For part three of this series, we get into the crux of why I went back to ISU. When I decided to make the trek back, I was asked to speak at one of my old classes. I recorded the class and am presenting a slightly truncated version of it for you here on [...]
My major in college was Mass Communications - Broadcasting with a focus on television production, particularly TV news. A lot of students in the program didn't start fully getting involved until their sophomore year, but a small group of us got in as freshman, including my friend Carl who I talked about yesterday. My second [...]
With this post, I begin a series of five articles documenting my trip up to Illinois and back last week. The primary purpose of the trip was to visit where I had attended college almost 20 years ago but there were some exciting sidebars along the way. Those who have been following the blog [...]
Arby's released their Venison Sandwich nationwide for one-day only. If you're reading this on Saturday, October 21, 2017, there's still time to go get one! If you're not...maybe it will come back! What did I think? Check out this video to find out!
Growing up, I was never one for modern popular music. I listened to my parents' music, so classic rock which was my dad's choice or folk music which was my mom's. One of my dad's albums was 1973's Pianoman by Billy Joel. I remember running across this album with a mix of light-hearted but [...]
For a very limited time, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is overhauling their glazed doughnuts and replacing the original glaze with a chocolate glaze. This is in honor of the eclipse on August 21, 2017. The chocolate glaze is only available between August 19 and 21. At our location in Tallahassee, Florida, it completely replaces the [...]
Lays has a new set of flavors this summer as a part of their annual Do Us a Flavor series. This is the fifth year of doing this with each year bringing chips fans an assortment of interesting ideas for flavors. I am a fan of this promotion, even if some of the flavors aren't all [...]
Ryan Reynolds released the first image of Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2 today. DeadPool 2: Your premium #Cable provider. #DeadPool2 pic.twitter.com/LboS0iVDqZ — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 7, 2017 In all seriousness, I think it's a pretty decent-looking version of Cable. I probably would have preferred Stephen Lang or Ron Perlman to be cast, [...]
Yesterday, after posting my Quantum Leap Blu-ray review, a conversation was started on Twitter as someone noticed the KISSesque image on the cover art of the Blu-ray set. Wait, @nerdlunch , there was an episode of Quantum Leap where Sam jumped into the body of Ace Frehley from KISS? pic.twitter.com/gNKz7RmQrI — Hoju Koolander (@hojukoolander) August [...]
I’ve referenced on the podcast that I am currently going through a re-watch of Quantum Leap. I imagine this will eventually lead to an episode of Dragonfly Ripple as my daughter is joining me on this journey. Specifically, I am watching the Mill Creek Entertainment-produced Quantum Leap Blu-rays. I had owned the earlier DVD release [...]
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