August 2024

  • Top 10 Nicknames

    It’s Top 10 list time, dawgs! (Air horn noises) I’m changing my brand. I’m gonna write these like I’m a YouTuber from 2014. Anyway, there’s still so many things to rank! So many possibilities to consider! This time? We’re talking about a topic that totally isn’t vague and esoteric: The best nickname! When I was Read more

  • John VS Administration

    Very recently, construction began to plague my campus as I went to work every day. It frustrated me for one reason: It derailed my bus route and minorly inconvenienced me. And when it worsened and the bus routes suddenly had to do pick up and drop off on the other side of campus, I was Read more

  • 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

  • It’s time for another Top 10 list! And another break from ranking the important things, like ways to cook an egg or kinds of facial hair. I’ve been planning this one for a while now, and my good friend Owen MacDonald insisted I post it sooner than later, so here goes. For the bigger runs Read more

  • As you may be aware, this is my second Concert Report post, the first one was of course back in June when I saw They Might Be Giants at First Ave. I don’t know if I’ll do another Concert Report any time soon, but I saw two this summer, and I get to do these. Read more

  • Full spoilers for some obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into The Château, The Shape of Things, and Two Days. Also, a trigger warning of sorts: These movies are sad and weird and about depressing topics. The Château(2001) stars Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Read more

  • John’s Kids Book Ideas

    In my storied career as an amateur blogger, I’ve pitched many wonderful ideas to my adoring audience, many films and a couple of TV shows that have failed to reach the producers and studio executives that could give them the adaptations they deserve. And I’ve finally realized the issue is I’m shooting too big. At Read more