I wouldn’t be surprised if, in our lifetimes, tackling is banned altogether from football. The sport will migrate to a flag version. Future generations will look back on tackling in the same way we now look back on those absurd 1920’s soft leather football “helmets.”
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Guy Rhodes is a lighting designer, photographer, and filmmaker based in the Chicago area.
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Excited to share my “top 9” of 2022 based on your likes! What does it mean when your top 9 from 2021 is in the lineup? Is a time travel portal going to open? Please advise.
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Perhaps Uber should create a special category of ride options for drivers who only wish to operate within a given radius. This way, I can skip being greeted with a poor attitude because I’m “going too far.” If you don’t want to go “far,” don’t do airport pickups.
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Hot take: There is no other correct choice for theatre lighting desks in the United States other than . If you’ve spec’ed anything else, you got taken for a ride / you were wrong.
Once again, we’re at that time of the year where individuals and organizations alike post “year-in-review” recaps of photos and music, despite the fact that there are over 30 days left in the year. Please do not further this disturbing trend.
I will never get upset at a crew member for asking for clarification before completing a task. I will get upset, however, at a crew member simply guessing (for fear of asking) and doing something wrong.
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Wait — scratch that! I gain an hour of sleep tonight. Maybe changing the clocks is alright after all! I could still use sunlight after 4pm, though. Can we modify the axis of the planet?
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Didn’t something pass last year bringing us a step closer to never messing with the clocks ever again? What happened to that? So disappointed to hear I’ll be losing an hour of my life again this evening (and having it get dark in the middle of the day).
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Didn’t Houston get caught cheating in the sportsball sequence recently? Why are they allowed to participate again so soon?
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Why are the pickles at Jimmy John’s so wildly inconsistent? Sometimes they’re crunchy and crisp, while other times they’re rubbery and remorseful.
Disturbing trend: I’m learning that outside the Chicagoland area, people have no idea what mostaccioli is.
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Did you know? The state tree of Texas is the high tension power line tower.
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99% of the time, when I get that crazy feeling that something is crawling on me, I’m correct.
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Foods I enjoy now that I’m 40 that I wouldn’t have touched previously: Eggs, hot sauce, coffee.
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To clarify, I'm here for dog day! I love dogs. But these "holidays" really to seem to be repeating themselves.
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It seems to be “National Dog Day” like once every three weeks. Can you all make up your minds when these fake clickbait holidays are actually going to occur?
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Detroit rapper made a song about the Belle Isle Giant Slide and it's fantastic! Put it with some clips and, well, here you go...
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I think I got a concussion just watching these clips of people going down the Belle Isle D̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ Giant Slide.
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Hey: STOP holding lavaliere microphones up to your mouth like they’re handhelds. They aren’t. You look silly whilst doing so. Clip them to your shirt (bonus points if you can hide them underneath) as designed.
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Hot take: The exterior designs of LED video lights are getting uglier and uglier.
I really, really need to stop reading social media comments on stories shared from local news sites, for they almost always exemplify and showcase the ignorance that runs rampant in "Da Region." I would simply unsubscribe altogether, but I feel like it's my duty to stay informed.
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The only thing worse than folks reclining their seats in front of you on airplanes are the same people bouncing into the seat back in an attempt to recline further when clearly the seat has reached its travel limit. Like, wasn’t my last few cubic inches of robbed comfort enough?
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Still pic taken from the video for the 2019 Kickstarter campaign for the Skafish Debut Album reissue. Pic:
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Another hot take: You’re a sociopath if you think different color M&M’s have different flavors (they do not).
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Hot take: Menard's makes their 11% rebate claim process as difficult, punishing, and time-consuming as possible in 2022 (printing, scissor work, stamps, mail, 8 weeks), and of course, 100% by design.
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Why do all escape rooms I see in posts look like the group is trying to escape a 1980’s office complex? Shouldn’t these places have cool lights and sets?
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There seems to be an increasing amount of confusion as to the purpose of Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day. They’re not the same.
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What does it mean when people wear “Patagonia” brand? Are they outdoorsy? Do they think they are?
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Barring any financial considerations, if your air conditioning isn’t on when it’s 88 degrees outside, you’re likely a sociopath.
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Tampa Bay is having a major identity crisis with its hockey team. Upon landing here today, I saw countless “Go Bolts” signs. Upon researching this team I’ve never heard of, I found it’s actually the Lightning (which I have heard of). Who does that?
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“You guys always seem so stressed when you’re doing the show. Maybe I’ll switch to baking.” — Student board op lamenting theatre and mulling over a possible study change. #twittering
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Fellow photographers / videographers: The only time you should be wearing jeans and tennis shoes while working a wedding is if the happy couple and all their guests are doing the same. Otherwise, you look tacky and unprofessional. Please stop.
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Hard pass from me: Rainfall shower heads.
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To be clear: Free speech doesn’t mean freedom to spread lies and disinformation. You can’t yell, “Fire!” in a crowded theater where no fire exists.
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Celebrating this mask thing ending now feels like being happy that the firefighters have started putting out a fire in your house, so you skip back inside (only the house is still burning). Wouldn’t that be insanely dumb? Yeah.
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Reminder: The pandemic isn’t over with just because you (or some politician) is tired of it.
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Some of you are celebrating this airplane mask mandate being lifted a bit too passionately. Makes me wonder how you feel about other things... 🤔
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I just had my first experience with an automated McDonald's drive thru (where an AI voice took my order) and it left me absolutely shook. I'm also shook that I chose McDonald's for sustenance, but that's for another status update.
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Whenever I have to wake up before 6am, my brain just keeps repeating, “You have to wake up soon! You have to wake up soon! You have to wake up soon! You have to wake up soon!” And then I can’t sleep.
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