A few days ago I mentioned that The Fantastic Four: First Steps had instantly jumped to join my favorite superhero movies. Someone asked me what my other favorites were, and I found it surprisingly difficult to narrow it down even to just a top 10: Whether it’s Marvel, DC, or beyond, there are a lot … Read more
While in Norway recently, we were constantly on the lookout for unique chocolate. One thing I noticed in both Norway and London is that milk chocolate is far more common than dark chocolate. In addition to some new textures and flavors, we found one chocolate bar that looked almost identical to a KitKat, which you … Read more
I walked out of the theater after watching Fantastic Four: First Steps with the biggest smile on my face. Even now I’m happy just thinking about it. Not only is this the Fantastic Four movie I’ve always wanted to see (and was almost fine with never getting since we have The Incredibles instead), but this … Read more
Our latest dive into reality competitions is Destination X, which has a fun travel twist: Contestants travel across Europe in a bus with blacked-out windows, and on only rare occasions (some earned, some given) they get to see the outside world. They use that knowledge each episode to guess where they are; the person who … Read more
St. Denis Medical is my favorite new sitcom of 2025. It’s Scrubs meets The Office (or Abbot Elementary), and I’m so glad that there’s a robust 18 episodes already (with more to follow this fall). It’s comfort food on the screen. This 22-minute show follows the fictional adventures of the staff at a small hospital … Read more
I’m always happy to eat a marschino cherry. One, maybe two at most. The tricky thing about these cherries is that they’re typically found in drinks, which means at some point I have to fish the cherry out of the glass. This is particularly difficult if the cherry is in a narrow champagne glass in … Read more
Last weekend I watched two movies I’ve eagerly anticipated for quite a while, largely due to the directors: Superman from James Gunn and Sinners from Ryan Coogler. In both cases, I’m happy I watched the films, but neither quite connected with me as much as I’d hoped. I really liked the look of Superman, especially … Read more
After recently realizing that my love of rom-com movies could also be satiated by rom-com novels in the form of The Rom-Commers, I went on the hunt for other books in the genre. There I found The Lodge by Kayla Olson, and I’m glad I did, as I loved every page of it. The Lodge … Read more
I’ve only seen a small slice of Norway, and I’m in awe. Two weeks ago our cruise docked at Molde, Olden, and Haugesund, three different but beautiful areas of Norway. All three offered delightfully moderate temperatures compared to the 100-degree weather in St. Louis–I now know that I should travel north in the summer, not … Read more
A cornerstone of the tabletop game industy is game conventions, but for years the only conventions I’ve attended are Geekway to the West and the Stonemaier Games Design Day. I work 7 days a week and can play games in St. Louis, so I’ve had a hard time justifying the travel time to play games … Read more