On My Excitement Over an Upcoming MTV Series.... Wait, What? THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES

When I was in high school, the administration suffered through a brief experimental phase that corresponded to my junior and senior years. During this trial by fire, they subjected the students to several "non-traditional" learning and enrichment courses, including family style lunches which leaned heavily on bagged salad and microwave chicken, and though the program as a whole would die out after two years, there were a few initiatives within the movement which weren't half bad.

Quote of the Week for 8/25/15

"The most dangerous phrase in the language is 'we've always done it this way.'"
-Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2: Frankly Apoplectic

Let me start by saying this season of TRUE DETECTIVE was doomed to fail; nay, destined. Expectations were too high across the board, from #truefans who thought the series creator, Nic Pizzolatto, was the second coming of William Faulkner, to the #haterz who demanded Pizzolatto put the cap back on the can of existential worms he opened with his bayou barn burner last spring. Both camps were inevitably disappointed by Season 2, but like I said, that was bound to happen. So what did we really get from the sophomore effort of television's most controversial ride-along drama?