For many people, including myself, growing up in the 1990s, Family Matters was one of my favorite programs. I watched reruns all throughout the 2000s when I still had basic cable. It ironically started out kind of like the Black version of Full House, but evolved into something much more comically different. My wife and…
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Things I Like: What Women Want (2000 Film)
What Women Want was a movie I wasn’t old enough to appreciate in theaters, but I remember catching it on TV a few years later. In 2000, Mel Gibson was still at the height of his career—before Gibson went totally and absolutely bonkers. Gibson plays Nick, a Chicago advertising executive who certainly doesn’t struggle with…
Fun Fact: How The Chicago Cubs Got Their Name
The Chicago Cubs got its name as many players defected to the Chicago White Sox in the early 20th century. So the baseball team’s roster was replaced mostly by very young men. .
(Not So) Fun Fact: Black Sox Scandal
During the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, the White Sox ended up losing the championship. Many were skeptical because their team did seem so superior to the Cincinnati Reds. Turned out that eight players colluded with a crime boss to throw the game for the sake of gambling a profit. They were eventually caught with their…
Things I Like: Shameless (TV Series) Season 8
As many of you remember, I’ve spent a good chunk of this year watching Shameless. It’s taken me quite a number of months, but I’m finally caught up with the antics of this crazy Chicago family of Gallaghers. This doesn’t mean the series is over, I’m just caught up with all the current seasons out…