The 2008 Grendel Birthday Bash

Come one, come all to the Grendel Birthday Bash featuring Clamhammer, Fresh Espresso (a.k.a. P Smoov & Rik Rude), and Martyrs of the Apollo Guild.

Obama Clinches Nomination!

Quite an historic day...Makes me proud to be an American for a change.



Update: Here is the speech he will deliver tonight!

Tonight, after fifty-four hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.

Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Thousands of miles have been traveled. Millions of voices have been heard. And because of what you said - because you decided that change must come to Washington; because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest; because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another - a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

I want to thank every American who stood with us over the course of this campaign - through the good days and the bad; from the snows of Cedar Rapids to the sunshine of Sioux Falls. And tonight I also want to thank the men and woman who took this journey with me as fellow candidates for President.

At this defining moment for our nation, we should be proud that our party put forth one of the most talented, qualified field of individuals ever to run for this office. I have not just competed with them as rivals, I have learned from them as friends, as public servants, and as patriots who love America and are willing to work tirelessly to make this country better. They are leaders of this party, and leaders that America will turn to for years to come.

That is particularly true for the candidate who has traveled further on this journey than anyone else. Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she's a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she's a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight.

We've certainly had our differences over the last sixteen months. But as someone who's shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning - even in the face of tough odds - is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Children's Defense Fund and made her fight for health care as First Lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency - an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assured that when we finally win the battle for universal health care in this country, she will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty, it will be because she worked to help make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton.

There are those who say that this primary has somehow left us weaker and more divided. Well I say that because of this primary, there are millions of Americans who have cast their ballot for the very first time. There are Independents and Republicans who understand that this election isn't just about the party in charge of Washington, it's about the need to change Washington. There are young people, and African-Americans, and Latinos, and women of all ages who have voted in numbers that have broken records and inspired a nation.

All of you chose to support a candidate you believe in deeply. But at the end of the day, we aren't the reason you came out and waited in lines that stretched block after block to make your voice heard. You didn't do that because of me or Senator Clinton or anyone else. You did it because you know in your hearts that at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - we cannot afford to keep doing what we've been doing. We owe our children a better future. We owe our country a better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I say - let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America.

In just a few short months, the Republican Party will arrive in St. Paul with a very different agenda. They will come here to nominate John McCain, a man who has served this country heroically. I honor that service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. My differences with him are not personal; they are with the policies he has proposed in this campaign.

Because while John McCain can legitimately tout moments of independence from his party in the past, such independence has not been the hallmark of his presidential campaign.

It's not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush ninety-five percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year.

It's not change when he offers four more years of Bush economic policies that have failed to create well-paying jobs, or insure our workers, or help Americans afford the skyrocketing cost of college - policies that have lowered the real incomes of the average American family, widened the gap between Wall Street and Main Street, and left our children with a mountain of debt.

And it's not change when he promises to continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians - a policy where all we look for are reasons to stay in Iraq, while we spend billions of dollars a month on a war that isn't making the American people any safer.

So I'll say this - there are many words to describe John McCain's attempt to pass off his embrace of George Bush's policies as bipartisan and new. But change is not one of them.

Change is a foreign policy that doesn't begin and end with a war that should've never been authorized and never been waged. I won't stand here and pretend that there are many good options left in Iraq, but what's not an option is leaving our troops in that country for the next hundred years - especially at a time when our military is overstretched, our nation is isolated, and nearly every other threat to America is being ignored.

We must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in - but start leaving we must. It's time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their future. It's time to rebuild our military and give our veterans the care they need and the benefits they deserve when they come home. It's time to refocus our efforts on al Qaeda's leadership and Afghanistan, and rally the world against the common threats of the 21st century - terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. That's what change is.

Change is realizing that meeting today's threats requires not just our firepower, but the power of our diplomacy - tough, direct diplomacy where the President of the United States isn't afraid to let any petty dictator know where America stands and what we stand for. We must once again have the courage and conviction to lead the free world. That is the legacy of Roosevelt, and Truman, and Kennedy. That's what the American people want. That's what change is.

Change is building an economy that rewards not just wealth, but the work and workers who created it. It's understanding that the struggles facing working families can't be solved by spending billions of dollars on more tax breaks for big corporations and wealthy CEOs, but by giving a the middle-class a tax break, and investing in our crumbling infrastructure, and transforming how we use energy, and improving our schools, and renewing our commitment to science and innovation. It's understanding that fiscal responsibility and shared prosperity can go hand-in-hand, as they did when Bill Clinton was President.

John McCain has spent a lot of time talking about trips to Iraq in the last few weeks, but maybe if he spent some time taking trips to the cities and towns that have been hardest hit by this economy - cities in Michigan, and Ohio, and right here in Minnesota - he'd understand the kind of change that people are looking for.

Maybe if he went to Iowa and met the student who works the night shift after a full day of class and still can't pay the medical bills for a sister who's ill, he'd understand that she can't afford four more years of a health care plan that only takes care of the healthy and wealthy. She needs us to pass health care plan that guarantees insurance to every American who wants it and brings down premiums for every family who needs it. That's the change we need.

Maybe if he went to Pennsylvania and met the man who lost his job but can't even afford the gas to drive around and look for a new one, he'd understand that we can't afford four more years of our addiction to oil from dictators. That man needs us to pass an energy policy that works with automakers to raise fuel standards, and makes corporations pay for their pollution, and oil companies invest their record profits in a clean energy future - an energy policy that will create millions of new jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced. That's the change we need.

And maybe if he spent some time in the schools of South Carolina or St. Paul or where he spoke tonight in New Orleans, he'd understand that we can't afford to leave the money behind for No Child Left Behind; that we owe it to our children to invest in early childhood education; to recruit an army of new teachers and give them better pay and more support; to finally decide that in this global economy, the chance to get a college education should not be a privilege for the wealthy few, but the birthright of every American. That's the change we need in America. That's why I'm running for President.

The other side will come here in September and offer a very different set of policies and positions, and that is a debate I look forward to. It is a debate the American people deserve. But what you don't deserve is another election that's governed by fear, and innuendo, and division. What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon - that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize. Because we may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first.

Despite what the good Senator from Arizona said tonight, I have seen people of differing views and opinions find common cause many times during my two decades in public life, and I have brought many together myself. I've walked arm-in-arm with community leaders on the South Side of Chicago and watched tensions fade as black, white, and Latino fought together for good jobs and good schools. I've sat across the table from law enforcement and civil rights advocates to reform a criminal justice system that sent thirteen innocent people to death row. And I've worked with friends in the other party to provide more children with health insurance and more working families with a tax break; to curb the spread of nuclear weapons and ensure that the American people know where their tax dollars are being spent; and to reduce the influence of lobbyists who have all too often set the agenda in Washington.

In our country, I have found that this cooperation happens not because we agree on everything, but because behind all the labels and false divisions and categories that define us; beyond all the petty bickering and point-scoring in Washington, Americans are a decent, generous, compassionate people, united by common challenges and common hopes. And every so often, there are moments which call on that fundamental goodness to make this country great again.

So it was for that band of patriots who declared in a Philadelphia hall the formation of a more perfect union; and for all those who gave on the fields of Gettysburg and Antietam their last full measure of devotion to save that same union.

So it was for the Greatest Generation that conquered fear itself, and liberated a continent from tyranny, and made this country home to untold opportunity and prosperity.

So it was for the workers who stood out on the picket lines; the women who shattered glass ceilings; the children who braved a Selma bridge for freedom's cause.

So it has been for every generation that faced down the greatest challenges and the most improbable odds to leave their children a world that's better, and kinder, and more just.

And so it must be for us.

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.

The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals. Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

Keith Olbermann, the End of the Nomination Process, and Fuck the South

So, for those of you who do not follow Keith Olbermann since his ESPN days, he has always been a pretty awesome pundit, whether it is sports or politics. Here is something from his ESPN days...


He has a segment on his current political show on MSNBC where he makes a "special comment" on different situations. The most intense one I have seen yet came on Hillary's assassination remarks. Her remarks really bothered me because it is entirely possible that the Clintons are not above inciting racial hatred to have Obama eliminated and have her take office. They have shown who they truly are over the last few months. At worst, her comments were extremely irresponsible. Here is what Olbermann had to say:

I think his outrage sums it up perfectly. I have come to respect Keith Olbermann so much more over the last few years and I am glad he is sdoing what he does!

On another nother, looks like tonight is the end for Hillary Clinton. SHe is now maneuvering for VP. Let's hope this doesn't happen. I don't think I can vote for Obama if she is on the ticket. Might as well just pick Cheney to be his VP.

And finally, i wanted to remind everyone of this blog that was posted at fuckthesouth.com the day after the last Presidential election. I didn't write it (I probably would have worded it much differently), but much of what it says has resonated with me.

November 3, 2004

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn't bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?

No, No. Get the fuck out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and fucking Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fucking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fucking blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their fucking Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this shit, so don't get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh I've been a state for almost a hundred years" dickheads. Fuck off.

Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being fucking arrogant? What's more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies? I don't think so. Arrogance is the fucking cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn't be so fucking arrogant if I wasn't paying for your fucking bridges, bitch.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a fucking swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let’s talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible Belt is doing its fucking part.

But two guys making out is going to fucking ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that's ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we fucking get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're fucking towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the fucking Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain't us up here in the North, assholes.

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can't have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.

Bill O'Reilly is a Jerk!

Yes, I know that title is something most of you already know...but for those of you who have yet to see this video that was leaked today:


Man, what a hot head... and if that wasn't enough to convince you, check out this montage:


Nothing too enlightening today, just wanted to share this with you all...

The Death of Mildred Loving

This past Friday, Mildred Loving passed away at the age of 68 at her home in Virginia. Most of you may not know who Mildred Loving, and yet in 1967 she was involved in one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions ever made. It is this decision to which the current SCOTUS should look when it makes any sort of ruling on marriage issues, and yet the Court fails to do so. It is for this reason that we need to get justices on the Supreme Court who actually care about civil rights, and use the Constitution in the way it was meant to be used…as a means to provide rights to us all.


In Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), SCOTUS found that Virginia’s “Racial Integrity Act of 1924,” which contained its anti-miscegenation law, was unconstitutional. For those of you who didn’t have to have words like “anti-miscegenation” become part of your vocabulary in school, basically the law said that it was illegal to have an interracial marriage. The court, in its wisdom, overturned its 1883 decision in Pace v. Alabama, 106 U.S. 583 (1883), which upheld such laws. To most of us, at least those of us that are open minded and not racist, the facts of the case are pretty astounding.


The plaintiffs in the case were Mildred and Richard Loving, who had been married in 1958 in Washington, D.C., and were arrested and plead guilty to miscegenation. Section 20-59 of the Act stated that “If any white person intermarry with a colored person, or any colored person intermarry with a white person, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.” (See Loving, 388 U.S. 1, 4). There were also provisions which automatically voided “all marriages between ‘a white person and a colored person’ without any judicial proceeding.” (388 U.S. at 4-5).

In a letter she wrote last June, on the 40th anniversary of the ruling, Mrs. Loving described what she and her husband had to endure:

Not long after our wedding, we were awakened in the middle of the night in our own bedroom by deputy sheriffs and actually arrested for the “crime” of marrying the wrong kind of person. Our marriage certificate was hanging on the wall above the bed. The state prosecuted Richard and me, and after we were found guilty, the judge declared: “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” He sentenced us to a year in prison, but offered to suspend the sentence if we left our home in Virginiafor 25 years exile.*

Eventually, the Lovings filed suit stating that such anti-miscegenation laws violated the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause. Interestingly enough, the Presbyterian and Catholic Churches each took strong stances in favor of allowing inter-racial marriages so as to help sway public opinion on the matters. On June 12, 1967, in a unanimous decision, the Warren Court held that anti-miscegenation laws violated both the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, stating that:

To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State. (388 U.S. at 12).

For Mildred Loving, it was not even a political question, it was one of a right to be in love and marry that person. She saw this right as something that extended to everyone, no matter the circumstances. She said:

I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people’s religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people’s civil rights. *

Although it will never happen with the extreme Right Wing makeup of the current Supreme Court, hopefully future Courts (and this will obviously be many decades in the future, since we have our current extreme right wing Court for at least the next 30 years) will listen o her thoughts, and the Warren Court’s rationale to gay marriage. Because what is truly the difference between a classification based on race and a classification based upon sexual orientation…not much! Prior to this ruling, the logic of the courts was that banning interracial marriage did not infringe upon one’s rights because a white man and a black woman could still get married…just not to each other. It is the same logic they use now for gay marriage…a lesbian can get married, just not to a woman; She CAN marry a man! How this obvious parallel cannot be evident to every court who rules on it, including our own Supreme Court in the State of Washington, is beyond me. They always sidestep the issue…and maybe with the coming California ruling a state will finally do the right thing.

In short, although a reluctant hero, we should all remember the legacy of Mildred Loving and hope that our future generations will continue to move us forward in terms of civil rights and equality. Currently we are rolling back 150 years worth of civil rights with the decisions that the Roberts Court is making, and let’s hope that one day the damage can be undone.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Media!

I have talked to a lot of people about Rev. Wright, but I think it is time to expand the dialog. The media, who has been against Obama from the beginning (don't believe the Clinton spin), has continuously used the spectre of Jeremiah Wright to attack Obama and scare white people away from voting for him. But, let me ask you...how many people have actually heard his comments in context?

Here is the sermon it its entirety following 9/11:


Now, nothing he says in there seems to outrageous to me. Sure, take a few soundbites out of context and he sounds crazy...but listen to the ENTIRE sermon and NO!!! This man is giving a sermon that asks us rethink or own lives in light of 9/11 and to engage in self-examination and your relationship with God. Sounds a LOT more reasonable than some of the stuff I hear come out of right wing pastor mouth. And don't even get me started on Hillary's pastorate (There is a book coming out entitled The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power which talks about her pastorate--in the general sense, not having to do with Hillary in any way--and how it is broken into cells and that "[a]t the heart of the Family's American branch is a collection of powerful right-wing politicos, who include, or have included, Sam Brownback, Ed Meese, John Ashcroft, James Inhofe, and Rick Santorum."*)

In short, the Media and the Right Wing (and Hillary Clinton, or is that redundant?) is using Rev. Wright as a means to taint Obama's run. Those of you who have talked to me about Obama know that 1) I caucused for him, 2) I do have reservations about Obama, and 3) I truly wish a more liberal candidate could win because Obama is rather centrist despite what the media tries to paint him as...however, I think he is our only chance to beat McCain in November. Or at least I though that...thanks to Hillary and her campaign, that chance may be evaporating. She coninues her scorched earth tactics while people within her campaign admited months ago that she had less than a 10% chance of winning. Some within the campaign said 5%. Now, with more primaries gone by, and Clinton only having gained (literally) a few delegates, that chance is almost nil. Yet she continues on wasting money and hurting the Party. I think maybe it is time that HER chickens come home to roost and she is booted from the party! What do you say Howard?

Point Pleasant: One of the Best TV Shows Nobody Saw!

***Start by reading the note at the bottom if you ever read my “Willing Suspension of Disbelief: A weekly dose of the cult, obscure, and underrated films that everyone should watch!” column…***

So earlier this week, as my friend Liz and I were hanging out having a vegan taco night, I told her I had a show that she might really enjoy. Unsurprisingly, she had never heard of it…because very few people actually have (especially considering it aired on FOX)! However, after an episode or two, I had her hooked. And rewatching the show has simply reminded me of how much I love the show and how you should all go check it out!




Point Pleasant was a little known television show that was cancelled in March 2005 after only 8 episodes because FOX expected it to put up American Idol type numbers (Which is pretty stupid because Idol’s numbers are not reachable by almost any show and the show’s debut was the highest rated new drama debut on FOX in over three years amongst 18-49 years old and was the highest rated debut overall since 24 debuted in November 2001). Executive produced by Marti Noxon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame), Point Pleasant is the story of Christina, a young girl who wakes up on the shores of Point Pleasant, NJ in the middle of a violent storm. She is taken in by a local family and the trouble begins brewing.


Once Christina arrives in the town, all hell begins to break lose, and everyone around her seems to find some sort of trouble, as friends become bitter rivals, people fall prey to their inner demons, and strange occurrences and accidents happen all over. All the while, Christina is searching for her mother, who once lived in the next town over and was helped by the local Catholic Church.

Soon after Christina discovers that she bears the mark of the beast, she begins to have visions of terrible death and destruction in the town brought about by her own doing. She learns the man that raised her was actually working for her real “father,” none other than the Devil himself. Soon the Devil sends in an aid to help Christina reach her destiny of taking over the world and destroying it.

In short, Point Pleasant is about the battle between good and evil, literally, as the minions of Satan and devotees of God work to win “the final showdown,” which is taking place in the town of Point Pleasant. It may be a mixture of Twin Peaks and the OC, but the cliffhanger endings to each episode leave you wondering whether Christina will be able to overcome the evil inside of her and reject her father.

While I watched the show every week that it was on, it took until the 6th episode to really get me hooked. It was at that point that the show started to get astonishingly great. But, they cancelled it after only two more could air. However, once I had watched the entire series in the DVD set, I was stunned that the show would not be coming back. I felt that, after watching the last few episodes of the show, this series was probably the first time anything had even come close to matching the brilliance that was Twin Peaks. And, as the series concludes, you are left to wonder what will happen to the town of Point Pleasant and the people in it. Will good triumph over evil? Or will Christina show her true colors and allow Satan to rule the earth? (And, not to give out too many spoilers, but at some points she is so fucking bad ass it is AMAZING!) Sadly, we will never know, but I still urge you to go check out this show. You won’t be disappointed.



***Note: a good portion of this was taken from an article in a column I used to have entitled “Willing Suspension of Disbelief: A weekly dose of the cult, obscure, and underrated films that everyone should watch!” However, I did attempt to update where necessary***