When I graduated college, my dream job was to be the theater critic for the New York Times. My life has taken so many turns since then it seems hilarious to me now. Within a year of gradu…
Josh Weinstein, the longtime Simpsons showrunner, recently tweeted some of the rules of the Simpsons writer's room that made the show (at least in the '90s), arguably the best written in tel…
Welp, Aaron Rodgers certainly made it easier for me to stop caring about sports. There's no comedian, musician, actor, or artist who could have disappointed me more than Aaron Rodgers disapp…
I'm going to spend a lot of words on the absolutely horrific Chicago Blackhawks scandal. But none of them will be as perfect as this Tweet: I don't have the energy to summarize the scandal t…
The last 24 hours must have been fun day to be a headline writer for major newspapers in America. Just look at these juicy headlines:  The New York Times: The Boston Globe: The Washi…
Without Canada, I wouldn't be alive. Nor would my father, my brother, my sister, or nine of my cousins. When my grandmother fled Poland in my 30s, and later married my grandfather, a survivo…
One persistent theme I see on social media from people of my age range is the idea that the world won't exist in the next 10-20 years. This is actually a standard trope of left-wing thinking…
Last year I made the choice to stop drinking alcohol. It wasn't a situation where I had to stop to save my life. I just didn't feel the need to drink anymore. I barely eat sugar anymore at t…
I can pull any number of Norm Macdonald clips that have deeply influenced me. His Bob Saget Roast act, hosting the ESPYs, his Conan bits, his run on Weekend Update. But I'm going to focus on…
The moment you see your reflection in a coke mirror is the moment your childhood dies. -John Mulaney, 2009. I can't keep up with the John Mulaney news. Every hour it's a new thing. I'm not o…
I've struggled for years to answer this question. If you look at my views on paper, they probably align with the values and principles of socialism. But I've never been comfortable labeling …
One of the main reasons I started this blog was to stop the cycle of doomscrolling on social media. I spent less than five minutes on Facebook today, and hoo boy, do I not regret this decisi…
Every so often, I will take some notes on a movie I find significant and write out my thoughts on them here. Today, I'm tackling I Care A Lot. Spoilers are a dumb requirement for internet co…
Recently, I was discussing the recent Joss Whedon revelations with my weekly writing group. While we were universally outraged at his behavior (but not exactly surprised), we differed on how…
You don't spend a decade in the comedy community without picking up a few war stories and battle wounds. Comedians call non-comedians "civilians" sarcastically, but there is a similar theme:…
I will sing the praises of Caddyshack until the end of time. It's one of my all-time favorite comedy movies. I say that not thinking it's a particularly laugh out loud comedy. That str…
Last year, when I was on a public bus in Bloomington, Indiana, the bus driver pulled the bus over, grabbed me by the shoulder, and said to cut it out or he’d call the police. In a scen…
It’s safe to say that 2011 was a more event-heavy year than most in my lifetime. For me personally, it was the probably worst year of my life (beating out 2009, with some competition f…
It used to be interesting knock the Baby Boomers. As late as the 1990s, when those in their 40s and 50s still controlled most media channels, an entire media culture was built around harping…
The Grammys are this weekend, a fact that interests no one who cares about music except for those with all the money and power in the industry. Because that is still significant, I will be s…
As far as history can tell, it started with The Simpsons in 1999: A decade later, when Arizona State denied giving President Obama an honorary degree, SNL and The Daily Show took particular …
Cover of Arcade Fire This is Part 3 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan’s Record Report, which was retired out of solidarity with it’s …
This is Part 2 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan’s Record Report, which was retired out of solidarity with it’s inspiration and bette…
Image by all that improbable blue via Flickr This is Part 1 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan’s Record Report, which was retired out of sol…
This post will go up on election day, before I have seen the results of the 2010 Midterm elections. It is not affected by the results. It is a post about why I did not vote this election. Ob…