Ruben's Writings

Congrats to the Atlanta Braves on winning their first World Series since 1995 and — more importantly — denying the Houston Astros a legitimate championship. The Braves also broke the Atlanta Sports Curse and provided some much-needed relief for a city denied joy over and over again. The roster is loaded with likeable talent and…

Happy Halloween, bitches! It feels weird to write that when we’re still a few days away from Halloween. But this is the last newsletter before then and I have to hit the annual theme for the last time. This Sunday’s football games are going to be so full of Halloween puns/gags that I’m going to…

While we are all sports nuts, we each have our own various likes and quirks that influence what we’re interested in. Some people are nerds with intricate knowledge of things like Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. Others may be low-key metalheads who use those kinds of tunes to turn up at work. Others…

While I was away, a certain show took over the internet. Now as I’ve mentioned I don’t often get caught up in the wave of popular TV shows — just look at my lack of history with shows like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, You, Orange is the New Black, and The Handmaid’s Tale. But I was waiting for my flight…

Greetings from the Bay Area, where not too long ago my return flight home landed. Anyway, to get back to the point I started last week — yes, I took a trip to Italy! I hadn’t been overseas in three years (which for me is an eternity) and hadn’t been on vacation for an eternity…

Greetings from Italy! More on that next week. Before I arrived here, I spent a couple of days in London — pretty much every flight from the U.S. to Italy had a lengthy delay in either New York or London, so I chose to chill in London. While there, I did as many touristy things…