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Unemployment #5: Shut Up, You F*cking Baby

Jun 16th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, What It's Like

A while back, I wrote a song.
It grew out of some verses I’d been kicking around for a while, ones dealing with a general malaise and disappointment I was feeling at the time, about how much of a bummer it is when things don’t work out the way you’d hoped they would. Very insightful, [...]



What It’s Like: Piggy-Backing Someone Else’s Title Run

Jun 11th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, Sports

The Chipp Inn is not a bar you just happen across.  It sits far back off a main drag, on a dusky corner, with minimal signage and not even an ATM inside.
I was informed the night the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup that this bar, known colloquially as “the Chipp,” for all intents and [...]



Movies Kristin Refuses to Watch With Me: The Brown Bunny

Jun 8th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Entertainment, Featured Articles

For an explanation of the title of this new series, consult this article*.  To put it plainly: my girlfriend doesn’t like watching weird shit, and I prefer to do so.  As such, for certain viewings, she will kindly excuse herself from the room while I soak up whatever ennui or family strife whatever director puts [...]