Hello and Welcome, I’m Spencer Seams. This Seams Interesting is a monthly column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. March’s topic is… HASEKURA TSUNENAGA: The Pope’s Favorite Samurai The Samurai, legendary warriors that actually did a lot more than fight with katanas. They were more or less government employees
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Jim Gaffigan Month rolls on as we shift shows to Criminal Intent, the program in which Vincent D’Onofrio devours scenery and Kathryn Erbe stands there and occasionally apologizes for her partner’s…well, fill in the fucking blank. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I never cottoned to Criminal Intent when it first aired, preferring the
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X-Files episodes can be divided into two categories: mytharc episodes, ones that advance the alien colonization plot; and monster of the week episodes, standalones that see Mulder and Scully deal with paranormal issues disconnected from the greys. I believe Chris Carter ripped off this set up from either Fringe or Supernatural. Since the mytharc eventually
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Welcome to the second week of Jim Gaffigan Month here at Law & Ordocki. You may be wondering why it took so long for the second week to come out, well, I’m going to diverge from my usual format to briefly explain my slack in obligations. I owe it to you, the reader, to be
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A few months ago I had decided I would buy the movie ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ on DVD. I hadn’t seen it for years, and only sort of liked it, but it was $5 at Target. Fast forward to Wednesday night of this week, and I finally had it in hand. I was
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