyber Monday Its the most wonderful time of the year… for excessive spending. You got that new Apple or Amazon Card? Of course you do. Whelp, here’s your chance to put it to use! Cyber Monday is today, and you don’t even need to get off of the couch to waste a …
Holiday video game backlog (mostly ‘Pokémon Sword’) Your mother asked you what you want for Christmas, and usually it’s an easy default to a new vidya game. However, this year you probably have an issue: ALL THE GOOD GAMES ARE OUT AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY THEM OR YOU’LL DIE! I feel …
Go to Lyra’s Oxford in ‘His Dark Materials’ series Just a month ago I wrote about the majesty that is Philip Pullman’s metaphysical fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, which absolutely retains its power to decimate readers 20 years after it was first published. In 2007 a movie version of the first book …
Stay up late for the Great Pumpkin Much like Christmas, Halloween isn’t complete without a screening its corresponding Peanuts holiday special, which in this case is the immortal “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” The thing is only about 20 minutes long, so you can throw it on while you’re getting into …
Go for a fall drive, soundtracked by me I’ve made an autumn driving specifically designed to make you feel wistful and melancholy, just like fall. Put it on and go for a ride: -CR Matthew’s Green Chile Recipe In this day and age, its nearly impossible to rip the iPads or iTelephones …
