Too Many Servings of John

Musings and reviews from a weird mind

July 2024

  • John’s Review of Deadpool V Wolverine: Dawn of Jackman

    I haven’t done one of these in a while, there’s only been one superhero movie out this year and nobody saw it, so I’ll clearly mark when I start talking spoilers. No matter where you stand with superhero movies, this has been highly anticipated for decades now and we’ve finally arrived. Let’s do it, eh? Read more

  • Top 10 Ways To Entertain Yourself At The Gym

    Hey, everybody! It’s time again for me to rank and rate the most monotonous and mundane things in this world! I’m the only one on Earth who wants to make it clear where things really stand. What’s the most fun way to spend time at the gym? How many ways can you do it while Read more

  • ReXamining the X-Men Movies Before D&W

    As I’ve made it clear many times already, I am very psyched for the movie coming out next week. My inner child, the desperate fanboy, is so excited to see this movie and the newest trailers have only stoked the flames of said excitement. I’m aware people are frustrated the trailers are revealing so many Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 4

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • Dead Man’s Float – A Swimming Tale

    My week was long and weird, and my weekend was also. I was recovering from a surprise sickness and on Friday I’d spent two hours getting my beard trimmed before having dinner and drinks with some old friends from school. It is very much a surreal, out of body experience, reconnecting with people you’ve known Read more

  • Waiting For a Trim

    My version of purgatory, I have now realized, is waiting in line at Great Clips to get my beard trimmed I show up at 5:20, after an 8 hour work day I have groceries to get, errands to run, a Friday to enjoy I am 7th on the queue and the third person on the Read more

  • The Ongoing Race

    I’m at the starting line Waiting to begin another cross country relay I don’t want to be here, and my coaches couldn’t be more aware I’ve been a ridiculous nuisance for months now Not that it matters anymore, of course, it’s far too late A bald man waves a flag and the race begins Or Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #32: TV Movies and Plays, Oh My!

    Full spoilers if you still haven’t gotten around to watching Paul Rudd’s TV version of The Great Gatsby or the filmed versions of two of his theatrical productions, Twelfth Night, or What You Will or Bash: Latter-Day Plays. The Great Gatsby(2000) stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt Read more