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Category Archives: Columns
State of the Blogcat
Hard to believe, but we've been exploring Bobcat Territory for almost eight years now. We inaugurated this fine blogcat back on April 20 (natch), 2012. While it's a little early to be celebrating our anniversary, I decided this would be a fine time to take a look over the site and give a little breakdown of how things have been going. For once, Read more [...]
Possible Fictional Worlds
This post blends Game of Thrones with deep Philosophy cuts. Pretty on brand content for Bobcat Territory, I know. We'll change it up and write about Pong sometime soon, don't worry.
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Dragonstone, the first episode of Thrones Season 7, ends with a profound scene in which Daenerys sets foot on the sands Dragonstone Read more [...]
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Posted in Columns, Josh, Philosophy
Summer Slam II Analysis
In late August I hosted a Pong tournament in which 5 different teams competed for glory. This post recaps and provides a breakdown of those results. So that's the best place to start.
The Results
Congrats to the Bethlehem Boys - Nog and BSG - for the chip!
These results being the case, the misleading Read more [...]
Do I Hear an Eco
The past couple of weeks have seen a burst of think-pieces on the nature of comedy in the post-Trump cultural landscape, sparked by the firing of Shane Gillis from Saturday Night Live only four days after his hiring was announced (a move prompted by public backlash against certain remarks Gillis has made in the past). To some, the comments made Read more [...]
Posted in Columns, Creative Writing, Philosophy, Ryan
Pong Pod #14: Summer Slam II Team Projections
Hey y'all,
Latest episode of the pong pod below, where Buttons and I go through each entrant in the upcoming Summer Slam II pong tournament and break down that team's chances:
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Game of Thrones Traded James Harden
Starting in Season 7, through the penultimate episode of the entire series that aired this past Sunday, Game of Thrones has been uneven at best. Nuts and bolts logistics, previously the show's strong suit, now wilt under the lightest scrutiny. Characters, who in earlier seasons were given ample screen time to develop and grow, now make hasty Read more [...]
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, as some of you may have learned from a Google Doodle at some point. Yes, lately it seems as if every single day and month has a dozen different special sobriquets - National Grilled Cheese Day, National Siblings Day, National Jazz Appreciation Month, National Soyfoods Month, and wow I didn't even have to make any Read more [...]
Politics and Recreation
There are a lot of reasons that the current political climate in the United States may have you feeling depressed, pessimistic, downcast, or oppressed. Undeniably the worst thing about the Trump administration is neither the emboldening of racism nor the lingering air of uncertainty and dread, but the effect that this political climate has had Read more [...]
Dog Talk
If my dog could talk I’m sure he’d have a lot to say. He’s a pretty vocal dog as is, with different sounds for different occasions or moods. His day is an amalgamation of barks, grunts, growls, huffs and puffs and ruffs, whines, chortles, howls, and baying. In the five years that I’ve known Homer, he’s made just about any and every Read more [...]
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Posted in Columns, Creative Writing, Ezra, Miscellaneous
The Streak
This website's origins are fairly humble. Cofounder Jason Siegel, on a trip to visit D.C., came over to the Rhode Island Avenue apartment Bullets and I cohabited at the time. Our sans-agenda hang-out ultimately meandered its way to grandiose dreams about how amazing it would be for our 6-bro squad to start a blog. Impulsiveness took over Read more [...]
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Posted in Columns, Creative Writing, Josh