My father went more than a decade without taking a sick day.
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Month: April 2016
The latest edition of my monthly reading review newsletter.
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Life Is Full of Disappointments
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Week in Review (April 22, 2016)
I almost shut down this site the other day.
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I Was There: Smokin’ Grooves ’98
Unlike many of my fellow suburban high school students, I didn’t attend concerts.
Let us all bow our heads and take a moment to remember the hip-hop soundtrack.
Update: The creator of Sofia the First answered my questions
I have a daughter that will turn 4 in a couple of months. Considering we spend a great deal of time together and I live in a place far from many of my friends, she is probably my best friend. She’s an amazing person, full of life, vitality, jokes, and questions. Oh, the questions.
In January, a big deal was made when HBO began braodcasting The Godfather Epic, a film that combined The Godfather and The Godfather Part II into a single film told in chronological order, from Vito’s early childhood to Fredo’s death. However, it was not the first time this had been done. Far from it.
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Week in Review (April 15, 2016)
After a dreadful season in which he was faced to confront his own basketball mortality, Kobe Bryant’s final game was the most Kobe Bryantest game possible. He scored 60 points! On 50 shots! In the locker room after the game, the Lakers popped champagne! This after a season in which they finished 17 – 65, the second-worst record in the league. That’s nutty.
Welcome back to the latest – and final – edition of Flashback Friday Flop, a weekly feature in which I examine a hip-hop album from years ago that was considered a flop, either critically or commercially or both, when it was released and see if it has gotten better – or worse – over time.
This is the 25th entry of this series and while that is an arbitrary number, it’s a nice one with which to end. In fact, the truth is that I’ve explored most of the albums that I’ve wanted to within this space. To continue going forward every week would lead to me doing it out of a sense of obligation rather than interest. When that happens, the writing suffers.
The Passion of Christopher Pierznik 