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Answering Blake Shelton’s “Who are you when I’m not looking?”

As my journey down the two lane dusty road called country music continues, I stumbled upon this gem below. And my mama always taught me not to be rude by ignoring a question when I’m asked. Even if you do, ya know, rhyme “looking” with… “looking”. . So, Mr. Shelton, I’ve nicely narrowed my succinct reply to what you’ll see below. Who I am when you’re not looking. Enjoy. I.. Read More

Cinema Binge Pt. 4: “Interstellar” was def the I.V.’d meth in this bender.

Finally on my #HollywoodCinematicOverdoseBingeRelapseIRegretDoingThisWeekend was: “Interstellar”. And to cap off this a smorgasbord binge, this film was the amphetamine cherry topping to that smack Sparks flick that had just dumbed me into a coma. My brain went from subdued to singularity implosion the moment I took the wormhole from the galaxy of RomDrama genre to quantum universes and such. That said, it’s the only movie I watched without having to.. Read More

Cinema Binge Pt. 2: Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here”.

Next from this week’s outta-character-outta-nowhere movie binge was “Wish I Was Here”. (Silent little comical interjections like these always make Zach’s films so much fun.) And… I liked it. I say that with a sort’ve’a shrug, though. It wasn’t “Garden State” level “liked it”, mind you, but it was good. The basic plot surrounded this struggling actor (Braff) dad who’s got recurring superhero fantasies, a couple kids, and who’s supported.. Read More

Cinema Binge Pt. 1: Nicolas Sparks pulls spark plugs from my brain.

For give me, Father…*sob*…for… *sob*… … I have cin’d. That’s right. Cinema binged. Every evening this weekend. And I deserve to be absolved with nothing less than hydrochloric acid. I’m not proud. And I’m not sure what caused this. But I’ve got a pretty good idea. My guess is that it’s the same as last time, really. I think too much playing catch-up with reading and writing and multiple workouts.. Read More

6 hypothetical uses for this GoPro on steroids. And their pros. And cons.

So, this new gadget’s in the works. And it sounds like something straight outta that movie “Final Cut”. You know? The one where Robin Williams is this futuristic photo splicer who takes bits of people’s recorded lives (because everyone has every second of their lives recorded in the future) and turns them into a montage for their families to watch or something? I think I got the gist of that.. Read More

It’s raining mein… chow-lelujah.

It’s like free grocery day for college kids on I-95 ‘cause this thing tipped over… It’s raining mein… chowlelujah! And it spilled the pre-packaged noodley goodness all over a more southern part of the same freeway I take whenever I feel like I’m not angry or in hate enough with the world and need humanity’s stupidity to help me out a bit. And what makes me even angrier? That this.. Read More

Creative profanity decoded

We don’t pause to appreciate the simple things enough, do we? The fresh air we get to breathe. The beauty of the oscillating seasons. The poetry of profanity. Yes. I think we don’t give the genre of foul language nearly enough credit for how picturesque those who’ve come before us have made it. When you really stop to consider it, some of these phrases of language we take for granted.. Read More

Foods that make you go ew, oh, and aghh! (Part 2)

Yes, we’re back with more foods that make you go ew, oh, and agggh! Wait, did you miss part 1? You did? Shhh sshh. No need to fret. It’s right here. Go ahead. Head over. Read at your leisure. We’ll be here patiently awaiting your return. …. 4. GRAPEFRUIT + DRUGS Category: “Aghhh!” and then “Ew” if you eat certain pharmaceuticals with it. (This gif’s a perfect Inception-esque (eh?) metaphor.. Read More

Foods that make you go ew, oh, and aghh! (Part 1)

Food is fuel, they say. But what kinda side effects is our food-fuel having on our body car? Can some of it make me tan? Make me ooze aqueous salt stank? Drive me bat shit crazy? The answer is: yes. According to science. Per an article I just read, there are at least six dietary noms (can’t touch on ‘em all in one day, can we?) that can monumentally eff.. Read More