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College instructor, supporter of DEIB and LGBTQ+, pop-culture geek, dog enthusiast, TTRPG lover, ostensible thinker and philosophizer, reader, raconteur, and occasional writer and filmmaker (he/him)
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What’s your favorite post-apocalyptic rollerskating movie starring a cast member from The Lost Boys?

Not an Onion article. Really.

Multiple NFL teams, via their social media, posted trolling videos after the schedule was released for next season. This is what the most popular sports league in the world has become. This is its idea of “professionalism.” This is what it wants young, impressionable fans to see and emulate.

This movie is as incredible and relevant as when it came out. I love Pleasantville.

Rewatched The Good Girl (2002) for the first time in probably 20 years today. Wow, has that not aged well.

Having insomnia can lead to experiencing Hawk the Slayer.

Mashup idea: Black Sabbath’s Children of the Grave and Blondie’s Call Me.

Tonight’s reading accompaniment is Ennio Morricone - Morricone in the Brain.

AI can be wonderful, even literally lifesaving, when used responsibly and for ethical reasons. But AI has no place in art. Full stop.

Yup.

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

The debut novel from my friend and colleague, Jonathon Kelley, has been published and comes out this week! If you enjoy techno-thrillers, or stories about espionage, AI, or political intrigue, check out The Show Must Go On!

Soooooo looks like this is about to be reclassified as a documentary.

There comes a time whereupon citizens have found it incumbent within themselves to consider what they believe and where those beliefs lie in juxtaposition to what their country’s leadership embraces in deed if not also in word, and mandate of themselves that they must stand up and flat fuck shit up.

The average American has three friends.

R.I.P. Jill Sobule

If anyone’s looking for gift ideas, I’m well overdue for a tshirt that says “Old enough to know better. Dumb enough to do it anyway.”

Me in class today.

Tonight’s midnight movie. (Ok, fine, tonight’s 11:13 p.m. movie.)

Sinners is incredible for so many reasons. If there’s one director who can get the Hollywood film industry back on track, it’s Ryan Coogler.

How I arrived on Bluesky

How I arrived on Bluesky

A lot to unpack in this photo.

The number of documentaries and nonfiction books created as a result of the current presidential administration will be legion.