“Everything we do gets washed away in a sea of every other possibility.” I’m very excited for this winter’s piece. It’s always my favorite thing to write each year and I know that, so I’ll usually think of how the categories will shape up months ahead of time because I…

“Movies are dreams that you never forget.” I’ll admit. The plucky optimism towards film I came into 2022 with wasn’t fully honest. That is to say, I’m not sure I wholly believed it. I wanted to believe it. After two years of movies that I did love (Folklore: The Long…

“They always come back when they realize it’s home.” These shows have no pattern, no throughline, not a single common thread among them. There’s neither a smattering of reference-heavy workplace comedies nor a collection of anti-hero dramas. Television has morphed into such a vast medium that it is as daunting…

“I always knew the world moves on. I just didn’t know it would go without me.” It’s fascinating how time passes, taste in music shifts, and what was once the apex of anticipation gives way to the new. In music, as Ratatouille’s Anton Ego says, “the new needs friends.” If…

“This kind of long-term storytelling in podcasting is more than just ‘fine.’” While I didn’t notice any immediate patterns for my literary sensibilities in 2022, I uncovered an immediate one for podcasting. As I transitioned from living in the hub of themed entertainment to moving away from them for perhaps…

“Today, you’ve decided to be a good person.” We may no longer be in the most wonderful time of the year, but there are some fun consolation prizes in January. Why? It’s time to begin the Best of 2022 series, of course! I love doing Year in Review lists, but…

“It’s never too early for Christmas.” There are probably a few people that come to mind when you think of the King or Queen of Christmas. Bing Crosby, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, Jim Henson, John Hughes, Mariah Carey, Charles Dickens, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson. All synonymous with the holiday…

“Moon’s haunted.” Apparently, Twitter will be dead by dawn. I don’t fully believe it yet. It’s hard to imagine Elon Musk throwing away $44 billion. But he’s also a dipshit, so who knows? Either way, my annual “Best Tweets of the Year” article (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) for 2022…

“There’s no shame in going back and changing your path.” I know the series finale of Better Call Saul aired four months ago (so long ago that Atlanta has also now bid a heartfelt farewell), but it took me a lot of time to think about it and organize my…