Reader James C asks: Hi Melissa, I have a question about BNAT but, not really about Butt Numb A Thon. Our local theatre here in Vancouver, BC is doing a 24 hour marathon soon and I thought maybe you could give me some tips on what you brought to get through the …
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Kelvin and I went to B-Fest, a 24-hour film festival dedicated to B-movies. That’s right: when you attend B-Fest, you sit in a theater and watch gloriously cheesy films for 24 hours straight. Quality of films aside, B-Fest also differs from other film …
I finally came to the conclusion that there is just too much incoming information. Yeah, I know. I was once that person on LiveJournal that kept up on everyone digitally, and I posted huge volumes of text every day. Going back further, I was a lively BBS message board participant. …
Back in the mid-1980s, two kids in Mississippi decided to make a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The project took seven years to complete. This project, now called Raiders: The Adaptation, remained relatively unknown until director Eli Roth snuck a copy of it to Harry Knowles, who played …
In my most recent, relatively short road trip, I naturally encountered a variety of roadside oddities. I hereby give you the first 2013 Tour de Kitch! Lyndon Station, Wisconsin: Yoga frogs? Sure, why not! Lyndon Station, Wisconsin: Why, I had no idea that cow tipping may involve alcohol. Lyndon Station, …
Friends of mine might already know my friend Halfastick / Don, who is my long-distance driving buddy for my yearly jaunt to Fantastic Fest. He is one half of married couple who have been having a rough couple years. Money issues, health issues, job issues… a heaping lot of everything. In …
This is a just a reminder that YOU — yes, YOU with the glasses, staring simultaneously at a smartphone and three computer monitors — should swing by Drinking with Geeks tonight! Once there, you can mingle with the other Minneapolis geeks, scientifically analyze a tasty beer, and see the recording …
The Tiny Things Project began February 2010, after my grandma Winifred passed away. She had a lifelong hobby of collecting miniatures. She was a world traveler and had a magnetic personality, so parts of her collection originated from people and places all over the world. Most of the items are now …
Yesterday, I drove from Chicago to Minneapolis, a road trip of about 380 miles or so. If you also live in the Midwest, you’ll know full well that yesterday also happened to be the day a giant ice storm coated several states in snow and ice. Driving along I-94 yesterday was …
I had a beeeeeeer! A beer that’s a brew, babeeee! I’ve drank enough for two, babeee! Though I think that’s too few… but babeee… I feeeeeel SWELL! I feel GREAT! Gotta be on a podcast at eight! Starting beer! Starting now! Honey, EV-RY THING’S COMING UP BOOZES! BA-DAH! BA-DAH!
