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Western Conference Final Game 1 Reaction: Instant Classic
Spurs 122 – Thunder 115 (2OT) I was just going to do a Substack note but as this game progressed I found myself with more and more things to say. As I watched the game at my desk at school… Continue reading
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Mete Tours Japan: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Ferries, Suspension Bridges, Taxis, Bikes… Love Hotels?
Back when we parted ways over the summer, my best friend and brother from another mother, Mete, promised that he would make his way across the Pacific to visit me in Japan. Mete has a real big boy job, one… Continue reading
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Panic Time for the Nuggets and Knicks?
Should the Knicks and Nuggets – #3 seeds with title aspirations now down 2-1 in their respective series – be seriously concerned? I swear, I titled this post before I saw Zach Harper’s piece. Continue reading
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NBA Regular Season Wrap-Up: Awards, All-NBA, and Playoff Preview
Last night we had the first day of the NBA Playoffs, officially. While Nuggets-Wolves tipped at 2 AM Japan time, I woke up early enough to catch the second half of Knicks-Hawks and the entirety of Lakers-Rockets. I’ve been plugging… Continue reading
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Marty Supreme: Can I Talk My Shit Again?
A few weeks ago, news broke that Rene Redzepi, the Danish chef and co-founder of Noma, has a long and documented history of being abusive, physically and verbally, to his staff. He screamed at, publicly shamed and humiliated, punched, and… Continue reading
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Bam’s 83-Point Game Was Pure Slop
“Slop” was Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year. They define it as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” While I don’t disagree, I think we can use slop more broadly, to… Continue reading
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Substack
Hi everybody, Just a brief update that I have made a Substack for my blogging needs as well at zeveatsit.substack.com. I’m not in love with WordPress, but I’m pretty committed since I’ve been posting here since high school, and I… Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Weekends: Skiing, Biking, and Baby Keem vs. J. Cole
This past week in Ehime, the weather has turned warm and sunny. As such, I was a little skeptical that there would be snow on the mountain. I needn’t have worried, because the snow was manmade. Yes, conspiracy theorists, the… Continue reading
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Bugonia Review: A Gritty, Gory Thriller… With a Questionable Ending
I’m no expert on movies. Should I call them movies or films? Film is the more sophisticated of the two, but it feels pretentious. Sometimes I think I’m pretentious – my perception of it vacillates between the occasional shame and… Continue reading
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Pizza’s Platonic Ideal
The humble slice of pizza has gone through many evolutions throughout the centuries. While the origin of the term “pizza” only goes back about a thousand years, the history of pizza-like foods extends much further into the dusty annals of… Continue reading
