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Near Mint: Comic Books and Digital Distribution

Usually I side with the internet comic book community on the bigger issues of the medium. When Joe Quesada decided to retcon everything about Spider-Man in Brand New Day I was pretty pissed. When I saw that Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Magneto, and Psylocke were thew new X-Team for “We Are the X-Men” I shared their confusion. [...]

New Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine

here are few things that can get me out of blogging dormancy, and one of those things is a free ticket to a movie that doesn’t come out for over a month. Tonight I attended a pre-release screening of Hot Tub Time Machine at the Bowtie Cinemas in Hartford, CT. I went into this screening with little knowledge of the film and no expectations, but I left with plenty to say.

Can Wrestling Be Fixed? (TNA Edition)

I try not to comment too much on the state of professional wrestling as I become more involved, but I think the past few weeks (and months) have been interesting and I need to make my opinions known about a few things. These are not just the ramblings of a rabid wrestling fan, but the [...]

They Tried to Make Me Go to Rehab: ACL Reconstruction Surgery

If you can’t tell by the title of this post, I have not been active on this site because I had ACL reconstruction surgery on Aug. 28th. But I wanted to take this negative and turn it into a positive by writing something informative and motivational for others about to undergo a similar procedure. I’ll [...]

Fat is a State of Mind… Sort of…

If you don’t want to read the whole article, I’ll save you a little trouble: I was fat, I got motivated and lost weight, I am no longer fat. But really, it goes deeper than that. It’s not all about losing weight an being skinny, it’s about feeling positive about your body image no matter [...]

How the Internet Saved Wrestling (and Killed It, Too): Part 2

In 2002, wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett (a wrestling promoter) started an NWA affiliate called Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). This promotion was to become the flag-bearer for the NWA, with their Heavyweight, Tag Team, and X-Division Championships becoming exclusive to TNA. The promotion began running in Tennessee (eventually moving to Universal [...]