Category: Shimbo

Kentucky Fried Irony: State Education Authority Can’t Spell “Kentucky”

Somethings are simply too easy. As the University of Kentucky signs men’s basketball coach John Calipari to a new seven-year deal worth $52.5 million guaranteed, effectively making him the highest-paid educator in the state, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) an organization who’s mission it is to improve the state’s students’ access to higher education, seemed to drop the… Read more →

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Live. Die. Repeat, With Pleasure: A Review of Edge of Tomorrow

By all means, Edge of Tomorrow shouldn’t work. From the moment images from the set emerged with Tom Cruise attached to some bulky exoskeleton-like device, coupled with the idea that the film’s plot almost exactly mirrored the classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, it seemed like we could be in for one more disappoint from Xenu’s favorite son. I couldn’t be… Read more →

The Swift-Boating of Bowe Bergdahl

War is hell. It’s never been any other way. Before we dive in with the umpteenth discussion on recently released POW Bowe Bergdahl from his five-year captivity, I’d like to first share some facts with you. Since the Iraq and Afghanistan wars began, 211,819 combat veterans serving in the US Armed Forces were treated by the VA for post-traumatic stress disorder… Read more →

Forever Alone and LOVING IT: Man Trades In Fiancee For Bedroom Arcade

It’s probably easy to look at Chris Kooluris and dismiss him as a manchild not ready to grow up. That’s what his fiancee did when he decided to convert the bedroom of his Manhattan apartment into his own personal video arcade. Each night, 37-year-old Kooluris sleeps under a comforter splashed with images of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The ambient… Read more →

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Remembering the “Mistake By the Lake”: 10 Cent Beer Night Turns 40

by Shimbo As the old song goes, “Everything looks worse in black & white.” There isn’t much left depicting the events that took place in Cleveland, Ohio the night of June 4, 1974 where the lowly Cleveland Indians took on the Texas Rangers outside of some newspaper photos and small amounts of audio. Despite the lack of physical evidence, that… Read more →