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Top 5: Most Overrated
5. Forrest Gump - I might be alone on this, but I don't get the appeal. To me, Forrest Gump is highly overrated. I can not BELIEVE it won Best Picture over one of my favorites, The Shawshank Redemption 4. Fruit Loops - In my (unofficial) polling, people seem to...
5 Things We Like about NoCo
Zach 5. Mo Jeaux's Bar & Grill - If you've been in town a while, you know the building at City Park Ave & Elizabeth as Sullivan's. I wasn't around in those days, but I know people used to love it (including my Aunt Kristin). If you go, try my favorite meal —...
5 things we learned from our parents
Devin: I had a friend in 3rd grade who had a rock-throwing/kid-punching/appropriation problem. “Devin, you are who your friends are,” my dad would say. I knew from a young age that I would become what I surround myself with. All things speaking- & language-related...
Our 5 Favorite Songs
Devin Side B of Abbey Road is often referred to as The Long One. These 10 songs by The Beatles all flow together and comprise, in my mind, the greatest song of all time. I like melancholy music and I love alt-country. Combine the two and you get Uncle Tupelo’s version...
5 Good Things About 2020
Devin: I love bikes, and I love my daughters. In 2020, thanks to "Quarantine Bonus Time", my girls and I went on many bike rides: daughter time & bikes = a delighted dad. I've written of my affection for my neighbors more than once. 2020 revealed that more of them...
5 Favorite Books
Devin 5.Their Eyes Were Watching God: It’s hard to beat Moby Dick for best opening line in a book, but Zora Neale Hurston accomplishes just that. And she also brings to life, in Janie Crawford, one of my all-time favorite characters. 4. A Grief Observed: It’s...