Lately, I’ve been struggling with flagging confidence. But the feel-good movie Champions helped snap me out of it. And so did its awesome soundtrack. Especially a hefty dose of Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping.” (a.k.a. “I get knocked down.”) Judging Covers Before I tore my calf muscle, I’d been playing a lot ofContinue Reading
The Price of Glee documentary was released on ID on January 16, 2023. Last year, someone associated with it contacted me about a video I’d posted on YouTube. They wanted my permission to use the footage I shot of Cory Monteith’s memorial outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel where heContinue Reading
Why did I feature a photo of bird poop on a post about Nextdoor and Dateline? It’ll all make sense soon. Stick with me until we get there. Nextdoor: My Guilty Pleasure Generally, I try to stay out of the fray on Nextdoor. It can get pretty nasty. (Especially onContinue Reading
The second I saw the trailer for The Blackening a few months ago, I pitched Carla (the site editor at 1428 Elm) to write about it. A funny slasher? Yes, please! It had me LOLing —and hopeful the movie would be as good (or better) than its trailer. I alsoContinue Reading
I used to fear tearing my Achilles tendon when I played volleyball. I was on the court with someone who did that once, and it looked excruciating. Besides falling and breaking something when I played tennis, the other thing I feared the most was tearing a calf muscle. I metContinue Reading