Failure sucks. When you have fallen short of reaching your goals, you cannot help but feel a tremendous blow to your confidence and self-worth. As the antithesis of success, failure is a condition that we strive to avoid in all of our efforts. But by doing this, we may miss the beauty of failure.
Archive | 2012
The Canadian Foodie: Adventures in Ramen-Eating
Ah, ramen. “Wheat noodles” in Japanese, and absolutely delicious in every language. A dish so heavenly that there have literally been songs written about it. Or at the very least, animated cat videos.
Drinking and Driving with Jerry Seinfeld in “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”
It’s been a whopping fourteen years since Seinfeld ended its run on NBC, but you might not even have noticed since the show currently runs all over the world in syndication and has become a television staple for many. One of my best friends introduced me to the show and since then I have not stopped laughing! […]
It May Not Be Cooperstown But Dan Wilson Deserves This Hall Of Fame
On the outside, Dan Wilson’s career statistics do not appear Hall of Fame worthy. A batting average of .262. A total of 88 home runs and 519 runs batted in. Though his .995 career fielding percentage and many of his other fielding statistics are some of the best all-time for a catcher, it would take […]
Pitcher Perfect: Three Months of Magic on the Mound
In baseball, the number of runs is what determines the winners and the losers—at least according to the scoreboard. All the hits and trips to home plate are the results of power and strategy by the men in the batter’s box and the ones rounding the bases. However, it’s the men on the mound on […]
Even After 40 Years, The Good Times Never Seemed So Good With Neil Diamond
Last Monday, July 23, I attended my very first Neil Diamond concert when he played to a practically sold out crowd at the Key Arena in Seattle. Now, I realize that at age 24 I was born well after the height of Neil’s popularity, but his music has been a fixture in my life since […]
Up, Up and Away! “Man of Steel” Teaser Trailers Released
As the world says goodbye to Batman with The Dark Knight Rises playing in theaters now nationwide, we welcome back another superhero in the teaser trailer for the Zack Snyder directed Superman flick, Man of Steel. An extended trailer premiered at the San Diego Comic Con earlier this month, however, audiences worldwide get to see […]
Book Review: Emily Giffin’s “Where We Belong” with Exclusive Clip
I recently received an Advance Reading Copy (ARC) of Emily Giffin’s latest novel Where We Belong. Popular Atlanta-based chick lit author Emily Giffin has penned five blockbuster novels including Something Borrowed and Something Blue. Giffin’s Something Borrowed garnered enough success and attention that the novel was adapted to film last summer starring Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and Ginnifer Goodwin.
The Amazing Spider-Flick
So I have been diligently working to finish off my first article in the Finishing the Game series, but I have come to realize that that takes quite a bit of time. So, rather than try and rush out the article (or hold off until the last day of July to post it…) I have […]
Good Afternoon America: A Refreshing and Bubbly Summer Cooler
These “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” have gotten just a little bit cooler with a refreshing and bubbly dose of ABC’s newest daytime hit, Good Afternoon America.
#DirtyLaundry – Thomas Jane Returns to The Punisher
After more than eight years away from the role, and more than a few disappointments in the almost-sequel column, Thomas Jane has returned to The Punisher in the form of a fan-fiction style short shown at Comic-Con.
Book Review: Why You Should Axe The “Fifty” and Read Shades of Grey Instead
There’s a book that I read last summer that I will recommend with reckless abandon to anyone I know, even if I’m well aware that it is completely unlike the other books on their shelves (or in their e-readers, for that matter). This book is in the unfortunate position of partially sharing its title with […]
The Walking Dead Episode 2 – Starved For Help Review
When I play games with significant moral choice elements, I do my best to make the choice that my version of the character wants to make (even when it’s a choice that I really don’t want them to make…); so my review comes with that angle in mind. NOTE: This review contains no significant episode two […]
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