My 10 Favorite Movies of 2016

I've mentioned Flickchart on here before, right? Well, the quick sales pitch is that it's a way to rank your favorite movies. The site gives you two movies and you pick the one you like better. From that, you can eventually develop a pretty good ranking of all the movies you've seen. I've seen a … Continue reading My 10 Favorite Movies of 2016

My Favorite Posts from 2016

Kids, I was going to limit this to 10 posts. You know, the way I did my Top 10 posts based on popularity. It made sense to pick 10, simply to have a sense of continuity. But as I was looking through each of my posts from 2016, I realized that picking favorite blog posts … Continue reading My Favorite Posts from 2016

A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Anna

Oh, Anna... Sweet, naive Anna. Throughout the first act of Frozen, you feel pretty bad for her. Well, you feel bad for Elsa, as well, but we covered her last week. As a young child, Anna is very close with her sister, Elsa. She gets injured in an accident involving Elsa's icy powers, which causes … Continue reading A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Anna

AFI #41 – King Kong

King Kong 1933 Directed by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Netflix says... Delivering action, adventure, chills and thrills, this precedent-setting monster movie tells a timeless tale of man vs. beast. While shooting in the jungle, filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) discovers an awe-inspiring marvel of nature: a 50-foot gorilla dubbed Kong. Subduing the … Continue reading AFI #41 – King Kong

The Confusing Middle’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2016

I did this last year. I took a look back at the previous year and made a list of the blog posts that got the most traffic throughout the year. It was simple, as I'd only been keeping up with this blog for a year at that point. Today marks my second blogiversary, so I'm … Continue reading The Confusing Middle’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2016

Question of the Week #97

What are your most compulsive habits? Do you regularly struggle to break these habits? Does compulsive necessarily mean bad? I guess the word habit is generally used for a repetitive action that someone generally feels guilty about, or knows is bad for them. But I just don't think it necessarily has to be a bad … Continue reading Question of the Week #97

2016 in Review

I've been hearing a lot of negatives about 2016. You know what, it's easy to sit back and think about the negative things that have happened in the past year. Something called Zika achieved outbreak status. The United States went through one of the most negative presidential elections in its 240 year history, the ramifications … Continue reading 2016 in Review

Final Fantasy XV

We can all pretty much agree that I'm a geek, right? It's not something I try to hide. But some blog posts are geekier than others. This will definitely fall into the geekier category. In it, I'm basically going to talk about a video game. You've been warned. I have always been a fan of … Continue reading Final Fantasy XV

101 Things That Make Me Happy

I'm stealing this blog post from Jess over at You're Fine. But it's okay. I told her I was gonna steal it. That makes it not stealing. It makes it an homage. Lunches with my coworkers Weird dreams Christmas Teddy Grahams Tuesday movies for only $6.00 The cool side of the pillow The sound of … Continue reading 101 Things That Make Me Happy

A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Elsa

I know. Elsa is not a princess. Once we hit the second act of Frozen, Elsa makes it through the coronation ceremony and becomes a queen. She's only a princess for the first 15 minutes of the movie. She is not included on Disney's official list of princesses, nor is her sister, Anna. As a … Continue reading A Dater’s Guide to Disney Princesses: Elsa