Category: Blogs
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It’s Irving B’s World – We’re Just Living In It! Severance’s Dominance Is On Full Display
Picture this: you’ve had a stressful week – between work and personal life, you’ve got a million things on your mind and are just focused on taking your days one step at a time. The Super Bowl is coming up and Sunday can’t get here soon enough. Finally, Friday is in your sights as work… Read more
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CHICAGO BULLS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
The incompetence of this front office is reaching peak levels of embarrassment. I should have known better—it’s a Reinsdorf-run franchise—but wow. Did anyone have trade Zach LaVine, keep everyone else, and extend Lonzo Ball on their bingo card? I mean… What. The. Fuck. What is this guy doing? Artūras Karnišovas got this job because he… Read more
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Bulls Apart of Three Team Blockbuster Trade
Yesterday, Sunday the 2nd, I decided, as hungover as I was, that I would attend Sunday Mass with my fiancée. You know, she’s converting to Catholicism so we can get married in a Catholic Church, so I probably should hop back on that horse on a more consistent basis. One hour too. Just one hour!… Read more
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Worst & Best Months for a Movie
After my first year on Letterboxd (185 films in the first 365), it got me thinking: what are the best (and worst) months for watching movies? Let’s start from the bottom: 12. July is right in the heart of summer. It’s got the warmest weather, most sun, and baseball season is in full swing (not… Read more
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Wydo’s Star Wars TV Show Rankings
Pumping ’em out today! With the end of Skeleton Crew, I felt it was a good time to release my rankings of Star Wars shows. Feel free to add your opinion in the comments section or on our Twitter page @BLNT_Chicago for a community discussion! Some SPOILERS below! Star Wars: The Clone Wars 9.7/10 I… Read more
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Cubs Offseason Continues: Hot off the Press-ly
Going to pump out some blogs now that I have the time, as I know my tens of readers are on the edge of their seats! Starting out with the Cubbies. Lots of rumors to be addressed, and may I say, Jed Hoyer is quietly having himself an offseason. He is making the most of… Read more
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Back With a Bang – Severance Season 2 Ep. 1 & 2 Review + Looking Ahead
It only took 3(!!!) years, but Severance is finally back and already proving to be worth the wait after just 2 episodes. I, like most, was blown away by season 1 – I’d never seen a story like it. I could dive into everything I loved about this show heading into this season, but this… Read more
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Wydo’s Top 5 Chicago Streets from a 40,000 Foot Perspective
Life has been busy this week. Booking a wedding venue, planning a move to our next apartment, finding out if there will be more layoffs at my 2nd job (this being my first), running two online College Football 25 dynasties. Have not had much time to write but now find myself 40,000 feet up in… Read more
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Breaking Bread with Bread
What is (personally) the most memorable moment of your favorite team since you’ve been alive? Were you there for it? Who were you with? Was it the regular season or the playoffs? Was it memorable enough to where you can relate it to the largest domestic attack on US soil like Joakim Noah would? –… Read more
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Feel Good (Almost) Friday: Best Moments and Players from the last 20 years
We’re nearing the stretch of sports where many fans find themselves mindlessly refreshing X (formerly known as Twitter) starving for some news about their favorite team. Every now and then, a big moment is like a shooting star. “Did you see the Bears got Ben Johnson?!” “The Cubs just landed Kyle Tucker!!” “The Bulls are… Read more