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Category: The Discount Bin

Who doesn’t love the Discount Bin at Best Buy, WalMart, and Target? It’s an assortment of flops, hidden gems, and everything in between. This Discount Bin is the catch all of the everyday. Here’s hoping all of us find some joy in the simple and some excitement in the ordinary.

It’s Familiar, All Too Familiar: Finding Conviction, Repentance, and Healing Through the McElroy Brothers

It’s Familiar, All Too Familiar: Finding Conviction, Repentance, and Healing Through the McElroy Brothers

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Have you ever experienced a piece of art, a book, a song, a television show, and felt like you belonged? What for you is that one created thing that makes you say “these are my people?”  In Spring of 2017, I discovered a podcast called The Adventure Zone. The premise? Three brothers and their dad play Dungeons & Dragons. Since it was recommended by one of my favorite authors, Patrick Rothfuss, I made sure I jumped in at the very…

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What’s On My “To See” List in 2020

What’s On My “To See” List in 2020

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The Academy Awards are over. They were mediocre as far as production but Parasite won Best Picture and Bong Joon-ho won Best Directing which was all I desired. But a new year in cinema is upon us! Here’s what I’m looking forward to in 2020! Wonder Woman 1984: I was genuinely surprised by the first film. It was a brief sign that maybe the tide was beginning to turn for DC. While I thought the third act was nothing special…

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“Life’s a B*tch… then You Keep on Living”- Grace and Consequences in BoJack Horseman

“Life’s a B*tch… then You Keep on Living”- Grace and Consequences in BoJack Horseman

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The zeitgeist is all about the anti-heroes. Television has been swamped by narratives about edgy, immoral protagonists who draw our sympathies, and despite our best efforts find ourselves rooting for them. Walter White and his Heisenberg get-up remain pop-culture icons, despite Breaking Bad ending in 2013. The mischievous Tyrian Lannister was a fan favorite on Game of Thrones; and who could forget about Mad Men’s Don Draper with his bougie lifestyle, multiple affairs, and mysterious personal history. The anti-hero trend…

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That Time My Therapist and I Talked About Eating

That Time My Therapist and I Talked About Eating

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My therapist and I working on my relationship with food. We’re working on my relationship with food because, frankly, it has been a dysfunctional one for at least 20 years. For years, I was aware that I ate compulsively for a sense of comfort. It wasn’t uncommon for me to order a whole pizza and mozzarella sticks, then eat it in near masturbatory fashion. I inhaled food. And for as long as I can remember, I ate my food extremely…

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How the Force Brought Me to Seminary

How the Force Brought Me to Seminary

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It is May 4th, friends! As in “May the Fourth Be With You!” For those of you who haven’t quite caught on, the fourth day in May is Star Wars Day. For many fans with paid-time off to spare, this is a day watch all six movies in production, chronological, or Machete order. I will also be graduating from seminary this May. Very cool. Thus, it seems fitting that I share how the Force brought me to seminary. In 1997,…

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Barenaked Ladies Just Get Me

Barenaked Ladies Just Get Me

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Barenaked Ladies just get me. And I don’t say that lightly. I pride myself on being something of a journeyman wordsmith, and in that regard I find it grating when someone describes something he or she enjoys with nothing more than “They just get me.” It sounds non-descript, unthoughtful, and inarticulate. Yet when an individual employs the phrase “they just get me,” we grasp that person’s meaning. Whatever the subject, it is evident that this person finds some transcendent resonance…

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The Fight I Wish I Started

The Fight I Wish I Started

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I have never been in a fight, not really. There were some close calls, to be sure. In elementary school, I was bullied for my rotundness. I passively endured, knowing that physically fighting would only result in discipline at school and at home. But at the start of my sophomore year of high school, and after having been the subject of an older student’s heckling, vandalism and emotional abuse my freshman year, I did address the situation. I lifted him…

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A Resolution for 2018

A Resolution for 2018

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Happy New Year! I have high hopes for what is in store for ThePilgrimGeek in 2018. 2017 ended on a high note with the release of Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi, providing much grist for the nerd mill. (I’ve yet to discuss Star Wars here, but I may soon open that treasure trove). Black Panther and the next installment of Avengers are on their way. And there’s always books to read, tv shows to check out, and last year’s films…

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Wedding Season: Let’s Talk About that Garter Toss

Wedding Season: Let’s Talk About that Garter Toss

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Wedding season is upon us in full swing! Several weeks ago, my wife and I attended a wedding. It was a blast, as any wedding should be. The bride and groom are both wonderful people. There was food, drink, and dancing. What more could you ask for? Like most weddings, the festivities included the bouquet toss and garter toss. If you’ve been at a wedding reception in the US, you have more than likely seen this ritual. To begin, all…

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Jacob Travlers Goes on an Indefinite Hiatus

Jacob Travlers Goes on an Indefinite Hiatus

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Can I share a secret with you all? Writing fiction can be challenging, especially if what one is writing is a long, plot driven narrative that requires cohesion and few (hopefully none) plot holes and incongruities. Frankly, The Life and Times of Jacob Travlers has turned out to be more than I can chew in this season of my life. When I first began this story, I aspired to write a serial epic in the style of the pulp stories…

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