Ruben's Writings

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…

Despite working in television and watching a lot of TV in general, there aren’t a lot of TV shows I particularly watch. Chances are, if there’s a popular TV show or even something on networks in the evenings, I’ve never seen a single episode. From Breaking Bad to Game of Thrones to The Americans to Atlanta to BoJack Horseman to This is Us to The Walking Dead, I’ve seen about three…

Greetings from the Emerald City! I’m continuing to scratch the pandemic travel itch by seeing the sights of Seattle, about four years after Jimmy, Chriss, and I made our own trek up north. While I’m doing a few different activities and have somehow gotten even fatter since then, one thing that remains the same is that I’m not traveling alone.…