I don’t expect a lot from my TV shows. Make me laugh, develop interesting characters and successfully navigate the minefield of well-worn topics as best you can. We know sitcoms can only break so much ground so at least try and find an interesting new take on the typical storylines. This week’s episode of the […]
A day late, but here are the “minor awards” from the movies I saw last year. This is my favorite part of The Brians, even if this year did not have as much rich material. Best Music: “Hot Tub Time Machine.” You can’t go wrong with a movie partially set in 1988. The soundtrack features […]
Nine years ago, I had an idea. I decided that since I had no connection to the movies honored by Hollywood at the Oscars, I needed to come up with my own awards. That’s how I decided to start The Brians, a contest run solely by me to determine the best movies of the previous […]
One of the reasons R.E.M. continues to fascinate me is their commitment to openness. They seem genuine and honest when they sit down and discuss how they do what they do. They don’t put on airs even though Stipe can be pretentious, it’s not in a condescending way. At least not to me. That’s why […]
At times, I have scared people with my knowledge of television and movie trivia. I don’t aim to know minutiae about my favorite shows. It just happens sometimes. But even while I can recite lines from any number of “Friends” episodes, tell you what college J.D. and Turk from “Scrubs” went to (William & Mary) […]
NOTE: I wrote this column a while back when it was really cold, but never posted it. Since it was in the single digits this morning, I thought I’d finally get around to doing that. I know it also snowed so some of this isn’t relevant, but just deal with it Usually, I try to […]
We have a ton of options on television these days. Personally, I love this fact. I can do nothing but scroll through the options over and over again seeing what I could watch if I really wanted to settle on one thing. Some people see this development as a negative. They say we have too […]
Tonight, I started working on one of my most favorite columns I write each year – The Brians. Basically, this is my take on the Oscars, but only movies I saw in the theater are eligible. I relaxed the rules one year because we hardly ever got out to the cinema, but that was it. […]
As I wrote this, the pieces of my new computer sit in several boxes in my basement. I didn’t go on some angry tirade and break the thing apart. The shipping company didn’t drop a box and shatter the thing. In fact, nothing bad happened. I have decided to build our new computer from scratch.
When wrestling makes the news, it is often for the wrong reasons. Sure, those of us who have competed or stay connected to the sport will never stop hearing the joke about tights vs. required uniform from “The Breakfast Club.” But there have been controversies about the safety of cutting weight and whether certain moves, […]