I need to tell you about this British lunatic from World War II named Major Digby Tatham-Warter, and I swear to The Awesomely Bearded Almighty, none of this is made up. This magnificent basterd shows up to the Battle of Arnhem (an actual friggin' BATTLE with bullets and explosions and a Tarantino-amout of dying), carrying an UMBRELLA. Not a bulletproof gun-umbrella like Colin Firth in the movie Kingsman. I wish! Not an umbrella with a secret sword inside. Or laser-powered. Or with the tip dipped in some radioactive Amazonian frog juice. Nope. A regular-ass umbrella. His explanation? So his own guys ... [keep reading...]

Of all the things I thought I'd get from watching Meghan's new cooking show (including, but not limited to, a second herniated disc or medium to severe brain damage), I couldn't imagine that I would learn a valuable lesson out of torturing myself watching the Duchess of Sausages pretending she knows the bare minimum of cooking. Anyway, just to be clear, this is not clickbait. On one hand I advise you to steer clear of "With Love, Meghan", because even salmonella is lovelier than whatever Netflix tried to put on the screen. But on the other, my biggest complain about the ... [keep reading...]

One of the things I've said a couple times is that while I don't consider 'modern art' art in itself, I have a special love for it. Maybe it's the fact that can be completely random, or maybe it's because it can take me by surprise. But for me, modern art usually helps me open my mind to new ideas. So it was natural when I visited New York City back in 2013 to pay a visit to the Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA). Some years have passed and I have to acknowledge that from that visit, I just remember two ... [keep reading...]

Early in his career, a promising actor named Frank James Cooper considered changing his name thanks to the suggestion of his agent. "Your name 'Frank Cooper' sounds too... common. should be something catchier!" "What do you suggest?" Cooper replied. "Well... I come from Gary, Indiana. So Gary Cooper has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?" The actor agreed. He later would tell the joke about his name change, "It's a good thing that my agent didn't come from Poughkeepsie!" (Or Intercourse, Pennsylvania, for that matter!) It helped that Gary, Indiana was also known for its steel mills, which were a ... [keep reading...]