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The Mysteries of the Embroidered Ham
As with most mornings, I woke up and took a few minutes to come to terms with myself. Once I accept my fate I leave the bed and wander down the hallway into the kitchen and make coffee. While the coffee brews, I’ll walk around to the bay window in my kitchen and open the […]
Andrew Snyder
Education on Broadway
I have a confession to make; I love Broadway musicals. Maybe this is not so much a confession as it is the further evidence that I am a complete nerd. There is just something about the concept of getting lost in the musical numbers of a famous play or watching actors onstage perform a different […]
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Superman: Red Son
In the new direct-to-video animated film “Superman: Red Son” you will see the man of steel like you have never seen him before. The film is based on the 2003 comic book series, and was released under the “Elseworld” imprint, which are stories featuring alternate histories of famous DC characters. Imagine baby Clark Kent, having […]
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Million Dollar Mermaid
I don’t remember the first time I saw an Esther Williams movie, but I’m 90% positive I stumbled into one on TCM sometime. I quickly became transfixed by the experience. Those incredible aquatic fantasies that are the hallmark of her movies are simply stunning. There is, quite literally, no other thing like it in the […]
Andrew Snyder
Cut the Teacher Bashing
If you have not already, I recommend you take a look at Dave Grohl’s article in The Atlantic titled “In Defense of our Teachers”. It is beautifully written and has a prose that I wish I had the power in me to mimic. In the article, he talks about his mom and the influences her […]
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The Old Guard
The new film “The Old Guard” can best be described as action/fantasy/sci-fi. The film stars Charlize Theron, who plays her role in the vein of Linda Hamilton’s “Terminator” and Sigournie Weaver’s “Aliens” take-no-prisoners characters. The main difference is this character is immortal. The film is based on a comic book of the same name written […]
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That Whole Internet Thing
It was just another pandemic morning (oh-way-oh). I woke up, but I remained in my bed, trying to wrap my head around what day it was. Unlike most mornings, that morning I found myself feeling completely unmotivated to get out of bed. As I laid in my bed staring at the ceiling, I did what […]
Andrew Snyder
The Decency of Masks
If I am like every other blue-collar American worker, I have had my fair share of grocery store runs during the age of Covid. Recently I took a trek to the local Walmart, mask in tow, in order to grab some quick things that we needed immediately and could not get through the pickup. As […]
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Titans
The Teen Titans first appeared as a superhero team in 1964 in issue #54 of The Brave and the Bold. The members of the team certainly existed before this appearance, but this was their first time as the Titans. The team was formed by Robin (Dick Grayson), Kid Flash (Wally West) and Auqalad (Garth). The […]
