Category Archives: nonfiction
A Boss Fight Review
Here’s a review of Boss Fight that came to my email this week: Boss Fight is an imaginative, thought provoking collection that thrusts readers into battles both extraordinary and deeply personal. Across seventeen tales of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, … Continue reading
An Update
Here’s an update on what’s going on in the world of my writing: I put Six of the Best on a hiatus. The site is down right now but when it comes back I’ll try to get links of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged six of the best, the shelit book, update
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SIX OF THE BEST… nerdy recipes
If you’d seen my work schedule this week, you’d know that I don’t even have time to post this on the site. But I’m taking a moment because my wife spent a lot of time working on a guest column … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, recipes
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SIX OF THE BEST… Brooklyn Nine-Nine cold opens
Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns this Sunday, and in celebration, here are six of the best of their cold opens. They all have something in common. Guess what.
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Tagged brooklyn 99, brooklyn nine-nine, cause and effect, full bullpen, house mouses, hulu, lockdown, marshmallows, moo moo, mr. santiago, my stinky butt, skyfire cycle, step aerobics, the apartment, the bank job, the good place
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about Android Auto
When I first got a car with Android Auto, I was super-excited to use it. But the more time I’ve spent in the application, the more problems I’ve had with it. At this point I’ve given up and gone back … Continue reading
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Tagged android auto, browsing locked for safety, buttons, customizable, default apps, expert mode, hangouts, hyundai, ok google, quiet mode, root, sms, traffic
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SIX OF THE BEST… Tenth Doctor episodes
I was finally convinced to watch Doctor Who. It’s good. Not the best show ever, but good. Good enough for me to have a top-six list of David Tennant episodes.
SIX OF THE BEST… deep cuts I forgot I thumbs’d up
I haven’t written a column about music in about a year and a half. Time to change that. (There’s also a small rant about Girl Scout Cookies at the end.)
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Tagged ajr, because the night, blockhead, boys of summer, deep cuts, girl scout cookies, girl scouts, insomniac olympics, music, netflix trip, night riots, rush, the ataris, the legend of zelda (club mix), thumbs up, valentine's day, virtuality, zedd
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SIX OF THE BEST… ways you could make my stay more comfortable
I’ve stayed in 13 hotels in the past two years. That’s an average of one hotel every two months (not including the one I stayed in twice). That’s given me quite an insight into ways hotels could improve things… or, … Continue reading
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Tagged bed bath and beyond, doorknob, doors, free water, free wi-fi, hotel, ice machine, junior suite, sheraton, streaming, suite, towel, water, wi-fi
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SIX OF THE BEST… annoying conspiracies no one is talking about
It’s a conspiracy. You may not think it is, but it is. Maybe. By the way, did you check out my new story, “Thoughts and Prayers”, over at The Arcanist? You should. It’s only 1000 words; shouldn’t take you long to … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-vaxer, brand engineering, conspiracy, dishwasher, facebook, facebook videos, flu shot, garden hose, healthy food, jet-dry, lab tests, nametests, oil change, quest diagnostics, rinse-aid, spare tire, subdomain, top level domain, water
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SIX OF THE BEST… expensive things I refuse to spend money on
I don’t buy expensive stuff as often as I would like, because… well… it’s expensive.
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Tagged alternative fuel, apple fanboys, apple watch, cars, chaps, clothes, david robinson, dream car, expensive, food, gaming pc, generic, house brand, hybrid, jewelry, mac, mayo, mercedes, money, pc, portion size, sneakerheads, sneakers, wardrobe, watch, watches, yogurt
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SIX OF THE BEST… movie sequels in 2017, revisited
Last year about this time I wrote a column about what I thought the six best movie sequels coming out in 2017 would be. Now it’s time to see if I was right or not.
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Tagged ant-man and the wasp, Aquaman, atomic blonde, avengers, beauty and the beast, colossal, episode ix, get out, guardians of the galaxy, infinity war, ingrid goes west, justice league, Kingsman, Logan, on this day, ragnarok, revisited, sequel, solo, split, star wars, the golden circle, the last jedi, the lego batman movie, thor, three billboards in ebbing missouri, volume 2, wonder woman
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SIX OF THE BEST… types of columns I wrote in 2017
Instead of doing a boring “six of the best columns I wrote in 2017”, I decided to present my yearly best-of in a slightly different fashion.
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Tagged best of, books, chuck tingle, column, coping mechanism, fidget spinner, film, gadgets, games, handwriting, mental health, movies, norman spinrad, practice, reading, save the cat, signs, stakes, the defenders, the void captain’s tale, tv, unhappiness, writing
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SIX OF THE WORST… episodes of The Orville
Even when The Orville isn’t great, it’s still pretty good. And since I ended 2017 with six of the best episodes of the show, it’s only fair that I start 2018 with six of the worst of them.
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Tagged a matter of time, black mirror, blink of an eye, brian thompson, cause and effect, cupid's dagger, darmok, darulio, final mission, firestorm, i borg, into the fold, justice, mad idolatry, majority rule, night terrors, nosedive, orville, parallels, pria, schisms, seth macfarlane, the best of both worlds, the inner light, The Naked Now, the orville
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SIX OF THE BEST… episodes of The Orville
When you write a weekly column that is a list of six things, a TV show with only 12 episodes fits neatly into the format… which is why I’m ending 2017 with a look at The Orville. I’m also starting 2018 … Continue reading
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Tagged about a girl, christmas special, command performance, disaster, discovery, Doctor Who, dr who, encounter at farpoint, face of the enemy, for the world is hollow and I have touched the sky, homeward, if the stars should appear, krill, new dimensions, non-heteronormative relationships, old wounds, orville, seth macfarlane, star trek discovery, the loss, the orville, the outcast, who watches the watchers
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SIX OF THE BEST… ways to improve customer service in medicine
Medical customer service is often not great. I came up with six ways to improve it.
SIX OF THE BEST… streaming originals I watched this year
I watched a lot of streaming TV this year, including many original shows. Here are six of the best of them, in no particular order.
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Tagged abortion, admiral nogura, amazon, bojack horseman, carmilla, enrico colantoni, fullscreen, futureman, glow, gorgeous ladies of wrestling, hulu, lesbian vampire, netflix, peeta, peter serafinowicz, phase ii, ryan hansen, ryan hansen solves crimes on television, sheila, star trek continues, stranger things, streaming, The Tick, thoughts and prayers, vampire, video on demand, vimeo, vlog, vod, YouTube, youtube red
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SIX OF THE BEST… changes my wife thinks the NFL should make to their rules
I got my wife into football by way of fantasy, and now that she’s spent a couple of years watching games with me, she has a few NFL rule changes in mind.
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Tagged catch rule, celestia football league, cfl, defensive pass interference, dpi, extra point, fair catch, football, football move, intentional grounding, kick return, magical end zone, nfl, offensive pass interference, overtime, penguin, rules, spot foul, stadium, tax, tax policy, throwback, throwback thursday, wife
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 