Bob Newhart, a man whom I consider the greatest comedy actor of all time, has only earned one Emmy in his 52-year career. He didn’t win it for his long-running sitcoms “The Bob Newhart Show” or “Newhart”...

Sacramento sandwich shop serves great sandwiches Some of the greatest restaurants are one of a kind, independently owned “holes in the wall.”  When you ask people where the best food they’ve...

I recently ran into a flash … thing online called “Cookie Clicker.” It’s set up like a typical flash game, but it’s lacking one important aspect of a game. When you open the browser-based...

The world of Pokémon began with the release of “Pokémon Red” and “Pokémon Green” in Japan for the Gameboy in 1996. It was released in North America a little over two years later. Now,...

We hear our grandparents, our parents, and our jaded friends in their early 20s complain about how now music these days is all about costumes and bands following one trend after another. Gimmicks in...

One of my all time favorite books is Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game.” I’ve read it over a dozen times and have written at least four book reports or essays on it. Personally I am really...

In a perennial glut of sports games, “Mutant League” was an outlier which could appeal to even the biggest jock-hating gamers. In the ‘90s, a video game was produced for the 16-bit era called...

Local bakery fuses pastries to make a culinary delight. There are doughnut shops that only specialize in making doughnuts. The walls are plain, the menus are dull, and the customer service is average....

Director discusses theater department’s upcoming performance Last week staff writer Kameron Schmid interviewed Sam Williams, the director of ARC's upcoming fall musical, "Hairspray." Williams has been...

Always check for who is in the audience of a horror movie. A really gory slasher film is for a certain group of people, and a psychological thriller is for a radically different group. “Insidious: Chapter...

I challenge you to take a stroll through Midtown to look for fliers posted on poles, posts or buildings that promote local band’s gigs. How many will you find? Most likely, none. In the mid-‘90s...