I know I'm rather "bah humbug" about the holidays. Look, I just don't get that worked up about them. Sorry, it's just the way it is. But a week ago when I was driving with the wife to run a few errands, NPR replayed a story they ran back in...
This is another post from the Hawaii files. And, sadly, this one involves UK fans. Because I have to be honest, even my beloved state produces people that are idiots. Wait a minute, this is not news to me or anyone. The UK-Washington game was a fantastic basketball game and...
This is a post from the Hawaii files. I snapped a pic of this idiot as we were sitting down at Mama's Fish House to eat our Thanksgiving meal. Yeah, seafood on Thanksgiving, I know it sounds sacrilegious, but you have to be religious for that shit to matter to...
On my Hawaiian vacation, I was able to bang through one more book, a fantastic book called The Big Burn.I read one of Timothy Egan's previous nonfiction title, The Worst Hard Time, which was about as depressing as it could get in terms of fully describing the hell a group...
While I do allow myself the occasional dabble into the fiction realm, everyone by now knows my love for reading nonfiction, especially stuff that relates to food and to specific moments throughout history and their impact on the greater world or society as a whole. After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma...
My trip to Hawaii provided me the chance to read a bunch of books in between UK basketball, golf, snorkeling and lots and lots of food. I've always been a David Sedaris fan, so when I heard he was coming out with a rather bizarre book of fables involving animals,...
So I learned about Taylor University, which for its basketball team does a weird tradition the last game before final exams. Seems the whole crowd remains silent until the Taylor University team scores its 10th point, at which time the crowd goes totally apeshit. I love it. Sure, it's gimmicky,...
In this edition of my video game column I reviewed Donkey Kong Country Returns and Epic Mickey. Thanks to the Seattle Times for publishing.
In this edition of my column, I reviewed Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Kinectimals and Kinect Sports. Thanks to the Seattle Times for publishing.
Time to catch up on some columns from past weeks. In this edition I reviewed Call of Duty: Black Ops and James Bond 007: Blood Stone. Thanks to the Seattle Times for publishing.