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February 9, 2015 Weird Al’s 4th Grammy

Weird Al won a Best Comedy Album Grammy for Mandatory Fun last night, his fourth overall.  Here’s his acceptance speech: When he started to get choked up a little, I did, too. He beat out Jim Gaffigan, Louis C. K., Patton Oswalt, and Sarah Silverman for the award this year, and that’s kind of a […]

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February 6, 2015 Left Shark

Even if you didn’t watch the Super Bowl last week, by now you’ve probably heard of Left Shark: There is very clearly a dance Left Shark should be doing, but he is not doing it, and I can’t help but wonder what happened. Did he forget? Was he a last-minute replacement so he never got the […]

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February 5, 2015 Now What?

You might remember a few months ago that I accidentally deleted my Minecraft save. If you don’t remember that then just know a few months ago I accidentally deleted my Minecraft save. I went through all five stages of grief, though I still struggle with Acceptance when I fire up a saved clip that shows my […]

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February 3, 2015 Tuesday 10: New-To-Me Movies So Far This Year

I’ve seen a lot of movies already this year, and more than half of them have been new to me. On top of that, there’s only been a couple that were meh and I haven’t outright hated any of them. We’re off to a good start, 2015. Keep it up! Here’s my 10 favorite new-to-me movies […]

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February 2, 2015 Movie Monday: Charade

For 20-some years now I’ve thought the movie Charade was an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Watching the movie didn’t change my mind on that opinion. It wasn’t until I read the first item of trivia on IMDb for it that I realized my error:  Due to the suspense, the stars, and the frequent plot twists, many […]