MONSTERS ARE REAL
learned:* this is such a beautiful, low-key piece of documentary delight. it really deserves a better title.* documentaries aren't boring if the subject's not boring.* you're gonna forget how old this...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: M IS FOR MY SO-CALLED LIFE
Jordan Catalano, JC, Jesus Christ, Easter eve, this can't be a coincidence...i don't recognize Claire Danes now. she's blonde. she must be a spy. the only Claire Danes i will ever recognize is Angela....
View ArticleTMIT: THE JOY OF SEX
1. when did you see your first naked woman that was not a family member? not applicable2. when did you see your first naked man that was not a family member? does me count?3. what were the...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: N IS FOR NORTHERN EXPOSURE
I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME BEFORE WE START, CLICK HEREi vividly recall this exact commercial all these years later. i first saw the promo in my 7th grade room as i finished up puffing the...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: O IS FOR THE OSBOURNES
warm. cheery. good tidings. that is Ozzy Osbourne. no seriously. The Osbournes will (i think) be the only reality show i talk about for this because it was not really a reality show, it was good. it...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: P IS FOR PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE
Parker Lewis Can't Lose was my first indication that something was wrong. was different. was it me or was it my tv? the Nineties were starting, this new delicious decade was filling up the lower lids...
View ArticleTHE ANGELS ARE BLUE THIS NIGHT: THE ZARD
Mike Manley: JACKIE!!!The Zard: why you cry? you never felt.The Zard peers out from behind the tree-lined edge, peerless in height, length, weight, and gaunt. he shuffles the bushes with his hands. he...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY
this little number became a pop-culture phenomenon. remember? when such things were a little more relaxed. there was a freeing freeze in the air, people could hang loose for the first time and try new...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: R IS FOR READING RAINBOW AND ROSEANNE
QEFTSG. you're right, that's a bad acronym. as with all things in life, you have the power to decide. you can choose whether the thing is comedy or tragedy. and then something happens unexpected and...
View ArticleSTOP WATCHING TV AND DO SOMETHING!!!
learned:* but if i didn't watch tv i wouldn't have known!* the legend reborn is not Batman, it's you* the song was distracting. sorry. send your hate mail to...don't send hate mail, hate mail is...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: S IS FOR SMORGASBORD
TV depends on mood. you watch Queer Eye for an hour to be inspired, uplifted. it's positive, it signals you want to make a change, you want to improve yourself. never laugh at a fat guy at a gym, never...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: T IS FOR 24 HOURS IN THE ER
let's get intimate you and i. this busy society doesn't allow for it so let's be rebels. this show, and Jane and the Dragon, were why i took up this challenge. if nothing else, if i could highlight...
View ArticleTMIT: CASUAL SEX FRIDAYS
1. does your workplace have a "casual Friday" or a day when you can dress down or out of uniform? the monks tried a Casual Friday where we took off our habits and prayed naked on the bed of pebbles by...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: U IS FOR UNCLE GRANDPA
i'm not well. fair warning. i'm not doing well. i feel...always never quite right. i need a doctor. or my uncle who isn't crazy. or my doctor who is. or someone who is everyone in the world's uncle AND...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: V IS FOR VOLTRON DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE
let me tell you little tale about a boy and his botin 1984 Christmas meant an awful lotwhen arose such a clatter and under the treea Voltron robot and the boy went happy-peeVoltron was my everything....
View ArticleTHE ANGELS ARE BLUE THIS NIGHT: RUGIADA
the storm is a'here. the streets are canals but not the touristy kind. tourist attractions slide into traps. cul-de-sacs are sacrificial ponds cultivating new bacteria. large puddles pop up inside...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: W IS FOR WALK THE PRANK
don't blame me, blame Disney. Walk the Prank remains the most flabbergasted i've ever been at a show, and represents the greatest turnaround. it went from anathema to anthem for me in just a couple of...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE: X IS FOR X-MEN 1992
when i was coming of age i was a scared little man. i was 13 or something when 8th grade end loomed and i was terrified of my future. my brain was big, not my muscles. how would i fit in with the older...
View ArticleSTEAMED UP YOUR APPLE WATCH SCREEN
learned:* ready for some Friday Night Writes!!!?* most gifs get annoying. but this is Rose having multiple orgasms.* song? what song? Dean Martin? Frank Sinatra? Leonardo DiCaprio?* the song makes me...
View Article#ATOZCHALLENGE FIN: Y IS FOR YOUTHFUL INDISCRETIONS AND Z IS FOR ZALMAN...
this is the Jake Winters of my discontent. see that's the thing. there are a lot of shows here that i WANT to talk about. and i KNOW these shows, they've presented themselves to me in ads or some...
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