Rick Marshall

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Professional Geek. He/Him. I watch stuff and read stuff and play stuff and write about it and someone pays me for it. It's a pretty sweet gig.
🍅-Meter Critic & Critics Choice Assoc.
Former Contributing Editor @ Digital Trends
Host @ RetConned Radio
Writer @ Movies.com, MTV, IFC, Fandango, etc.
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Life Update: Been quiet due to navigating my first experience w/ Covid. Finally tested negative today, 2wks after waking w/ scary-high fever & horrible body aches. (Fwiw, I tested neg. for days after symptoms began. Tested pos. on Day 4.)

My Covid story was a fever dream of isolation, heavy medication, anxiety, insomnia, and tasteless food. (I still can't taste/smell & get winded easily.)

Back to regular posts soon. Thank you to all who reached out. Mask up & stay safe out there.

#covid

The arrival of a new computer meant it was time to rearrange the desk a bit. A smaller monitor meant more desktop space, so naturally, I filled the void with toys.

I currently have R2-D2 and a crowd of robots in disguise (and a random, obscure Marvel Comics character from the '90s) joining me as I begin my first day of work with the new iMac.

#Transformers #iMac #Workspace #MarvelComics #Desktop #HomeOffice #OptimusPrime #Geekery

Working in my office and my son walks in and asks for paper to draw on.

Him: "Why are there little holes on the sides of it?"

Me: *Sigh* "Because I am very old, buddy."

Him: *Shrugs and walks out*

#DotMatrix #OldTech

I always have a great time with the Letterkenny cast, but this week's chat with Evan Stern and Tyler Johnston (Roald and Stewart on the series) was full of laughs all around. They're two of my favorite characters on the show and the interview was a fun highlight of the week for me. My job can be pretty wonderful sometimes.

The article will be on Digital Trends soon, but season 11 of Letterkenny is available on Hulu now.

#Letterkenny #Hulu #TVShows

I shouldn't be surprised anymore by online forms that ask you to select your field of employment from a menu that seemingly includes every career EXCEPT any variation whatsoever on "journalism / media"... but it still annoys me every damn time.

Visited the Schuyler Mansion tonight for their "Salutations of the Season" festivities for Twelfth Night. Drank some mulled wine, ate some gingerbread, mingled with colonials, and checked out the room where Alexander married Elizabeth. Work! Work!

#Hamilton #SchuylerSisters #TwelfthNight #AlbanyNY #OldAlbany

My boy gets it.

#HighFives

Now *that* is a beautiful sight...

#Sushi

My mother-in-law regularly defies the norm when it comes to pulling off decorative snack projects found on Pinterest.

Exhibit A: These Grogu deviled eggs actually look (and taste) pretty darn great.

#StarWars #TheMandalorian #Grogu #DeviledEggs #StarWarsSnacks

My last movie-related activity of 2022 was introducing my kids to one of my all-time favorite films: Disney's 1981 live-action superhero comedy Condorman.

It was a critical and commercial flop, and the fact that it's still not available on Disney+ suggests that Disney would rather forget it exists, but I wore out multiple VHS tapes of this film back in the day. It will always occupy a special place in my heart (and on the wall of our home theater room).

#Condorman #Disney #FilmMastodon