Episode 4: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Nola Nerd Couple presents “Watching: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Cristina and Kurt share their views of the new DC movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. They share what they liked, and debate what they didn’t. Warning: Spoilers. Intro and Exit Music: Lady of the Punks by Martijn…

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Listening: Rediscovering Hip-Hop

Early in my career, we were told successful teachers had “withitness.” I’m serious. They would have been less square if they used “hip.” I pointed out to my principal anyone who uses the word “withitness” obviously is not “with it.” However, they did have a point. To understand your students,…

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Reading: Marvel Unlimited

About ten months ago, I signed up for Marvel Unlimited. It is a decision that I do not regret. In a previous post, I talked about how I read the core books of Marvel’s Civil War event. On its own, it is not a very good story.  It starts with…

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Reading: Hawkeye

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hawkeye is the most fascinating character to me.  He’s one superpower is that he sees really well.  He has the largest weakness in that he has a regular family.  This led me to find out more about the character in the comics.  Twitter led me…

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Episode 1: All Shook Down by The Replacements

I’m trying something new: podcasting.  A podcast is basically an audio blog for our readers who don’t ever listen to them.  This one is about an album and a band that changed my life.  Also, you can definitely​ hear my cajun accent on this especially on the word “connection.”  Hopefully,…

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Unboxing: The Replacements Box Set

Last year was a great year to be a Replacements fan.  First, they did their first tour in 22 years, which we were lucky enough to see in April 2015 in Hollywood.  Later in the year, Rhino released a box set of their first four albums on TwinTone. Here is…

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