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Hot Topic
One day you’re twenty-two years old and walking out of Hot Topic for what must be the last time. And all of a sudden, you’re forty and walking back in to buy a Demon Slayer shirt for your anime-obsessed kid.
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Documentary Review/ The Pez Outlaw
High on entertainment value but largely lacking in depth, I enjoyed this quick peek into the life of Steve Glew, the “Pez Outlaw.” Steve Glew spent many unhappy years working as a machinist in Michigan before he began importing European Pez dispensers to sell to US collectors in the 1990s. His rise to Pez infamy…
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Documentary Review/ Torn
Emotionally raw and superbly edited, you don’t have to be a fan of climbing culture to enjoy this documentary about family, grief, and love. Alex Lowe, arguably the world’s best climber, was killed in an avalanche on Shishapangma in 1999, leaving behind his wife, Jenni, and three young sons. Alex’s best friend and favorite climbing…
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Fatty on a Treadmill
I signed up for Facebook in 2004. Back then it was still new, and slowly opening up to various colleges across the country. I navigated the site on my trusty Dell desktop computer. I noticed that an acquaintance of mine had joined a new group, something along the lines of “Hey Fatty Get Off My…
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We’re going to Disney World.
We’re going to Disney World next month and instead of turning into a proper Disney Adult I’ve turned into a Disney Monster. Ask me about my attractions spreadsheet. It’s color-coded and notes whether or not the queue has air-conditioning and if the ride is going to give me motion sickness. Ask me how many times…