Birthday parties, toxic spills, and sus weather balloons in the month of love. — Surprise! Family can be a pain in the ass, but it is the best thing in the world. Whichever way your family is constructed, I hope it’s filled with people you love and have a connection with. We (my family) took a trip up to Washington to surprise my mom for…

Alex Proyas’ follow up to ‘The Crow’ failed at the box office, but it’s an underrated sci-fi gem. — Dark City celebrates its 25th anniversary today, and I was inspired by the occasion to rewatch this old sci-fi noir thriller. I remember being stoked to see it when the trailer dropped strictly because I loved The Crow. …

The Purple ‘n Gold, revamped with new trade deadline acquisitions, have their sights set on getting back into the playoff mix. — The push officially began after the Lakers sent the likes of Russell Westbrook, Kendrick Nunn, Patrick Beverly packing in exchange for players who actually have a positive impact on winning. Rob Pelinka, derided by Lakers fans sports writers, and talking heads locally and nationally, resurrected his credibility as fast as…

A conversation with Bud, my dead friend. — Pretty sure that was a hypnagogic hallucination. How long had it been since we last saw each other? “Three years,” he said. “What?” Impossible. I was sure it hadn’t been that long. “No, for real. It’s been three years. We were in Washington for Sam and Margie’s high school graduation.” …

A different approach to the same old thing. — I’m trying something different with my blog writing. I’m taking more of a “freestyle” approach to it and just writing as the words and ideas form without much prep or revision. This is a dangerous game, a quality control risk, but I wanted to test this approach out and see…

Ambassador of Quan hangs on to win his first AGS title, throws shade at his biggest haters. — Week 17 in the NFL ended with the most terrifying thing we’ve ever seen on the football field. Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills safety, collapsed on the field after a routine tackle and went into cardiac arrest. Many people thought he died right there, and even after he’d been revived and…

Agree, agree to disagree, and find common ground in something you dislike together. — Every week I meet with my Far From Professional co-creator, C. A., to shoot the shit, check in on each other’s work, and plan out future projects. It’s a little bit of work and mostly laughs as we lament the daily struggles of being trophy husbands to our bread-winning wives…

4 grams of mushrooms before noon. — There we go, folks. Another year folds into history, and we’re back at the beginning. The passing of time trips me out. I remember the day that this first happened — Monday, January 16, 2006. I had just turned 24, I had a day off from work and school, and…

Rebel Scum’s playoff run is one and done. — “Your death, my life.” That’s what the Latin phrase in the title of this week’s AGS retrospective means. In sports, in the playoffs, one team meets the end of their season, another is given life and has an extra week to play for league immortality. All good things come to an end, including winning…