#29: Holding space for giving thanks

Death By Consumption 11/19/24 - 11/25/24 Because of procrastination, I didn’t get tickets to see either of the sold-out huge movies over the weekend. Instead, I saw a movie everyone stopped talking about a couple weeks ago. You are witnessing a marketing and SEO genius

#28: In my documentary era

Death By Consumption 11/12/24 - 11/18/24 I lied last week — I keep learning the names of all the little freaks Trump is appointing. In my defense, this is all happening against my will! The media keeps pushing these people's faces into my various social

#27: WELL, that was fun, wasn't it?

Death By Consumption 11/5/24 - 11/11/24 Everyone have a good week? Anything notable happen? Honestly, I typed a bunch of stuff here, but what's left to be said that hasn't been said by 8,000 other people at this point? We'

#26: An actually fun election

Death By Consumption 10/29/24 - 11/4/24 The big day is here, like it or not. How are the vibes where you are? Terrible? I'm surprised to hear that! Are you stocking up on liquor, to survive the night? Guns, to survive whatever happens next?

#25: I went to the opera (please clap)

Death By Consumption 10/22/24 - 10/28/24 It has been brought to my attention by a dear friend that these openers have been very weather-focused, so in an attempt to course correct, I will not be discussing the weather today, which is fine because it’s been

#24: If a TV show doesn't generate memes, does it exist at all?

Death By Consumption 10/15/24 - 10/21/24 As a weather connoisseur, it is my professional opinion that a series of 80-degree days this close to November seems... not great. As always, the spookiest part of spooky season is our impending climate disaster. In NYC we get a

#23: MegaLOLpolis

Death By Consumption 10/8/24 - 10/14/24 Stepping out of a restaurant last night, into an evening that had somehow gotten 20 degrees cooler while we were inside, my friend Emily said, "You must love this. So much weather is happening." I have never felt

#22: Hello, Los Angeles, and goodbye

Death By Consumption 10/1/24 - 10/7/24 I’m heading back today from a long weekend in LA for Justin’s birthday, where we mostly ate food and otherwise existed between restaurants, so this will be slightly abbreviated. We stayed in a strange studio apartment beneath a

#21: Has the internet made us all De Niro in Taxi Driver?

Death By Consumption 9/24/24 - 9/30/24 It's really hard to not feel completely insane these days, isn't it? I don't really have anything more insightful than that to say, unfortunately. It's just, the cognitive dissonance of living your

#20: I want to take The Substance and you can't stop me

Death By Consumption 9/17/24 - 9/23/24 Last week, I was reminded of an age-old question: why do gay men desperately love actresses? In only two movies, I got to watch five great actresses performing their asses off, and each time the experience left me feeling positively