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2023

March 16 | Ben Affleck on ‘Air,’ New CEO Gig and Those Memes: “I Am Who I Am” (Art, Business, Movies, Relationships, The Weekly Click)
March 15 | The Brandon Miller Situation Is Completely Grotesque (Sports, The Weekly Click)
March 14 | Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt and the day they spent together (Sports, The Weekly Click)
March 7 | How Shaquille O’Neal Made Himself Bigger Than Ever (Business, Sports, The Weekly Click)
March 6 | Rooted in the Game (Sports, The Weekly Click)
March 3 | Illinois vs. Michigan 3/2/2023 (Sports)
March 2 | ICON Collective launches to strengthen Illini NIL effort (Sports)
March 1 | KISS Announces Their Final Concert Ever Will Be in 2023 (Music)
February 28 | The Baseball Clock Is Good (Sports)
February 27 | A Chatbot Is Secretly Doing My Job (Technology, Writing)
February 26 | The Case For Shunning (Comics, Politics)
February 25 | Paul Stanley and His Paintings (Art, Music)
February 24 | Star Trek: Picard | Season 3 Premiere (Television)
February 23 | Illinois vs. #21 Northwestern 2/23/2023 (Sports)
February 22 | This Is What You’ll Pay For (Music, Technology)
February 20 | Illinois vs. Minnesota 2/20/2023 (Sports)
February 17 | John Wick: Chapter 4 (Movies)
February 16 | World Series champion, TV analyst Tim McCarver dies at 81 (Sports)
February 15 | Star Trek Picard Season Three – Educated Guesses (Television)
February 14 | America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained (Politics)
February 13 | Future Letter (Me)
February 12 | Just Checks (Social Media, Technology)
February 11 | Illinois vs. #24 Rutgers 2/11/2023 (Sports)
February 10 | The Man Who Invented Himself (Politics)
February 9 | ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web (Technology)
February 9 | Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94 (Music)
February 8 | Behind the Essence of Matthew Mayer (Sports)
February 6 | Why Mandolore’s History Makes Grogu’s Future Uncertain (Movies, Television)
February 4 | The Big Hollywood Quiz (Movies, Television)
February 3 | The Multi-Faceted Genius of Drummer Stewart Copeland (Music)
February 2 | A New Drug Switched Off My Appetite. What’s Left? (Health)
February 1 | The GOP is Just Obnoxious (Politics)
January 31 | Illinois vs. Nebraska 1/31/2023 (Sports)
January 30 | We’ve Lost the Plot (Social Media, Technology)
January 29 | Illinois at Wisconsin 1/28/2023 (Sports)
January 28 | De-Aging for the Super Wealthy (Health)
January 27 | Happy Birthday, Katie (Me)
January 25 | The Best Time to Own a Domain Was 20 Years Ago; The Second Best Time Is Today (Me, Social Media)
January 24 | Illinois vs. Ohio State 1/24/2023 (Sports)
January 23 | Chip Caray, New Cardinals Broadcaster (Sports)
January 22 | David Sedaris on Word Choice (Relationships)
January 21 | Disney’s troubles show how technology has changed the business of culture (Television)
January 20 | Happy Birthday, Paul Stanley (Music)
January 19 | Twitter Bans Third Party Apps (Social Media)
January 18 | Taking A Break From Social Media (Social Media)
January 17 | Extremely Hardcore (Social Media)
January 16 | Illinois at Minnesota 1/16/2023 (Sports)
January 14 | Record-Setting Daredevil Robbie Knievel Dead at 60 (Me, Sports)
January 13 | Illinois vs. Michigan State 1/13/2023 (Sports)
January 12 | Is This The End for Third-Party Twitter Clients? (Social Media)
January 12 | Iconic rock guitarist, Jeff Beck, has died (Music)
January 11 | Alcoholic Vodka (Comedy, Health, Writing)
January 10 | Illinois at Nebraska 1/10/2023 (Sports)
January 7 | Illinois vs. #14 Wisconsin 1/7/2023 (Sports)
January 6 | The Republican Clown Show is Scary, not Funny. (Politics)
January 5 | Homescreen 2023 (Me)
January 4 | Foundation — Official Season 2 Sneak Peek (Television)
January 3 | The Reaction to Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Represents Progress (Sports)
January 2 | The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI (Marketing, Writing)

2022

December 31 | Bring Back Personal Blogging (Social Media, Writing)
December 30 | Sting Rounds the Bases (Sports)
December 29 | Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies at 82 (Sports)
December 28 | Life Lessons for 2023 (Me)
December 27 | 2022 in 7 Minutes (Imagination)
December 25 | Merry Christmas, 2022 (Me)
December 23 | Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire? (Social Media)
December 22 | How do you survive in college basketball these days? Think like an ex-juco coach (Fighting Illini Stories, Sports)
December 21 | Make Fewer Small Decisions (Me)
December 17 | Doctor Who’s Stylish Fifteenth Doctor (Television)
December 16 | Weirdest Sports Moments of 2022 (Sports)
December 15 | Trump Selling NFTs (Politics)
December 13 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Movies)
December 12 | Every Star Wars movie and TV show, ranked (Movies, Television)
December 11 | In The Long Run, We Are All Dead (Sports)
December 10 | Good Stories (Writing)
December 9 | Flow State (Me)
December 8 | Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Feliz Navidad (Music)
December 7 | We Don’t Need Another Twitter (Social Media)
December 6 | Illinois vs. No. 2 Texas 12/6/2022 (Sports)
December 5 | Start Small (Health, Me, Writing)
December 4 | What Computers Can and Can’t Do (Technology, Writing)
December 3 | Santa visits Horizon Hobby Headquarters (Imagination, Writing)
December 2 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Movies)
December 1 | See You On The Other Side (Social Media)
November 30 | Christine McVie, Hitmaker for Fleetwood Mac, Is Dead at 79 (Music)
November 30 | The Mystery of the Vanishing Blockbuster (Movies)
November 29 | Illinois vs. Syracuse (Sports)
November 28 | Lux Æterna (Music)
November 26 | The Liquid Death Story (Marketing)
November 25 | Illinois vs. Lindenwood 11/25/22 (Sports)
November 21 | Twitter and Me (Social Media)
November 20 | The Lovable Douche (Sports, Writing)
November 19 | Illinois vs. No. 8 UCLA (Sports)
November 18 | Detonation by Design (Sports, Television)
November 17 | Jesse Camp for President (Politics)
November 16 | Back to the Moon (Space)
November 14 | Action Brings Clarity (Writing)
November 12 | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2022 (Imagination)
November 11 | Illinois vs. Kansas City 11/11/2022 (Sports)
November 11 | Kevin Conroy, RIP (Comics, Television)
November 10 | Inside the Twitter Meltdown (Social Media)
November 9 | Normal Candidates (Politics)
November 8 | Ugly America (Politics)
November 7 | Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois 11/7/2022 (Sports)
November 3 | Quantity and Quality (Writing)
November 2 | Jony Ive on Life After Apple (Writing)
November 1 | Tweet, Tweet (Social Media)
October 28 | Musky Twitter (Social Media)
October 26 | The New DC Studios (Movies)
October 25 | Stillness Before the Storm (Me)
October 24 | The Disgust Is The Product (Politics)
October 22 | KISS Performs Secret Philip Morris Concert In Austin, Texas (Music)
October 20 | Illinois Football is Good (Sports)
October 17 | Give Me macOS on an iPad (Technology)
October 14 | Puddles Pity Party – WAR PIGS (Music)
October 13 | Josh Whitman’s Tour of Ubben Basketball Complex (Sports)
October 11 | Inevitability (Politics)
October 10 | Journey | March 20 (Me, Music)
October 10 | 1-15 (Sports)
October 4 | Let it Be (Me)
October 2 | The Battery and the Bat (Sports)
September 30 | The Friendly Confines (Sports)
September 26 | Batman Speaking with Bruce Wayne (Comics, Television)
September 10 | How “Spider-Verse” Forced Animation to Evolve (Movies)
September 8 | There’s No Escaping the Truth About Trump (Politics)
September 8 | Republicans Scrap Online References to Trump, Abortion (Politics)
September 3 | Mountaintop (Sports)
September 1 | Barney (Television)
August 21 | Styx “Renegade” (…but the lyrics are Ai generated images) (Music, Technology)
August 19 | Republicans Are America’s Problem (Politics)
August 16 | The “Real” Home-Run Record Is 73, Not 61 (Sports)
August 15 | Breaking Down My Favorite Journey Song (Music)
August 14 | Trump Took Top Secret (and higher) Files from the White House (Politics)
August 10 | Where Is Donald Trump Going to Be in Five Years? (Politics)
August 8 | Olivia Newton-John, RIP (Movies)
August 3 | Vin Scully, RIP (Sports)
August 2 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Politics)
July 31 | Nichelle Nichols, Trailblazing ‘Star Trek’ Actress, Dead at 89 (Television)
July 29 | The Power of Silence in a Deafening World (Health)
July 19 | Quadball (Sports)
July 17 | The Case for Dating a Friend (Relationships)
July 13 | Why Medium Failed (Technology, Writing)
July 10 | The Future of Star Wars (Movies)
July 7 | James Caan, RIP (Movies)
June 30 | Robot Umpires (Sports)
June 27 | Instagram and Facebook Remove Posts Offering Abortion Pills (Social Media)
June 25 | Blade Runner at 40 (Movies)
June 24 | The Great Divergence (Politics)
June 19 | Homelander is Just Donald Trump (Politics, Television)
June 13 | Star Trek Feels Like Star Trek (Television)
June 12 | Line Rider Race #2 (Imagination, Music)
June 10 | “A Pretty Simple Story.” (Politics)
June 7 | Illinois is Finally Recruiting like a Power 5 Program (Sports)
June 6 | Republican Messaging (Politics)
June 4 | Yanks figure out pitcher is tipping his pitches, a breakdown (Sports)
June 3 | The Other Kind of Dead Time (Me)
May 26 | Numb (Politics)
May 22 | The Smallest Viable Audience (Marketing)
May 17 | Maximum Clarity (Me)
May 16 | Taking a Break from Social Media is Good for You (Social Media)
May 11 | Thinking About Friendships (Me)
May 7 | Waltr and Softorino (Technology)
May 6 | The Plan to Repeal the 20th Century (Politics)
May 1 | Neal Adams, RIP (Comics)
April 27 | Memories of Things Nobody Cares About (Me, Movies)
April 25 | Elon Musk to Acquire Twitter (Social Media)
April 19 | Sacred Space (Imagination)
April 16 | Overhauling DC Entertainment (Movies)
April 13 | Movies and Streaming (Movies)
April 12 | Start From Quiet (Me)
April 11 | They Think Their Hate Makes Them Special (Politics)
April 8 | Smoke the Skyy (Sports)
March 30 | The Slap Trap Clap (Movies, Politics)
March 29 | Belo (Sports)
March 27 | Will Smith Smacks Chris Rock, a Breakdown (Movies)
March 26 | Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50 (Music)
March 19 | If We’re Back to ‘Normal,’ Why Am I Still So Exhausted All the Time? (Me)
March 16 | I Need A New Butt (Imagination, Politics)
March 15 | Something in the Way (Movies)
March 13 | Cardinals Maybe Interested in Albert Pujols (Sports)
March 8 | How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal? (Politics)
March 3 | Ted Chiang (Imagination, Writing)
March 2 | Falling Asleep to Fake Baseball (Sports)
February 25 | Pressure (Me)
February 24 | Russia Begins Large-scale Invasion of Ukraine (Politics)
February 21 | The Madison Punchslap (Sports)
February 17 | Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Reviewed by Ethan Coen (Comedy)
February 17 | What Lucasfilm Should Be Doing (Marketing, Movies, Television)
February 14 | Mazars Cut Ties with Trump Organization (Politics)
February 6 | Facebook’s Well is Finally Tapped Out (Social Media)
January 29 | Tennessee School Board Removes Holocaust Graphic Novel Maus From Its Curriculum (Comics, Politics)
January 22 | “We have jetpacks and we do not care.” (Imagination)
January 21 | Running Down a Dream (Me, Sports)
January 20 | It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People (Health, Politics)
January 10 | Nostalgia is a Powerful Drug (Television)
January 8 | The New York Times to Buy The Athletic for $550 Million in Cash (Sports)
January 1 | January 1 (Me)

2021

December 18 | Don’t Look Back (Me)
December 16 | The Pattern (Marketing, Politics)
December 4 | Time, Energy, and Balance (Me)
November 27 | Thankful Things (Me)
November 20 | Digital Insanity (Me)
November 9 | Football Will Never Stop Coming Up With New Ways To Ruin Football (Sports)
November 8 | The Real Benefits Of Staying Off Social Media (Social Media)
November 6 | Foundation and Dune (Books, Movies, Television)
November 2 | Seriously, You Can Still Ignore Trump (Politics)
October 30 | Anything Can Happen on Halloween (Me)
October 29 | Let it fly: Andre Curbelo, Kofi Cockburn lead an Illinois team ready to run and shoot (Sports)
October 25 | Facebook Papers: ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ (Social Media)
October 23 | Shout it Out Loud (Music)
October 16 | James Bond will Return in… (Movies)
October 13 | Look Up In The Sky! It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s Bisexual Superman! (Comics)
October 11 | The Bill Maher Prediction (Politics, Television)
October 10 | High School principal who enjoys Iron Maiden subject of dueling petitions (Music, Politics)
October 9 | The Asteroid is a Metaphor (Television)
September 30 | The Problem with Jon Stewart (Television)
September 18 | The Most Important Albums of my Childhood (Music)
September 15 | Norm Macdonald would hate this obituary for Norm Macdonald (Comedy)
September 11 | The Top Ten Favorite New Streaming Shows I Can’t Wait to Watch (Television)
September 4 | Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings Review (Movies)
August 28 | I Should Hate Football (Me, Sports)
August 22 | Parents Are Not Okay (Me, Politics)
August 21 | “I’m Batman.” (Movies)
August 20 | The Pandemic Isn’t Over (Health)
August 17 | Time Dilation (Me)
August 14 | Fixing the DC Cinematic Universe Part 2 (Comics, Movies)
August 12 | “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals, and you know it.” (Politics)
July 31 | What if Star Trek The Next Generation Was a Streaming Show? (Television)
July 26 | The Cleveland Guardians (Marketing, Sports)
July 24 | Fixing the DC Cinematic Universe Part 1 (Comics, Movies)
July 17 | Crisis on Infinite Marvel Universes (Comics, Movies)
July 13 | Stephen A. Smith’s Racist Take on Shohei Ohtani (Sports)
July 10 | In Defense of Binge-Watching (Television)
July 9 | How Sad, No One Wants To F**k Trump Supporters (Politics)
July 3 | All That Once Was Good (Me, Sports)
June 27 | My Ten Favorite Super Hero Movies (Comics, Movies)
June 19 | Sons and Fathers (Me, Music)
June 12 | Raiders of the Lost Ark at 40 (Uncategorized)
June 6 | Have you ever changed your mind? (Uncategorized)
June 5 | A Cartographer of Tiny Perfect Things (Uncategorized)
June 3 | Delusional Thinking (Uncategorized)
May 29 | The One About Nostalgia (Uncategorized)
May 28 | Kintsugi (Uncategorized)
May 27 | When It’s Critical to Have a Plan (Uncategorized)
May 26 | Write it Down (Uncategorized)
May 22 | “Stay kind, kid. No one will see it coming.” (Uncategorized)
May 18 | Faith vs. Facts vs. Fear (Uncategorized)
May 15 | My 10 Favorite Comics That Should be Considered for Adapting to TV and Movies (Uncategorized)
May 8 | Waiting for the Man (Uncategorized)
May 5 | Stupid is as Stupid Does (Uncategorized)
May 2 | Focus (Uncategorized)
May 1 | My 10 Favorite YouTube Creators (Uncategorized)
April 24 | Ignorant versus Stupid (Uncategorized)
April 21 | Guilty (Uncategorized)
April 17 | The Song Remains the Same (Uncategorized)
April 10 | My Ten Favorite Science Fiction Movies of the Last Ten Years (Uncategorized)
April 6 | Private Choices Have Public Consequences (Uncategorized)
April 3 | Pop Culture Curation (Uncategorized)
March 27 | My Ten Favorite Songs from Fictional Universes (Uncategorized)
March 20 | The Zack Snyder Aesthetic (Uncategorized)
March 13 | Marching Up the Mountain (Uncategorized)
March 6 | How to Reboot the Superman Movies (Uncategorized)
February 27 | My Ultimate WandaVision Theory (Uncategorized)
February 20 | Content versus Form (Uncategorized)
February 19 | Tending the Garden (Uncategorized)
February 14 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Makes No Sense (Uncategorized)
February 12 | The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project (Uncategorized)
February 8 | It Was A Good Day (Uncategorized)
February 6 | The Day After the Super Bowl (Uncategorized)
February 1 | Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals Third Baseman (Uncategorized)
January 30 | Snob Mentality (Uncategorized)
January 26 | Doomscrolling at Scale (Uncategorized)
January 23 | Paul Simon Kind of Mood (Uncategorized)
January 22 | The Hill We Climb (Uncategorized)
January 21 | Onward (Uncategorized)
January 19 | Paul Stanley’s Soul Station (Uncategorized)
January 16 | The James Bond Movie Formula (Uncategorized)
January 15 | Illini manager Bobby Gikas brings ‘juice’ from the bench (Uncategorized)
January 12 | Don’t Prosecute Gotham’s Supervillains for Their Latest Scheme (Comedy)
January 9 | The Innocence of Youth (Me)
January 8 | The Assault On The Capitol Wasn’t A Coup, It Was A Warning (Uncategorized)