Pro Tips On Being Cool To Trick-or-Treaters This Halloween: 1. Whether or not you “believe in” allergies to peanuts, chocolate, or whatever, is irrelevant. Shut the fuck up about it if a kid says they have one. Have a couple different varieties of candy to give out to kids, including Starbursts and Skittles, which I […]
Do ghosts fart? Ever walk into your house after you’ve been away, or walk into a room and notice a strange smell? Of course, once you do, you have to try to find it, to try to get rid of it, because who wants a strange smell in their house? I’ll usually look for some […]
Michael Myers. Jason. Leatherface. Those are three of the most popular Halloween costumes of all time. Although none of them are as frightening as gas prices, which would be the most terrifying costume of all this year. Yes, it’s that time of year again: Oct. 21. Comes around every year after Oct. 20, right before […]
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about trains around the Quad-Cities. There’s long been a push to get a train service between the Quad-Cities and Chicago, which would increase traffic and interaction between the two hubs. It would allow some people to even work in the Windy City while living in the Quad-Cities, as […]
I’ll be curious to see how the rom-com “Ticket to Paradise” does. My prediction? It’s going to FLOP. Yup. I predict a Julie Roberts and George Clooney rom-com is going to FLOP. Why? Recent history. Now, over the past week, we’ve seen the ninnies on the far right and far left vomiting ignorant effluvium from […]
Imagine you went out on a date with someone. You went back to their place. You had a couple of drinks. You decided to turn on some Netflix. You asked them what they wanted to watch. They looked you straight in the eye. And they said, “Oh, there’s this great show I’ve been meaning to […]
People have been joking about Leonardo DiCaprio’s predilection for dating younger women for decades, and apparently, now it’s hit peak ridicule. DiCaprio broke up with his most recent girlfriend right on the eve of her 25th birthday, and, as the folks on the internet do, because they have no lives, they went nuts about it. […]
Shocking! Stunning! Amazing! All three of those words would likely accompany any “Better Call Saul” spinoff at this point. With the “Breaking Bad” prequel wrapping things up two weeks ago, with Saul Goodman stuck in jail for 86 years (give or take a few for good behavior), it’s looking like the story of our favorite […]
A local icon celebrated her 40th anniversary this week. Paula Sands took time out to look back upon four decades at local NBC affiliate KWQC-TV6, a career that’s gone from her being a local-girl-done-good to being a legendary broadcaster, an incredible positive force in our community, and someone who will never be replaced. Certainly there […]
I saw an ad for something on TV recently that said it was “Too hot for TV!!!” Which was interesting, because, as I said, I saw the ad on TV. I wonder where that line is drawn? I mean, where is that particular thermostat that makes something “too hot for TV,” or “too hot for […]
