Batteries Not Included

Weekend Bicuspid

It was a restless night, about three in the morning. I tried like hell but nothing was working to put me to sleep. Not a medication nor a meditation. I gave up and sat in my living room, grumbling, watching the wastelands of late night TV. That’s when the ad came on, that eerily seemed […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

A Southern Summer to Remember

Today has been one of those tantalizingly warm days of early spring. The type of day where the thermometer climbs all the way to 72 degrees and lures everyone out of doors to languish on restaurant patios and stroll their dogs around the park for the first time in 6 months. And although the 40-degree […]

 

Pop Life

Captain Marvel

Even being the comic book geek I am, I knew little to nothing about the character of Captain Marvel (not to be confused with the DC character Captain Marvel now know as Shazam). Thus, I began a bit or research on Captain Marvel and discovered the character first appeared in Marvel Comics back in 1967. […]

 

The Nerd's Corner

MCU Marathon

Ever since Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark first charmed his way into our hearts with the 2008 release of Iron Man, millions of fans around the world have eagerly anticipated the newest entry of the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to storm theaters. What started out as a risky project by the newly-formed Marvel Studios has […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

It’s Time to Level Up

I am so sick of victimizing. I’m sick of seeing people in the media doing it, I’m sick of seeing people I know online doing it to themselves and I am WAY sick of choosing to make myself a victim. Because that is the cold, hard truth- we make the choice to either be a […]

 

Batteries Not Included

Detour

    I was familiar with director Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1945 bleak noir “Detour” in name only. The film was from PRC, a poverty row studio that specialized in low-budget, bargain basement B-films. “Poverty Row” is a term used for studios of the classic Hollywood era that did just that—low-budgets with no name stars. As […]

 

Pop Life

Walk Ride Rodeo

  I don’t know about you, but I’m always inspired by true life stories of people overcoming obstacles which have all but derailed their lives. Such is the case with the new film “Walk. Ride. Rodeo.” now streaming on Netflix. The film is the biopic of Amberley Snyder, a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who […]

 

Batteries Not Included

The Best Albums You’ve Never Heard

I’m going to be very honest with you, I kinda hate the title of this column. It sounds hipster and pretentious. Yet—I can’t think of any other way to get you “in” to what I am talking about, and frankly, the three albums in question are all amazing albums that should be celebrated as much […]

 

Pop Life

CHER

Attending a Cher concert is not only exciting, it’s an opportunity to see an iconic entertainer who has been performing since the 1960’s. Cher has performed in all media formats: music, film, television and stage. She has won the Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, several Golden Globes, and various other awards in her long career. […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Living Life Fearlessly

I don’t know if anyone else is like me, but sometimes my greatest ideas and realizations come to me in the shower. That’s exactly what happened this week. As I was halfway through the lather cycle of my shampoo/condition/soaping routine, I was thinking about a conversation I’d had that day with a friend who asked […]

 

The Nerd's Corner

An Interview with Ross Marquand

Recently we were privileged to be able to sit down with Actor Ross Marquand and talk to him about his career and some recent roles. We have captured some of the interview below for our readers to also get to know a little more about Ross. He was happy to see that we had already […]