Posts by Jessica Grey |

Sweatpants & TV | Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episodes 1 & 2

April 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

First, allow me to apologize: I had a family emergency that kept me away from writing the first episode’s recap last week. In recompense, I present to you a twofer this [...]

Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Happy Birthday, LeVar Burton!

February 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Today, one of my very favorite people in pop culture, LeVar Burton, is 62 years old! Photo credit: @levarburton – All around wholesome human being and total silver fox! [...]

Sweatpants & Equality | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2019

January 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Though his 90th birthday fell on this past Tuesday, today is the official observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This day commemorating the life and work of Dr. King, [...]

4 Fascinating Facts About Edgar Allan Poe

January 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite authors. The Gold-Bug only encouraged my love of puzzles and codes. C. Auguste Dupin captured my heart before Sherlock Holmes. The [...]

Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Festivus 2018

December 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

Y’all. Y’ALL. I don’t know about you but I have had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad 2018. VERY BAD. I’m way past “there will never be enough booze on this [...]

Sweatpants & Equality | Trans Day of Remembrance 2018

November 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Today, I am honoring those souls so violently taken from this world because of who they truly are. Depending on the agency reporting the statistics, between 345 and 369 [...]

Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Beware the Ides of March!

March 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

Soothsayer: Beware the Ides of March. … Caesar (to soothsayer): The Ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Aye, Caesar, but not yet gone. –William Shakespeare, Julius [...]

Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Pi Day!

March 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s Pi Day again! (x) Okay, it’s approximately Pi Day. Or the date that comes the closest to approximating pi. Or, okay, fine, it is the day delineated by our arbitrary [...]