Entertainment Potpourri!

I’ve been accumulating some topics for which I don’t have a full post’s worth of content to write about, so I’ll compile them below: Lion King (live-action movie): I liked it! It’s beautiful, and there’s some good humor in it that’s not in the original movie. I also liked how a little more time (just … Read more

What Would You Do as a Guest Judge on Top Chef?

I love the cooking competition show Top Chef. Each season starts with 18-20 professional chefs who compete in a series of challenges to remain in the game. In each episode, a guest judge presents the chefs with a “quickfire” challenge in which they have a short amount of time to make a specific type of … Read more

Does Gore Enhance the Cinematic Experience?

This weekend we watched a movie called Upgrade that was mostly quite good. Surprisingly good, actually. Upgrade is set in a not-so-distant future, a future of self-driving cars, police drones, and other things I don’t want to spoil (there are lots of twists, turns, and reveals). The movie starts off with an act of violence, … Read more

How Often Do You Change Your Razor Blades?

I have a confession: Until yesterday, I’d never changed a razor blade. I’ve owned two razors in my life, both of them electric Norelco razors like the one pictured here. I used the first one from around 1997-2013, at which point I upgraded to a cordless version. I’ve used that version ever since (7 years). I … Read more

Have You Tried Craft Bread?

When I was growing up, my mom got really into making homemade bread. I think bread machines were kind of a “thing” for a while. After a few years she decided that it would be easier to just buy bread from the grocery store, so most of the sandwiches I ate in high school were … Read more