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This is everything I watched or rewatched, at home or in theaters, in the order that I watched them.

I hit a record this year and I'm not sure what that says.

The chicken nuggets had a nice kick of spice — more than you would think, but nothing too spicy for regular Taco Bell customers.

I took a trip to Akron, Ohio to discover a salad dressing they named a baseball team after.

Andru finds out there is a new kind of calendar. Later, his friends explain why they are celebrating their 2nd engagement anniversary, despi

This year, I watched a lot of movies. There were several reasons why this was both my most treasured and habitual activity in 2023.

Since 2021, I have been annually listing all of my tweets from that year that received zero likes or retweets whatsoever.

Andru and Allegra revisit some classic tales from the AWYLATT canon.

As I learned in September, I have endometriosis.

This past April, I visited the InfoAge Science and History Museums in Wall Township, New Jersey to attend the Vintage Computer Federation...

Last year, I made a list on this blog of my posts on Twitter that generated zero (0) likes in 2021. It ended up being pretty funny and...

A love letter to late night TV

This podcast focuses on the media portrayals of Richard Nixon

Now available in the AWYLATT shop

David Letterman’s Late Night and The Late Show archives are now being uploaded to YouTube, following the digital archive practice we’ve been

After years of petitioning from the Association for Dressings and Sauces (ADS), the FDA has announced they are finally revoking the standard

Do they taste like chicken? They do, but mostly because of the KFC recipe breading.

Mostly likely the reason I don't get a lot of likes is because I just don't compose anything worth liking.

I've been putting off completing the Ice Bucket Challenge for several years now, so I wanted to get that done by 2021 ended.

One of the things that appealed to me about my new job—I'm a Senior Editor at Slate, where I started working in January; was that I was...

Growing up, the only time I was able to catch a new episode of The Late Show with David Letterman was the night before Thanksgiving.

Listen to a food-themed mixtape titled "A Little Lunch" This month's mixtape is another one I found in a box on the side of the road...

Seven tracks on my mind. When I tell people I'm a writer for a living—or, even less accurately, a journalist, or a reporter—I feel a...

A few years ago I recorded binaural audio of me carving a pumpkin in my bedroom. You can listen to it right now!

Why The Conners is my favorite sitcom today. All television shows and networks in 2020 were forced to adapt to the global coronavirus...

The 73rd Emmys on September 19th, 2021 end at 11pm ET.

July's mixtape of the month is one cassette from Judi Sheppard Missett's Jazzercise tapes.

I managed to find some Keroppi themed cassette inserts.

June 2021's mixtape of the month is this cassette that I found in a box of abandoned tapes on the side of the road in my hometown a few...

My trip to the Pop Century Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Before I headed out to start my week-long vacation to Florida visiting my mom...

It's been 22 years since the inaugural BNL Day on Kids WB.

My hair care timeline

My friend Tom sent us an email on Saturday, with the subject line “I don't believe this works.” Since I started the podcast, many people...

watching Rugrats in the living room but your mom comes in to vacuum

Now that Allegra has her ears pierced, she has unlimited possibilities of earrings available to her on the internet. I took the liberty...

Now with things reopening and whatnot, I’m going to be expected to wear clothes again. (Expected by whom? TBD, because good luck to...

Every month on this blog, I will share a piece of physical media that I either found, made, or purchased. This month, I'm going to show...

I just got my ears pierced last week for the first time. I’m 27.

I am now starting an audio advice column for anyone who is seeking.