Category: General
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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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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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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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George McCaskey is… Making Me Happy?? Ben Johnson’s Bears Intro
I can’t believe the title here either, don’t worry. Since Sunday’s news, I’ve mostly just felt excitement about finally landing the head coach EVERYONE was hoping for this offseason; but today, after watching our new coach’s introductory press conference, a new feeling crept in. Gratitude. For as long as I can remember, the Bears family… Read more
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Must See TV: Silo Season 2 Review *No Spoilers* (Maybe)
I’m gonna tell you right now, there will be MAJOR spoilers after this first paragraph. If you clicked into this because you thought it might be interesting but don’t know what Silo is, you fell into my trap. But lucky you! Now you know to get access to AppleTV and watch. I’m not giving any… Read more
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Cakes and Wydo’s (almost) Big Day + Bama/Kentucky reaction
The setting is last night at our go-to Wrigleyville bar: Sandlot. We just finished dinner at Happy Camper and found ourselves at ol’ faithful playing darts as we often have since moving into the city several years ago. After a valiant effort came up just short on the dartboard, my sister’s friend texted me with… Read more
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Cakes’ NFL Saturday Divisional Round Predictions + Picks
King Yabo said it best in his Wild Card blog – but the Wild Card round of the playoffs was not great. Really made me happy to have had plans that cut into the amount I was able to watch (minus Bucs/Commanders, that game was FUN). Despite the slow start, I’m thinking this weekend’s Divisional… Read more
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Balloonerism by Mac Miller
Malcolm McCormick’s estate released his second posthumous album, Balloonerism, last night. This was from the time period when he made FACES and was “off of this planet,” according to his own words looking back on that year. Mac Miller has been one of my favorite artists for a while now—not the snapback, Donald Trump, frat… Read more
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Wydo’s MLB Hall of Fame Ballot Breakdown
One week in and I’m already drawing writer’s block as I sit in a cubicle working my 9-5. Today I will be breaking down the MLB Hall of Fame ballots and playing an MLB writer minus the historical curmudgeoness that comes from that responsibility. Is curmudgeoness a word? I don’t know, but you know what… Read more