-RINGS OF POWER SPOILERS AHEAD- If you really think about it, there aren't many spoilers to be had on The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power. We all know that Isildur survives long enough to fall prey to the allure of the ‘One Ring,’ and we all know that Galadriel is alive and well during the Fellowship trilogy. Many of the characters we've met play some kind of well-known part in Tolkien's lore. The mysteries of the show revolve more around who TF certain people are. And nobody's identity h…

It's that time again. The day of the week you've all been waiting for. Yes, that's right. We're back with another round of the best gaming memes on this side of the world wide web. Whether your thumbs are sore from an epic all-nighter with the lads, or you've been staring at your game library for hours trying to decide between firing up that RPG you've already completed about twenty times or finally starting one of the many random games you bought during the Steam summer sale, we've got the bes…

“College was the best part of my life” is a sentiment often expressed by weepy alumni. It can be a lot of pressure for college students to have the best time ever because college is supposedly the best part of their lives. I sometimes wonder whether college was the best part of my life, and it's all downhill from there, and I must answer that with a decisive no.

Amen.

Ever wonder what happened to all those kids who used to just shove papers into their backpacks in elementary and middle school? Do you yearn to understand how their chaotic behavior impacted their futures? Spoiler alert: It did not impact them well. As a former paper-crammer, the concepts of structure, organization, and focus are pretty damn foreign to me. And I'm really trying. I've got a planner, I've got a to-do list, I've got alerts and habit trackers galore. But it's still not enough to ge…

Hockey is by far one of the most fun sports to watch live. When I go to a football game, they don't have to enclose the crowd behind tall transparent walls fans can bang to express their spirit. I know when I'm going to a baseball game, I'm not going to see a physical brawl between the second baseman and the shortstop. When I go to the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships, I don't expect the doubles team to get in a fight so brutal, one of them needs to be sequestered into a clear box for…

The coffee's not helping

Hello, hello, hello. We meet again. Why? Because it's Tuesday, and that's when we go through all the Lord of the Rings memes we've seen this week and picked the ones we liked the best. And as a warning, we need to add that sometimes they include Rings of Power spoilers. So proceed with caution. Spoilers aside, we're kind of glad that Amazon's Rings of Power just celebrated its season finale. While there have been ups and downs, it's been a bit miserable picking through the memes to make sure th…

But don't call me cheap

Nearly everything in the modern world moves at a pace that would kill a medieval peasant girl. The level of productivity has shot up, and it doesn't look like it will dwindle anytime soon. That reality is because we're all conditioned to do things unbelievably quickly. The about of stuff we are expected to do each day is genuinely baffling. We need to shower, make three meals, go to work, do a good job at work, eat three meals, and reflect on your day, which doesn't even mention socializing, le…

"I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey."

I am so, so, so glad that I don't have Celiac disease or some other kind of disorder that means I can't eat gluten. Gluten rules. While bread takes a lot of the glutenous glory, we're firm believers that pasta is the best gluten product by far. It's versatile. It's international. It's a comforting, rib-sticking meal on a bad day, or a celebratory feast on a good one. Back when I was working at a Mediterranean restaurant on the Upper East Side, I actually got in trouble for selling the pasta spe…

Who knew Selena Gomez was so meme-able?!

It's spooky season, which means it's about time to rewatch all of the Treehouse of Horror Simpsons episodes and try not to cry about the ever declining quality of our favorite cartoon. The Simpsons is such a cultural juggernaut at this point, it's hard to believe that there will ever be a time when it's not on the air. At the same time, as someone who hasn't watched a complete season since Season 10, it is similarly hard to believe that the show is still around. When you hear a description of a…

This has been a rough week for Harry Potter fans, to say the least. Our beloved Robbie Coltrane, the man who brought Hagrid to life as only he could, died this past Friday. It is always sad to see one of the great actors that shaped Harry Potter pass on. Far too many cast members of the Harry Potter movies have gone far too soon in the 21 years since the first film came out. It was always surprising to fans that out of all of Harry's father figures, Hagrid was one of the ones to survive the ser…

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