I’m slacking big time again. I’m 80% thru with the write-up but I can’t keep watching and writing. Official predictions (with selected commentary): Best Picture: OBAA Best Actor: Tim Chalamet At the risk of saying this about a category every year: the Best Actor race this season is the craziest I’ve ever seen in anContinue reading “OSCARS 26”
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2025: Year of the Prediction
It’s January, a time for resolutions, predictions and ill-fated, temporary sobriety. My resolution this year is to write more predictions. Also: to be more Hemingway, less sizeable, superfluous sentences. I’m almost certain to fail at the last one. I give you ten predictions for 2025 across the world, covering politics (1), film and television (3),Continue reading “2025: Year of the Prediction”
One-Word Articles: January 3, 2025
Would the Bears passing on Pete Carroll be like passing on Jim Harbaugh last year? No
One-Word Articles: August 19, 2024
Have the Pats done enough to support Drake Maye? Seriously?
Green and Red, White and Blue: The Race to Replace Ligue 1
Imagine that you want to build one of the best soccer leagues in the world. You have a league already, but it’s terrible. You barely have any good players, no one cares about the games, and certainly no one watches them. That’s not good! It’s not all bad, however. Your country sits on a monstrousContinue reading “Green and Red, White and Blue: The Race to Replace Ligue 1”
One-Word Articles: May 26, 2024
Is FA Cup triumph enough to save Ten Hag’s Man United career? No
First Take Forever 