Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Bed Bath Bombs

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The empty-headed and ceaselessly sebaceous young men at /wallstreetbets have been completely destroyed, and the latest disaster is a true coup de grace. Only a few months ago, the Internet was saturated with commentary like this one (DRINKING GAME: take a shot of the liquor of your choosing any time he says “in my opinion“; I’m very sorry for your liver).

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The Menu

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I just watched the most magnificent movie last night, and I’d like to say something about it. A couple of months ago, when The Menu came out in theatres, I knew it was my kind of film. Dark. Twisted. Devious. Yet I couldn’t find anyone to watch it with me. By chance, last night, left alone in my dark house, I discovered it was on HBO Max, so I gleefully fired it up. It was almost perfect (just one miscasting). I won’t’ spoil any of it for you. I will simply say I instantly have another Top Ten Favorite Movie.