Recently, I’ve been reading more message board and social media chatter from Big 12 fans, specifically Oklahoma and Texas fans, about the next round of realignment, and where their schools might ultimately end up.
So let’s roll up our sleeves and jump back into this puddle of mud, shall we?
Continue reading Trying to get a handle on the future of the Big 12
Hey all, here’s another update from my work sphere, as I’ve produced a few thing for Southern Weekend over the past few weeks. Leading off is this fun video about a cool New Orleans haunted house we take the kids to visit every year now.
A few more things after the jump!
Hey, the NES Classic has (somewhat quietly) gone back on the market, which has made the system decidedly less rare. Way to be, Nintendo!
For the uninitiated, the NES Classic is a retro re-imagining of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, wherein 30 of the original games for the system are pre-installed on a miniaturized version (including shorter cords!) for retro-game enthusiasts.
This thing was created and released in 2016, promptly sold out, and then no one could get one. Acknowledging the demand, Nintendo has now re-(re?)-released the system … and I’ve managed to acquire one to bathe myself in the nostalgia … making it the perfect time for me to list out what I consider to be the Top 40 NES games of all time.
Why 40? Because I couldn’t narrow it down to just 30. (And I STILL left off a ton of good games.)
In cobbling this list together, I discovered less than half of my favorites made it onto the NES Classic. That should inform your purchasing decision (as should whether you already own any/most of the games on the device). For whatever it’s worth, I’ve got no regrets on my end. I’m happy to have these games now.
If some (all?) of this sounds familiar to you, I did this same rankings thing with the Super NES last year (and also offered a mini-review of that system). So feel free to check that out to decide how intelligent/dumb I am and/or engage in some Super Nintendo nostalgia.
Yes, it’s fair to say I love both of these systems. They were a big part of my teenage years.
So without further delay, here are my Top 40 NES games of all time.
Football season is here!
Because I’m such an all-around great guy, I’ve endeavored to preview your favorite team’s season right here.
Rest assured, this is how things are going to play out.
Curious to see what happens? Read on!
I recently put together an account of the family’s trip over to Lafayette and Breaux Bridge for work, which you can check out right here.
As part of the blog post, I put together a couple of videos. I’m happy with how they turned out, so I’ve embedded them here.
Up there at the top of the post you’ll see 5 good reasons to make the trip yourself.
Clicking through to the rest of this post will give you my magnum opus on Popeye’s chicken.
Hey, we all have our own higher calling in life.
It recently occurred to me that there are an awful lot of similarities between the recent Marvel Cinematic Universe extravaganza Avengers: Infinity War and the animated classic, Transformers: The Movie.
(No, not the Michael Bay dreck.)
While this might seem an insult to compare a gazillion dollar enterprise to a kids cartoon with an 80s sensibility, I don’t mean any particular offense. Moreover, I’ve come to believe that Transformers might well have done it better when you really start to look it.
Which, okay, you can read as an insult if you want to — but I still hold the deepest respect for the folks who spent countless hours building the Marvel monstrosity that is Thanos’ quest. I think it’s important to state that upfront.
This is really more about speaking up about the quality of the original animated Transformers, which if we’re being completely honest, wasn’t all that great of a television series … it was the movie that elevated the proceedings considerably. And all due credit on this realization to the fine folks (MovieBob!) who produced this video of awesome-sauce.
I mean, this is a really deep dive on why the movie has merit, and I get it if you don’t want to go there. To sum up the video, there are tons of reasons to come to the conclusion that yes, the movie is really that good.
That all having been stated, why do I make the Avengers comparison?
Well, it’s a cultural touchstone and is present on people’s minds right now. That’s definitely a part of it. But more relevantly, they really do have a lot of the same characteristics.
Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look.
Continue reading Why Transformers: The Movie is better than Avengers: Infinity War
I don’t want to labor under too much stress trying to link my latest two work videos together with one another. The point is that they’re both out there, not so much that they have anything in common with one another.
I’m leading with Drag Queen Story Time because I’m particularly proud of it. It’s an interesting story, told in the form of an engaging interview, and I’m happy with how it turned out.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the people involved in making “Solo.”
It was a thankless task. I mean, not literally, but let’s quickly break this down:
Some work-related stuff here for the foodies out there: First off, check out this video on one of the best sandwiches in existence, the Cochon de Lait po-boy, popularized at Jazz Fest.
More after the jump…
I grew up a Cincinnati Bengals fan, ergo, Draft Day is like a holiday. Longtime Saints fans can relate to this, I’m sure.
For the longest time, I would sit there, writing down the players’ names & info as they came off the board, so that I would have a hard copy of each NFL first round and learn the basics on who these players were (though who am I kidding, I was already a big enough fan to know these guys already).
I’m not sure what the point of this was, or is, other than to say that yes, I’ve followed this almost compulsively for a very long time.
With all that said, I thought I’d continue my draft tradition of writing down some thoughts prior to the big event. Obviously, please take this with a grain of salt as I have massive blind spots. For a great example of this, see my opinion, or lack thereof, on Lattimore last year (I didn’t like him because I thought he was a massive injury risk).
So, yeah.
But here we go anyway. Here’s one guy’s clearly flawed opinion.
