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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Weekends – My Favorite Oscar-Nominated Animated Short (Which Did Not Win)
A friend invited me to watch a complete showing of the 2019 Oscar-nominated animated short films last Friday night at the beautiful Normal Theater. …
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All Hail Jeff Passan! … Wait, Who’s Jeff Passan?
I’ve written before about my love of The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz. They are a daily radio show on ESPN that take…
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I Once Made An Amazing Basketball Play … That My Coach Hated
Though I now love basketball as an adult, I wasn’t into it at all as a child. In fact, I didn’t really start playing…
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Acceptance (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer – A Book Review
I did it! I finally finished this series! Sorry. That’s not very eloquent. You’ll remember that I enjoyed the movie Annihilation, so I read…
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The Favourite – A Movie Review
The Favourite has been slowly building acclaim for quite a while, but with it’s recent ten Oscar nominations, it shot up to my “must-view”…
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Unsane – A Movie Review
I’ve been hearing a lot from critics about Steven Soderbergh lately. You know Steven Soderbergh even if you don’t know that you know Steven…
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Something Awkward Happened To Me At Work Today
As a teacher, there are ample opportunities for one to embarrass oneself. I’m in front of teenagers about five hours a day, every weekday,…
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