I will get questions from time to time via email or Facebook about the Cardinals. I’ve gotten a few recently and thought I’d address them here. What do you think is the best course of action for the 2021 team? Joe C. There are plenty of options for the Cardinals this off-season, but I don’t…
X-Men #13W: Jonathan HickmanA: Mahmud Asrar/Sunny GhoPublisher: MarvelArc: X of Swords Part 10 Story turns back to Apocalypse, who’s still recovering in the Healing Gardens from the start of the X of Swords. Hope gives Healer a boost of power to help heal Apocalypse; while they are healing him, we get more of the history…
Best.Movie.Year.Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big ScreenBrian RafterySimon Schuster Publishing2019 I didn’t remember how good of a year for movies 1999 was until I got this book. At the time, I was a part time assistant manager at a Blockbuster Video who would work a couple of weekends a month while in college. I…
There are a lot of issues in this country, specifically to minorities and females. The brewing industry is no different. Founders Brewing has been accused of racism. 4 Hands Brewing had an employee accused of sexual assault (the brewery is clear of charges on this one though). Rogue Brewing has been accused of being a…
Excalibur #13W: Tini HowardA: R.B. SilvaPublisher: MarvelArc: X of Swords Part 9 The X-Men are still gathering their swords, and the Braddock siblings work together to get 2 more spots taken care of. At this point, we have 5 of the 10 swords accounted for: Cable, Storm, Wolverine, Cypher, and Magik. The issue starts with…
A whooping 16 new comics this week: 2 X of Swords books, a new Werewolf series, and a few team ups. Plus a retro review. New This Week (Published 10/21/2020)Aero #12Amazing Spider-Man #50.1Daredevil #23Excalibur #13Falcon & Winter Soldier #4Fantastic Four #25Guardians of the Galaxy #7Iron Man #2Juggernaut #2Maestro #3Marvels X #6Spider-Woman #5Star Wars: Bounty Hunters…
We occasionally get guest writers on the site. Today we get an article from Del Leonard Jones on baseball literature. Baseball more than any sport inspires wonderful writing, says Tim Wiles, former director of research and the public services librarian for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library. “There are dozens of great baseball novels,…
Today, we lost an icon in baseball. Hank Aaron passed away at the age of 86. Aaron started playing semi-professional ball at 15 for the Mobile Black Bears; he joined the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro League by the age of 17, and joined the Boston Braves franchise in 1953. He was one of the…
2020 was generally a shitty year; Covid-19, race riots, Wonder Woman 1984, an election. Luckily, we could drink beer; according to Untappd, I tried 370 unique throughout the year. Here are the 100 best beers I had last year. Some were new versions of old beers; others had been out for a while but I…
I was listening to Ben Fred Friday on Scoops with Danny Mac when Ben Frederickson said that you could make a competitive team with players that have left the NL Central this winter. It got me thinking, how would this team compare to the 2020 Cardinals? So I’ve put together a 25-man roster of NL…
12 new comics this week, including 3 for X of Swords plus a handbook, the end of Age of Khonshu, and a Warhammer 40K limited series. New This Week (Published 10/14/2020)Amazing Spider-Man #50Avengers #37Cable #5Captain America #24Captain Marvel #22Hellions #5Immortal Hulk #38Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3New Mutants #13Star Wars: Darth Vader #6Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1X…
