Horror in SocietyHorror movies tend to deal with society through easy to follow metaphors. Jason’s mommy issues, Michael Myers’ rage due to abuse and neglect, Freddy Krueger being a child of rape. The point being that sometimes the driving force, the literal ‘horror’, behind these films isn’t the mostly male killers lashing out but a trauma held only within the mind of our protagonist.
MVP Candidate Andrew McCutchen
There’s moving and shaking going on. As I mentioned in Friday’s piece, I’ll break down each team in a brief season-preview – covering things to look for, intriguing story lines, and expectations for the year. These may be high, or these may be low, but there are expectations moving forward. I’ll try and pick which teams make the playoffs as well, an easier proposition given that a third of baseball’s teams make the postseason now. If I get even four out of ten right, I’ll be pleased as punch.
March Madness is upon us – my bracket’s not busted because come on, Kentucky’s going to win. (Ed. Note – I will redact this to whomever actually wins the tourney so as to appear ultimately omniscient. TC) The NBA is surging towards the postseason – if by surging, we mean limping at a fetid pace with most relevant starters resting on the bench. Hockey is WILD FOR THE WILD a thing that happens. Football is…well, let’s not.
Meanwhile, the National Pastime returns in less than two weeks. Two weeks! Anything is possible!
Ohio State’s Logan Stieber celebrates a National Championship
A less publicized but equally entertaining college championship tournament takes place this weekend in St. Louis, Missouri. For the second consecutive year, ESPN will broadcast every match of the NCAA Wrestling Tournament on ESPNU or ESPN3.com with Championship matches airing live on the flagship Saturday at 8:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Central.
Only a dozen games (or so) are left on the NHL schedule. Teams have until April 11th to get out of the bubble and into a playoff spot.
There are some constants with the Stanley Cup playoffs: the Kings finally show up, they and the ‘Hawks are never quite dead, the Penguins will have their lack of depth exposed, and the Sharks will choke.
This year, though, the Sharks might fall on their face before the playoffs. If that happens, it’s because they first shot themselves in said face before planting it on the ice.
Removing the “C” from this guy’s jersey really worked out, didn’t it?
Literally Everyone Completes a Bracket. Photo Credit
It’s here! It’s here! The selection committee unveiled the bracket on Sunday night. Play-in games began with a high-tempo thriller between BYU and Ole’ Miss on Tuesday, and in mere hours, the best weekend in sports tips off. Before sifting through the match-ups and potential outcomes, I want to thank BC, Matt, Tiffany, Andrew, -J., Bean, Travis, Meryl, Spenser, Ted, Brian for their stellar participation in our first live twitter chat. You should follow them all, and, of course, the Addison Recorder account.
Logo made by Owen Williams.
Welcome to the Addison Recorded, the official podcast of the Addison Recorder. For season one of the podcast, Meryl and I are re-capping episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the latest original series from Netflix. Join us Tuesday and Thursday mornings in the PodFort™ (aka, Gina’s dining room blanket fort) as we talk about each episode of the show starring Ellie Kemper.
Here’s our fourth episode! We’re excited to share it with you. Also, we are thrilled to announce that we are now on iTunes! Be sure to subscribe, rate and review!
When I’m looking for some serious tabletop enjoyment, I want to work.
Well, I don’t want to work — I want to strategically place little wooden meeples on a board, and gain the benefits from that strategic placement. In short, when I want some deeply-satisfying board game action, I often look to worker placement games.
“We’re here to kick ass and… allow you to roll a die and claim an amount of food relative to the result of said roll. Yeah.”
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Welcome to the Addison Recorded, the official podcast of the Addison Recorder. For season one of the podcast, Gina and I are re-capping episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the latest original series from Netflix. Join us Tuesday and Thursday mornings in the PodFort™ (aka, Gina’s dining room blanket fort) as we talk about each episode of the show starring Ellie Kemper.
Here’s our third episode! We’re excited to share it with you.