I’m an audio engineer, so I’m around loud sounds a lot, and I’m particularly sensitive to my ears starting to build up with junk. I’ve visited an ENT for cleaning, and he recommended using Debrox any time I felt I needed to clean my ears out. I’ve been doing that for years now and it has worked great for me. Available…

I bought a pair of “Renewed” Sony XB950B1 noise cancelling headphones off Amazon for ~$75 and absolutely love them. I travel a lot for work and they’ve been great, and very comfortable on long flights. Amazon has a pair for $77 right now as well. https://www.amazon.com/Sony-XB950B1-Wireless-Headphones-Control/dp/B07B17…

I bought a pair of “Renewed” Sony XB950B1 noise cancelling headphones off Amazon for ~$75 and absolutely love them.…

I don’t have anything poignant to say about Shep other than that I looked forward to these posts every day, and I spent a TON of money on stuff that I mostly ended up loving because I found it here. Thanks for all your hard work, Shep. I certainly hope you continue to do this independently and somehow find a solid…

I don’t have anything poignant to say about Shep other than that I looked forward to these posts every day, and I…

This should be included in the article too! Shit is frustrating. Blatant cheating and poor sportswomanship shouldn’t be ignored.

“In essence, it turns God into someone to be afraid of instead of an entity to pursue out of love.”

This is awesome. My background is Sound Design for haunted attractions (Knotts Scary Farm, Winchester Mystery House Unhinged, LA Haunted Hayride, Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor) and a lot of the same principles apply. Super fun read. Do this again with more sound design people!

And don’t forget a bluetooth speaker and a long youtube video of spooky sounds or a great Halloween mix to play through it. As a Sound Designer for haunted attractions I can tell you, audio is the glue for your event!

And don’t forget a bluetooth speaker and a long youtube video of spooky sounds or a great Halloween mix to play…

I purchased the 8-piece alarm kit about a month ago and I love it. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a lower cost alarm option. You can also pay an optional $100 a year for 3rd party monitoring that will automatically call authorities if you don’t want it to just be a standalone home alarm.

I purchased the 8-piece alarm kit about a month ago and I love it. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a lower…

Toby Huss is a treasure to all humankind. His performance in Carnivale is worth rewatching the series.

The closest comparison I can think of is MMA, which isn’t a team sport so it doesn’t inspire quite as much of the mob mentality as football. But a large percentage of the fans do believe that the fighters are their personal action figures and should “go to war” in every fight, rather than use intelligent…

“It never ceases to amaze me how some idiots can get so caught up in a fandom that they forget the players on the field are human beings.”

My first car was a 1986 Nissan Maxima with 200,000 miles that I inherited from my brother, who inherited it from our grandmother. It smelled like cigarettes, and every time I turned left a voice came over the speakers saying “RIGHT DOOR IS OPEN”. It was fun to terrify unsuspecting friends with that one. I’d say these…

Add me to the list of folks that love Tron: Legacy. Also wish Tron: Uprising was on here!

“Also, if he’s supposed to be this huge star, why wouldn’t he get top booking with these promoters?”

It’s made of aluminum and glass, not plastic... but I agree, it’s pricey.

It’s made of aluminum and glass, not plastic... but I agree, it’s pricey.

The Last Exorcism is excellent as well.

I remember this airing as a young teenager and being absolutely fascinated and wowed by it, even knowing it wasn’t “real”. I LOVED all those shows you mentioned. I filled my days with stuff like Fact or Fiction, the UFO documentaries, and even Unsolved Mysteries when I was younger. I am nostalgic about all that great…

As a former member of the teenage boy species, we sucked at any apology no matter who we were giving it to, and we were not very good at understanding girls or their behavior. That lack of understanding led to paranoia and acting like a moron. We didn’t want to admit that we didn’t know what girls were thinking or…

This is me exactly, and I have to fly pretty frequently for work. I have a routine I follow and it gets me through it. First, an hour before the flight I take half an anxiety pill and a Dramamine pill. I pick aisle seats so I’m as far from a window as I can be, and if possible, I close the window shade (if I’m alone…

I do sound design in the haunted attractions industry (think haunted houses, escape rooms, etc) and I frequently have to edit together audio of voice actors screaming, crying, begging for their lives, etc for hours at a time. Sometimes the talent are friends of mine and people I care about, so it feels bad to try to…