Ruben's Writings

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Although 2020 has certainly sucked, we’re all still kicking. Let’s be thankful for what we have, mostly the ability to watch football. Stay safe while eating, drinking, and being a lazy ass today, boys! (cue theme music) RECAP OF LAST WEEK EKEING OUT THE WIN (8-3) DEF. 49ERS (10-1) 117.86 – 109.50 Things EKEing Out The…

So, who wants to feel old? The world premiere of Toy Story was 25 years ago today. Back in 1995, animation (particularly 3D) was in its rough stages, Pixar was a fledgling studio hoping to find some success, and no one had ever wondered what their toys do while they’re gone. But then Toy Story happened, spawning a media empire that would…

Fucking 2020. Can’t you let us have just one day of happiness without something terrible happening immediately afterwards? Saturday saw America flip blue, plenty of great CFB action, and news that the Foo Fighters are releasing a new album in February (their new single, “Shame Shame” is already out). It was altogether a damn good day. I woke…

See this guy? That’s John King. He, not Joe Biden or Donald Trump, is the real winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. King is the CNN anchor in charge of breaking down voting results and trends on a county-by-county basis via a magic wall full of red and blue-colored states. King is incredibly good at…

For the majority of league members, it seemed like an inevitability only delayed by hilarious incidents of choking. For San Francisco Giants fans, it was the hell that they feared. But for one of us — just one — it was the dream finally realized.  Congrats, Nick. Your Los Angeles Dodgers have finally won the World…

Twitter is the weirdest social media platform. It’s the least complicated and is generally where a lot of shit starts. The whole “trending” topics thing is particularly interesting, because you honestly never know what will be trending on any given day. Sometimes it’s one of those little one-day challenges or questions only meant to be popular…